Strainstall said that it’s Container Weight System (CWS) is the first system to achieve full certification from the from the National Measurements and Regulatory Office (NMRO) ensuring full SOLAS compliance.
Certification follows on from successful installation of CWS across the full straddle carrier fleet at DP World Southampton in the UK.
Simon Everett, managing director at Strainstall, said: “CWS offers customers a fully compliant and robust solution. It’s designed to be easily integrated into terminal operating systems (TOS) giving a simple and automated process for producing a verified gross mass for SOLAS compliance, with no impact to existing terminal operating procedures.”
“The industry is still experiencing some issues with implementation and enforcement, so this certification will help to give customers complete confidence in compliance and their ability to provide verified weights as legislated by the IMO, using our innovative and fully integrated container weighing solution.”
EU-type approval enables complete compliance to the IMO’s SOLAS amendment for the verification of container weights came into force 1 July 2016. The approval verifies that a product is fully approved to provide the verified gross mass (VGM) of containers, assisting ports and terminals in the provision of container weighing services to their customers.
CWS doesn’t just provide the verified gross mass of a container, but also container snag detection and its centre of gravity (COG), helping to ensuring the safety of container stowage and transportation.
