Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) treaty to require accurate weight verification

June 8th, 2016 Waukee, IA Starting July 1st, the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) treaty will require that all containers have a verified weight certificate before being loaded on a ship. The intention is to reduce the number of accidents at sea, which are primarily caused by inaccurate container weights. The International Maritime will be enforcing the new verification [...]

2022-07-06T15:02:59-05:00June 8th, 2016|

3 Ways to Ensure Your Truck Scale isn’t Robbing You

If you are bringing commodities into or out of your facility and using a truck scale, here are a couple of ways to be sure you get the most accurate profits from each transaction. Your scale should be tested and inspected by a certified scale company every 6 months, at the minimum In addition to having a scale technician come out and put weights [...]

2022-10-20T11:43:23-05:00January 21st, 2014|
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