Tougher safety regulations impact your business.
Company directors and managers are personally liable.
OUTDATED SAFETY PRACTICES WON'T SATISFY THE REGULATOR.
CINDICIUM CUTS THE COST OF COMPLIANCE, REDUCES YOUR LIABILITY AND BOOST YOUR PRODUCTIVITY.
Misreporting of shipping container weights leads to accidents with casualties, cargo loss, infrastructure damage and environmental harm.
2016: International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) requires a Verified Gross Mass for every shipping container.
2018: Australian Heavy Vehicle National Law establishes a Chain of Responsibility for safe transportation, with significant penalties.
Penalties apply for inadequate safety, even if an incident has not occurred:
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Up to $3million for a corporation
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Up to $300K and/or 5 years prison for an individual – company executives are personally liable.
Learn more about the Chain of Responsibility: National Heavy Vehicle Regulator
VERIFIED GROSS MASS
SOLAS approves two alternative methods for verifying the gross mass of packed shipping containers, You must either:
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METHOD 1 - Weigh the packed container using certified, calibrated equipment OR
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METHOD 2 - Weigh all contents, including securing material, and adding the tare mass of the container to the sum of the single masses, using a certified method.
Pondus is an affordable certified METHOD 1 technology
Learn more about SOLAS Verified Gross Mass:
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Chain of Responsibility!
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