Understanding container weight misdeclaration
Shipping and Freight Resource
JUNE 28, 2022
Recently, ONE (Ocean Network Express), the 7th largest container shipping line in the world by capacity, implemented a penalty fee in the form of a Weight Discrepancy Charge (WDS) of USD 2,000/- per container from the 1st of July, 2022. The weights of 137 (20%) of these containers were more than 3 tonnes different from their declared weights.
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