ICHCA Container Weighing Seminar 2016

This event will feature a highly focused seminar programme concentrating on 3 key aspects:

Are you ready to Comply?
How should VGM be Communicated?
Thinking about a Contingency plan

07:45

Bus departs from Radisson Blu Hotel

08:00 - 09:00

Registration, networking and refreshments

09:00 - 09:15

Welcome remarks: Setting the scene
Richard Brough, Technical Advisor, ICHCA International

09:15 - 11:00

SESSION 1: COMPLIANCE – THE EMERGING LEGAL & LIABILITY LANDSCAPE
Richard Brough, Technical Advisor, ICHCA International
Ian Dunmill, Assistant Director, International Organization of Legal Metrology
Simon Everett, Managing Director, Strainstall
Matthew Gore, Partner, Holman Fenwick Willan
Michael Yarwood, Claims Executive, TT-Club
Jos van der Meché, Lawyer and partner, Transport & Energy, AKD

What is required for SOLAS VGM compliance – understanding the new laws at the international level
How are national governments approaching enforcement and what does this mean for compliance in practice?
What is required from the shipper, terminal and carrier for SOLAS VGM compliance – the new rules at the IMO level
How are national competent authorities approaching SOLAS VGM enforcement and what does this mean for industry compliance in practice?
What are the liability and criminal implications of non-compliance? ·What are industry and regulators doing to resolve outstanding issues? Weighing tolerances, tools, certification and type approvals – how to move from a patchwork quilt to a more standardised international approach?

09:15 - 09:20

Moderator's opening remarks

11:00 - 11:30

Refreshments and networking

11:30 - 13:00

SESSION 2: COMMUNICATION - CAPTURING VGM DATA & FLOWING IT THROUGH THE SUPPLY CHAIN
Jon Arnold, Market Specialist, Intercomp
Richard Brough, Technical Advisor, ICHCA International
Stewart Campbell, Divisional Manager - Logistics, Avery Weigh-Tronix
Lars Meurling, Vice President, Marketing and Product Business Development, Bromma Conquip
Ronald Plevier, Regional Sales Manager, INTTRA
Stephan Trauth, Key Account Manager, Hirschmann Automation and Control GmbH
Frank Van Reybroeck, President, Porticom
Beat Zwygart, Manager, LASSTEC Container Weighing Systems, Conductix-Wampfler

Weighing up implementation – how is technology adoption shaping up?
What does a VGM actually look like? How do you know when you have one?
FOB/CIF, LCL/FCL – how does the shipment type impact the VGM process?
When we have VGM data, how do we get it transmitted through the supply chain in the appropriate manner and in sufficient time?
Who needs it and when? (cut-off points)
With so much shipping documentation still in non-digital form, how can VGM be implemented digitally across the industry?

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch and networking

During the lunch break, delegates will be given the opportunity to visit OCHA’s state-of-the-art simulators for straddle carriers, mobile cranes and ship-to-shore cranes.

Delegates will also have a 20 minute guided tour around the 35,000 m² training area.

14:30 - 16:00

SESSION 3: CONTINGENCY – KNOWING WHAT TO DO WHEN THINGS GO WRONG
Steve Alaerts, Director, Marketing and Sales & Board Member, foodcareplus
Richard Brough, Technical Advisor, ICHCA International
Simone Kraal, Global Ocean Operations Manager, Damco
Richard Steele, Director, PSS
Chris Welsh MBE, General Secretary, Global Shippers Forum, Chairman ILO/IMO/UNECE Group of Experts
Michael Yarwood, Claims Executive, TT-Club

·Contingency planning for 1 July and aftermath – how to prevent port congestion and supply chain breakdown
Exception management for the short and longer term:

What happens when the VGM data is not there – or does not arrive in time?
What happens to non-compliant boxes with cargoes requiring special attention in port i.e. refrigerated and dangerous goods?
What do ports do if the VGM declared prior to container delivery does not match a gross weight obtained in port?

16:00 - 16:30

Refreshments and networking

16:30 - 17:30

SESSION 4: NEXT STEPS – IS KNOWING THE VGM ENOUGH?
Richard Brough, Technical Advisor, ICHCA International
James Douglas, Director, Exis Technologies