[Insert Date] [Insert Address] Attn : [Insert Contact] Re: SOLAS Amendments - Hold Harmless and Signature Authorization Dear [Insert Contact]: By way of background, the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea is an international maritime treaty which requires signatory flag states to comply with minimum safety standards in construction, equipment and operation of ocean vessels. In 2014, the International Maritime Organization (“IMO”) amended SOLAS to require, as a condition for loading a packed container onto a vessel for export, that the container has a gross “verified mass (weight).” Those amendments (the Amendments”) will be legally effective on “SOLAS July 1, 2016. As a result of the SOLAS Amendments, Kuehne + Nagel developed and implemented policy requiring its customers to, among other things, weigh, and subsequently verify the gross mass of their containers (electronically in KN’s VGM Portal, or otherwise) prior to Kuehne + Nagel providing the container and corresponding weight to the ocean carrier for loading. Where, due to unique operational circumstances or commercial impracticability, customers have requested that Kuehne + Nagel undertake - and Kuehne + Nagel has agreed to undertake - certain elements of the weighing and/or data submission process, Kuehne + Nagel will only do so where principal responsibility for SOLAS compliance remains with the shipper. Accordingly please have the attached Hold Harmless and Signature Authorization Agreement signed by an authorized representative of your Company, acknowledging our shared understanding with respect to the Amendments. Thank you very much. Very truly yours, Kuehne + Nagel Ltd. Tadhg Meaney President 6-2-1 Toyo, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0016, Japan
[Insert Date] [Insert Address] Attn : [Insert Contact] Re: SOLAS Amendments - Hold Harmless and Signature Authorization Dear [Insert Contact]: By way of background, the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea is an international maritime treaty which requires signatory flag states to comply with minimum safety standards in construction, equipment and operation of ocean vessels. In 2014, the International Maritime Organization (“IMO”) amended SOLAS to require, as a condition for loading a packed container onto a vessel for export, that the container has a “verified gross mass (weight).” Those amendments (the “SOLAS Amendments”) will be legally effective on July 1, 2016. As a result of the SOLAS Amendments, Kuehne + Nagel developed and implemented policy requiring its customers to, among other things, weigh, and subsequently verify the gross mass of their containers (electronically in KN’s VGM Portal, or otherwise) prior to Kuehne + Nagel providing the container and corresponding weight to the ocean carrier for loading. Where, due to unique operational circumstances or commercial impracticability, customers have requested that Kuehne + Nagel undertake - and Kuehne + Nagel has agreed to undertake - certain elements of the weighing and/or data submission process, Kuehne + Nagel will only do so where principal responsibility for SOLAS compliance remains with the shipper. Accordingly please have the attached Hold Harmless and Signature Authorization Agreement signed by an authorized representative of your Company, acknowledging our shared understanding with respect to the Amendments. Thank you very much. Very truly yours, Kuehne + Nagel Ltd. Tadhg Meaney President 6-2-1 Toyo, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0016, Japan
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