Exporter's 75 million pounds will remain in his pocket

The exporter's 75 million lira will remain in his pocket: Arslan, according to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) with a new arrangement made by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the gross weights of the full containers to be loaded on the ships will be determined by the shipper as of July 1, 2016. He stated that it became compulsory.

In this context, Arslan reminded that they prepared the "Guidelines on the Determination and Notification of Gross Weight of Containers That Will Be Carried by Sea" and published them on July 1, 2016. He said that they received complaints on the side of the line operators by adding an additional fee to the exporter.

Noting that the said applications have brought serious costs for exporters, Arslan said, “Different applications starting from $ 30 to $ 150 were the problem of the sector. Therefore, we published a new circular. The fee collected under the name of weighing and tolerance verification fee at the ports will not exceed 60 liras. Willing to make an application under this amount. With the new regulation that reduces costs, our exporters will be supported approximately 75 million liras annually. ” found the assessment.

“4,5 million lira income will be provided to the public annually”

Arslan, weighing arrangement yetkilendirilerek operators would be taken under record and thus no longer expressed clearly known to be verified by the administration of the number of containers subjected to gross weight from Turkey's port dimensions.

Arslan stated that 60 percent of the maximum 3 lira to be received by the authorized weighing operators will be transferred to the public, and thus, the public will generate 4,5 million lira of income each year.
Minister Arslan, authorized operators will be provided access to the systems by drawing attention to continued:

“Thus, audits will become sustainable and accurate statistical information will be obtained. Due to container movements, loss of time and wage due to congestion in the port and repeated weighing to the exporter will be prevented. Thanks to the weighing operators authorized in the ports or port areas throughout our country, the verified gross weight process will be brought to EU standards in our country, and will be made both correct and under registration. ”