VGM mismatches still bump boxes — get the verified weight right

The SOLAS verified-gross-mass requirement has been in force for years, yet a wrong or late VGM still does what it always did: rolls the box. The rule is routine; the failure isn’t a missing form, it’s a number that didn’t match what’s actually in the container.

The desk’s take: VGM goes wrong upstream, on the dock, when the weight that gets declared isn’t the weight that got loaded. If your load plan already knows the cargo weights and the tare, the verified gross mass is a by-product, not a separate scramble against the cut-off. Treating it as paperwork at the end is how you end up short-shipped.

What to do with it: tie the declared weight to the actual load plan, so the VGM is computed from what you packed — not re-keyed from memory under time pressure.

LoadingMCP knows the cargo and container weights as it builds the plan, alongside axle limits and centre of gravity — so the number you verify is the number you loaded.