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Hyundai Merchant Marine signs up for INTTRA's eVGM service

Electronic shipping marketplace INTTRA has picked up yet another major customer for its eVGM service, with Korean line Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) expanding its longstanding relationship to adopt the INTTRA eVGM Service, the company said.

Vincent Wee, Hong Kong and South East Asia Correspondent

September 30, 2016

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Under the new IMO Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) ruling, a container's Verified Gross Mass (VGM), or certified weight, must be declared in order to gain clearance to be loaded onto a ship.  

“Many of HMM’s customers are already using INTTRA eVGM. By joining the eVGM network, HMM will provide those customers and additional shippers on the network with simplicity and efficiency in submitting VGM information, facilitating even better customer service,” said INTTRA Asia president Jim Whalen.

“We have been working in partnership with INTTRA for many years and are pleased to announce the broadening of our relationship to include the SOLAS compliance service. A major benefit will be connecting directly with key customers through a variety of channels, including EDI, XML, the web and mobile devices,” said HMM's deputy general manager of its Global CS Team, John Kim.

About the Author

Vincent Wee

Hong Kong and South East Asia Correspondent

Vincent Wee is Seatrade's Hong Kong correspondent covering Hong Kong and South China while also making use of his Malay language skills to cover the Malaysia and Indonesia markets. He has gained a keen insight and extensive knowledge of the offshore oil and gas markets gleaned while covering major rig builders and offshore supply vessel providers.

Vincent has been a journalist for over 15 years, spending the bulk of his career with Singapore's biggest business daily the Business Times, and covering shipping and logistics since 2007. Prior to that he spent several years working for Brunei's main English language daily as well as various other trade publications.

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