Regulation & compliance
IMDG, CTU and the rules cargo ships under.
The container packing checklist a weighbridge can't argue with
A loader's field checklist for packing to the CTU Code: VGM, weight distribution, centre of gravity, segregation and securing, with the two diagrams that stop a legally-stuffed box becoming an illegal truck.
New IMDG amendments: what actually changes on the dock
IMDG updates land on a cycle, and most of the text never touches your day. The parts that do are segregation and what goes on the box: get those into the plan.
VGM mismatches still bump boxes: get the verified weight right
The SOLAS verified gross mass rule is old news, but a wrong or missing VGM still rolls containers at the gate. It’s a planning problem, not a paperwork one.
Packing to the CTU Code, not by eye
Most container loading is done from experience and a tape measure. The rules cargo actually ships under, CTU, IMDG, axle and CoG, belong in the plan, before the doors close.