The International Maritime Organization (IMO) amended the Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS) requires shippers to provide the Verified Gross Mass (VGM) of export containerized cargo to the ocean carrier and port terminal representative prior to containerized cargo loading a vessel. GPA weighs all loaded export containers received through its truck gates and on-dock rail yards on state-certified scales and provides the weights directly to the ocean carriers. The United States Coast Guard declared that weights obtained through this procedure are equivalent to the VGM required by SOLAS. By shipping containerized cargo through GPA’s terminal, shippers agree to and authorize use of the gate weights to satisfy their VGM obligations unless the shipper provides different weights directly to their ocean carriers. Use of GPA’s gate weights and data are subject to GPA’s indemnification and hold harmless provisions in Rule 5-008 of this schedule.