SHEE-33 Response Historic AI-assessed

Require Port Authorities to provide rolling weigh-bridges for freight vehicles

Recommendation

In view of the uncertainty as to the actual weights of many freight vehicles every effort should be made to persuade, or even require, Port Authorities to provide rolling weigh-bridges, possibly of the loadcell type, where all freight vehicles coming into a port will be automatically weighed and issued with a weight certificate, to be attached to the vehicle. If such weigh bridges were fitted in way of each ramp it would be possible to pass this information electronically to the loadicator, thus updating the calculated condition of the ship if the loading officer punched in vehicle locations. The Court concludes that the Department should encourage Operators to investigate immediately the technical and practical aspects of the proposal. As the calculation of fluid KG (or GM) of a Ro-Ro vessel prior to departure should be obligatory such a system would be of real assistance in carrying this out.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No specific published evidence has been identified from the provided sources regarding a requirement for Port Authorities to provide rolling weigh-bridges for freight vehicles. General searches related to the Sheen Inquiry on gov.uk and legislation.gov.uk did not yield specific policy, guidance, or legislative action directly addressing this recommendation.
How was this assessed?
Assessed by gemini-2.5-flash on 24 Mar 2026
Checked data held on this site (government responses, progress updates, independent evidence)
External sources searched: www.gov.uk, www.legislation.gov.uk, hansard.parliament.uk
This recommendation requires implementation across many organisations. The assessment reflects central policy response, not adoption in individual organisations.
Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Historic

No government response recorded.

Source
Report Sheen Inquiry — Final Report 24 Jul 1987
Recommendation age 38.7 yrs
Last formal update No formal updates