Gemini Shippers Group announced the launch of its SOLAS input portal. The portal allows members a single location to send SOLAS weight messages to a host of carrier partners. The service, offered free of charge, gives shippers a platform to enter weight information for transmission to carriers and provides an email confirmation of transmittance to the carrier.  Member companies will receive record of the transmission on their custom homepage. Speaking of the launch, Sara Mayes President and CEO of the association commented, “We are pleased to be able to offer this service to shippers without cost.  We know that many shippers face significant challenges in their supply chain and we are pleased to be able to offer this portal for companies to use an as a one stop shop for sending their SOLAS weight into to their carrier partners”. Gemini Shippers Group continues to expand the service offerings for its member companies.  Ken O’Brien, COO of the group commented, “We are committed to providing our member companies a host of value added services above and beyond our strong ocean freight procurement. We continue to have a strong focus on IT investment and the creation of tools and analytic solutions to help our member run their supply chains more efficiently”.   Head of IT, Jonathan Shorts, commented, “we will continue to add carriers to the SOLAS input tool as they are ready to integrate with our infrastructure and will be rolling our further enhancements for our members in the coming months. In phase one of the project we will launch 15 carriers over the 4th of July weekend”.