LOADING BY CONSIGNOR - UNLOADING BY CONSIGNEE – ITEM 578
Rates for transportation do not include the service for loading and unloading by the carrier. The Consignor shall be responsible for Loading and the Consignee shall be responsible for Unloading shipments which require the capacity of the carrier's trailer, and/or shipments weighing 15,000 lbs. or more, subject to the following additional provisions:
1. Carrier will upon request perform loading or unloading service subject to:
a. A Per Truckload Charge for each such service will be assessed - $250.00;
b. Each such service shall be treated independently of any other such service.
c. Such charge will apply in addition to all other applicable charges.
2. If the Consignor, or any party tendering any portion of the shipment,
refuses to perform the loading or the Consignee, or any party receiving any portion of the shipment, refuses to perform the unloading, the carrier will perform the loading and/or unloading, as the case may be, subject to the provisions and charges outlined in Paragraph 1, above.
3. At time of shipment a notation must be made on the Bill of Lading and Shipping Order that consignor is to load and/or consignee is to unload the shipment.
4. The requirements in Paragraph “1” that notation must be placed on Bill of Lading and Shipping Order at time of shipment will not apply when entire shipment consists of freight in a single container or freight secured to pallets, platforms or lift truck skids, or freight in any other authorized form of shipment, each unit weighing 500 lbs., or more as tendered for shipment and loading is required by Consignor and unloading required by Consignee, per NMFC Item 568.
5. When the Bill of Lading and Shipping Order notation as required in Paragraph 1 of this item is inadvertently omitted, the Consignor and/or Consignee must furnish the carrier with proof, satisfactory to the carrier, within 60 days from the date of delivery that loading and unloading was actually performed in accordance with the provisions of this item, except for the absence of the notation required in Paragraph 1.
6. The complete loading and/or unloading service of the freight, including the count thereof, must be performed by the Consignor and/or Consignee at his expense, without any assistance from the carrier. The carrier's employee and power unit are to be released while loading and/or unloading is performed. At carrier's option, the carrier's employee and power unit may remain during loading or unloading, but will render no assistance in loading or unloading.
7. The complete loading service includes the counting and loading of the freight into or on the carrier's vehicle and the stowing and arranging thereof. Any temporary blocking, flooring or lining, racks, standards, strips, stakes or similar bracing, dunnage or supports, not constituting a shipping carrier, container or package, or a part of the vehicle when required to protect and make shipments secure for transportation, must be furnished and installed by the Consignor.
8. The complete unloading service means that the Consignee must remove the freight from the position in which it is transported in or on the carrier's vehicle.
9. On mixed shipments, when any portion of the freight is required to be loaded or unloaded by the Consignor and/or Consignee, as a condition precedent to the application of the rate, the entire shipment must be loaded and/or unloaded and counted by the Consignor or Consignee, otherwise the rate will not apply and rates otherwise published will be assessed.
10. In the event the shipment is stopped-off for partial loading or partial unloading, the party or parties tendering or receiving any portion of the shipment will be subject to the requirements of this item as to loading or unloading.