CONTAINERS – ITEM 465

1. Except as otherwise specifically provided, when shipments are tendered to carrier and transported in or on shipping carriers, containers, pallets, platforms, racks, reels or skids, such carriers, containers, pallets, platforms, racks, reels or skids constitute an integral part of the shipment and are to be delivered to and receipted for by the consignee(s) named on the Bill of Lading covering the loaded movement.

2. Any request or provisions notes on the Bill of Lading or Shipping Order at the time of movement requesting the return of these shipping devices, forms or packages, shall be deemed to be for informational purposes only, and it will not be binding upon the carrier to accomplish or comply with such request or provision to complete the contract of carriage on the shipment.

3. Shipments accepted by Carrier as pieces tendered on pallets and transported on pallets will be tendered for delivery on pallets. Subsequent shortage claims will not be honored if shrink wrap was intact and the correct number of pallets was delivered as tendered.