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Unless otherwise provided under a specific rate or Service Contract item, this rule is applicable to FCL cargo only.

For purpose of this tariff, the term “Store Door Delivery (SDD)” and “Door Delivery” are interchangable. Likewise, the term “Store Door Pick Up” and “Door Pick Up” refer to the same meaning of service.

 

22.1 Door Pick Up Service

1. Rates including Door pickup service include Delivery of the empty container to Merchant. When requesting pickup of the empty container the merchant must advise of the following pickup services is required:

a) Driver Standby: Upon delivery of the empty, unloaded container to the Merchant's facility as shown on the Bill of Lading, the Merchant shall have the permitted standby time as per the individual trucker's tariffs to complete the loading of his cargo into the container. The driver shall wait for loading of the cargo to be completed and shall return the loaded container back to the carrier's facility. Should the loading time exceed the permitted standby time as per the individual trucker's tariff, the ocean carrier shall bill the Merchant for any charges accruing thereafter.

b) Drop and pull: Drop and pull service shall include delivery of the empty, unloaded container to the Merchant's premises. The driver shall position the container at the location within the Merchant's premises and leave without waiting for the loading to be performed. Any individual drayage expenses over and above one round trip line haul motor carrier charges between the ocean carrier's facility and the Merchant's place of business shall be for the account of the Merchant. The ocean carrier shall bill the Merchant for any such charges.

For equipment free time and detention charges, refer to the rule ‘Free Time and Detention’ of this tariff.
 

2. When Door Pick-up service is allowed, it applies only to one pickup. When the shipment is picked-up from multiple locations, the Carrier is responsible only for pick-up from the last stop-off location. Pick-up from other locations is for the account of the cargo.
 

3. Unless otherwise provided, when a Bill of Lading is issued from an origin where Carrier has a designated CY, the rate is applicable from the CY facility only. When a Bill of Lading is issued from an origin where Carrier has no CY facility, Door Pickup will be provided.


 

22.2 Door Delivery Service

1. Rates naming Store Door Delivery service include delivery of the container(s) to Merchant's place of business for unloading by Merchant. When requesting delivery of the container(s) the Merchant must advise which of the following delivery services are required:

a) Driver Standby: Upon delivery of the loaded container to the Merchant's facility as shown on the Bill of Lading, the Merchant shall have the permitted standby time as per the individual truckers' tariffs to complete unloading of his cargo from the container. The driver shall wait for unloading of cargo to be completed and shall make available for pick-up the empty container at the carrier's Destination Interchange Terminal (DIT). Should the unloading time exceed the permitted standby time as per the individual truckers' tariffs, the Motor Carrier shall bill the Merchant for any charges accruing thereafter.

b) Drop and Pull: Drop and pull service shall include delivery of the loaded container to the Merchant's premises. The driver shall position the container at the location within the Merchant's premises and leave without waiting for unloading to be performed. Any individual drayage expenses over and above what the motor carrier charges for one round trip between the DIT and the Merchant's place of business shall be for the account of cargo.

For equipment free time and detention charges, refer to the rule ‘Free Time and Detention’ of this tariff.

2. Delivery Service does not include unstuffing of container.
 

3. The location where Door Delivery Service is provided must be within the city limits of the destination point shown on the Bill of Lading.
 

4. When a Bill of Lading is issued to a destination where Carrier has no CY facility, Door Delivery or Store Door Delivery (SDD) will be provided.

5. Customs Clearance

The Merchant shall be responsible to clear shipments and request delivery of the loaded container(s) to their destination facility as shown on the Bill of Lading and to make available for pick-up the empty containers to the Carrier within the Free Time provided. Upon expiration of the Free Time, the Merchant shall be assessed the equipment usage charges until the date that the containers are made available for pick-up by the Carrier.

The Merchant shall arrange to clear with Customs:

a) At Carrier's Destination Interchange Terminal (DIT). The DIT is defined as the facility operated by the ocean carrier or his agent, at which containers are interchanged with the delivering Motor Carrier; or

b) At the point of Door Delivery, provided the Merchant has bounded facility within the premises to which the shipment is consigned; or

c) At a location, other than the DIT or Merchant's bounded facility, provided any additional drayage expenses over and above the line haul, Motor Carrier charges from the DIT to the Merchant's place of business shall be for the account of cargo. Merchant must arrange routing and payment of any additional drayage charges with ocean carrier's designated trucker prior to movement; or

d) At vessel interchange port.

 

6. Door Delivery Service to all the Destination Points covers drayage from the ocean carrier's destination facility to the consignee's place of business. Cargo delivered to the consignee's place of business must be unstuffed by merchant at the door location on the Bill of Lading to which it shall be delivered. Consignee may not have any containers drayed to any location other than the door location stated on the Bill of Lading. The Carrier's responsibility with regard to and liability for the cargo shall cease upon delivery of the container to the initial door destination and the Carrier shall have no further obligation with regard to the cargo.

When the Carrier delivers cargo to the consignee's premises after the regular work hours per instruction from the consignee, any costs or surcharges incurred by the Carrier, in addition to if such cargo was delivered during the regular work hours, shall be for the account of cargo.

When consignees and/or their agents return empty containers, rail trailers or motor equipment to the Carrier's custody after unstuffing, they must assume full responsibility for cleaning out of all the materials used for securing the equipment, with reasonable sweeping of the floor of the equipment.



 

22.3 Customer Nominated Trucker (CNT) for Door Pick Up or Delivery Service

When a Customer Nominated Trucker is used at the request of Shipper (or any other interest to the cargo) for door pick up/delivery from a cargo owner then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the bill of lading issued for that shipment, the following terms and conditions shall apply:

a) Carrier will act as agent of Shipper for purposes of arranging the trucking, and the contract of carriage for inland transportation shall be deemed to be between the trucker and Shipper or the owner of the cargo. The CNT will be employed by the Shipper or the owner of the cargo, not Carrier, even though Carrier's rates are inclusive of door pick up. Carrier shall pay the CNT only as agent for Shipper.
 

b) For purposes of U.S. COGSA and/or applicable law governing carriage of goods by Carrier, pick up/delivery from cargo owner will occur when the cargo is interchanged from the CNT.

c) Carrier's liability for loss of or damage to the cargo, or for loss or damage caused by the cargo, shall commence when the cargo is interchanged from the CNT.

d) If any party asserts a claim or cause of action against Carrier for loss or damage occurring prior to the cargo is interchanged from the CNT, the Shipper or the owner of the cargo will defend and indemnify Carrier against any and all such claims or causes of action.

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
From time to time the undersigned (the “Company”) will request that inland transportation of cargo moving under an intermodal through bill of lading issued by the Carrier be performed by a trucker designated by the Company. The Company understands and agrees that, notwithstanding the destination shown in such bill(s) of lading or any other provision of those bills of lading or any service contract between the Company and the Carrier, by making such requests the Company agrees to the terms set forth above and to amend the bill of lading to relieve Carrier of any and all liability arising after the time the cargo is interchanged with the trucker designated by the Company.
 

Company:______________________
 

By:___________________________
 

Date:_________________________