Item Number: 605

MINIMUM CHARGE BASED ON CUBIC CAPACITY AND DENSITY

  1. Shipments with an average density of less than 3 per cubic foot that require at least 350 cubic feet but less than 750 cubic feet of trailer space will be subject to a minimum charge based on a “calculated weight” of 6 pounds per cubic foot, at the customer’s class 125 contracted or tariff rate excluding any FAK provisions.
  2. Shipments with an average density of less than 6 per cubic foot that require 750 cubic feet or more of trailer space will be subject to a minimum charge based on a “calculated weight” of 6 pounds per cubic foot, at the customer’s class 125 contracted or tariff rate excluding any FAK provisions.
  3. Shipments under this item shall be subject to a minimum charge per shipment determined on the basis of the “calculated weight” of the shipment based on the criteria above in lieu of the actual weight of the shipment as outlined in the example below. Example – freight found to be 795 cu ft with a density of 4.3 pcf shall be rated at a calculated weight of 4,770 lbs. (795 cu ft * 6 pcf = 4770 lbs.).
  4. The cubic capacity of the shipment shall be determined by totaling the cubic feet of all articles, pieces, and packaged units in the shipment, in accordance with NMFC Item 110 section 8(a) and (b). If any one of the following criteria occur, the height of the article or articles will be considered as 96 inches and the width shall be deemed 96 inches.
    1. Insufficient packaging. lack of packaging used, or the manner in which the freight is oriented due to packaging.
    2. Special instructions by the shipper on the bill of lading, specifying no other freight is to be loaded on top of or next to this article, this article is not to be top loaded, or double
    3. Packaging or labeling of any kind bearing instructions specifying no other freight is to be loaded on top of, or next to this article, this article is not to be top loaded, or double stacked (such as “pyramided”, “rounded off”, or “topped off”)
    4. The nature of the article is such that it cannot be top loaded, stacked upon, or will allow other freight to use the trailer space around it.
    5. If the shipping units are over 52 inches high
  5. The minimum charge in this item is not to be combined with capacity load or exclusive use of trailer provisions, TL or volume rates or charges, rates stated to apply per mile, or rates that are subject to the linear foot rule
  6. The minimum charge determined by this item shall not exceed the charge determined by rating the shipment as a full visible capacity truckload as identified herein.



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