RULE: 2.26 - EXCL - CONTROL AND EXCLUSIVE USE OF CONTAINERS Eff: 17JUN2020

Effective 17JUN2020
Filed 17JUN2020
Filing Codes IC

a. Except as otherwise provided below, no shipment is
   entitled to the exclusive use of the container in which
   it is transported.  Carrier retains the unrestricted
   right of control over the transporting container and has
   the unrestricted right to:
   
 1. select the container(s) to be used for the transportation
     of a shipment;
   
 2. transfer the shipment to other container(s) or transporting
     equipment during through transportation service; and
      
 3. load other Cargo in the same container with any other
     shipment (SBJ to restrictions provided in Rule 16).
     
b. Notwithstanding the above, a shipment will be assigned the
   Exclusive Use of a Container, even though the maximum inside
   carrying capacity of the container has not been utilized,
   when:
    
 1. such Exclusive Use of the Container is requested by the
     Shipper, Consignee or their agent; or when
   
 2. due to insufficient packaging or due to the nature of
     the cargo, loading other cargo is precluded or prohibited;
     or when
   
 3. the container is loaded to 90% (ninety percent) or more
     of the full visible capacity of the container; or when
    
 4. the container is loaded to 100% (one-hundred percent)
     of the container's maximum gross weight capacity or
     U.S. Highway gross weight limitation, whichever is lower;
     or when
   
 5. Shipper loads, stows, counts and seals the container as
     provided in Rule 2.23 herein.
     
c. The minimum charge for shipments accorded or assigned Exclusive
   Use of Container Service (EXCL) will be the applicable full
   container ("PC") rate when one is published; or, when no full
   container rate is published, the lawfully published rate stated
   on a weight or measurement basis computed at 100% (one-hundred
   percent) of the transporting container's maximum net weight
   capacity (SBJ to a maximum equal to the U.S. Highway gross weight
   limitations) or 80% (eighty percent) of the stated total cubic
   capacity of the transporting container, whichever is greater.

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