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.
