RULE: 9 - FREIGHT FORWARDER COMPENSATION Eff: 30Dec1993

Effective 30Dec1993
Filed 23Nov1993
Filing Codes I

A. Payments of Compensation

  1.Compensation to a licensed Ocean Freight Forwarder
    will be paid on the ocean segment of the
    transportation only to the extent of the value
    rendered in connection with any shipment dispatched on
    behalf of others when, and only when, such forwarder
    is licensed with the Federal Maritime Commission under
    the SHIPPING ACT 1984, and has performed with respect
    to such shipment the solicitation and securing of the
    cargo or the booking thereof, or otherwise has
    arranged for space for such cargo and has performed at
    least two of the following services.

    a) The coordination of the movement of the cargo.
    b) The preparation and processing of the ocean Bill of
       Lading.
    c) The preparation and processing of dock receipts and
       delivery orders.
    d) The preparation and processing of consolar
       documents and export declarations.
    e) The payment of ocean freight charges on such
       shipments.

B. Rates of Compensation

  1. Such compensation shall be based on percentage of the
     tariff rate for the commodity involved.

  2. The applicable percentage shall be as follows:
     (Applicable only on Export Shipments)
                      1.25 %

  3. Exceptions- Compensation will not be due or payable on
     the following:
     a) Advance charges.
     b) Temporary freight charges or emergency surcharges.
     c) Bulk cargos and lumber exempted from filing
        requirements of the Shipping Act, 1984.
     d) Military Sealift command or Military Traffic
        Management Command Cargoes.
     e) Terminal Handling Charge, Bunker Adjustment
        Factor, Currency Adjustment Factor or any
        surcharge named in the tariff.

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