RULE: 2.7 - INSPECTION OF CARGO IN CONTAINERS Eff: 01Jul1993
| Effective | 01Jul1993 |
|---|---|
| Filed | 01Jul1993 |
| Filing Codes | S |
| Case No | 008018 |
A) The carrier reserves the right to open, inspect, and to have a Sworn Measurer verify the contents of a container with respect to description, weight and/or measurement, so indicated on the Bill of Lading, and reseal it with carrier's seal. B) A shipper of any shipment whose cargo upon inspection is found by the Sworn Measurer not to have been correctly described, weighed and/or measured shall be rebilled for any Freight due, based upon the Sworn Measurer's Certificate. If the shipper fails to pay the additional freight due within thirty (30) days after receipt of the notice of such rebilling issued by the carrier, he will be required at his expense to submit to the carrier a Sworn Measurer's Certificate covering each and every shipment which he makes from that date on, until he has paid the additional freight due. C) If the additional freight due exceeds five (5%) percent of the correct freight based upon the Sworn Measurer's Certificate, the shipper, in addition to the requirements of Paragraph (B) of this Rule, will be required at his expense to submit to the carrier a Sworn Measurer's Certificate covering each and every shipment which he makes during the six (6) month period following receipt of the notice of such discrepancy issued by the carrier. D) If subsequent to a shipment on which the shipper received the notice of discrepancy specified in Paragraph (C) of this Rule that shipper makes a further shipment or ship- ments which upon inspection are found by the Sworn Measurer to involve discrepancies exceeding five (5%) percent of the correct freight, such shipper shall be subject to the requirements of Paragraph (C) of the Rule on the basis of an additional six (6) month period for each such shipment, such additional six (6) month periods to run consecutively. E) For the purpose of this Rule the term "Sworn Measurer" shall extend only to those sworn measurers which have been duly appointed as such by this carrier.(See Rule 28 under Definition of Technical Terms) F) The carrier shall not release the originals or copies of any Bills of Lading to any shipper or his agents until the Sworn Measurer's Certificates required under Para- graphs (B), (C), and (D) of this Rule have been received by the carrier from the shipper or his agents. When cargo in containers is required to undergo inspection by U.S. Customs, Agriculture, Food and Drug, or other such duly authorized government agencies, such inspections shall be at the risk and expense of the cargo, and all expenses paid by or billed through the carrier for these inspections shall be charged to the cargo, including the transporting of the container from CY to CFS if required, stripping and reloading the cargo from and to the container, and returning the container from CFS to CY if required.
