RULE: 2.7 - INSPECTION OF CARGO IN CONTAINERS Eff: 01MAY2002
| Effective | 01MAY2002 |
|---|---|
| Filed | 01MAY2002 |
| Filing Codes | I |
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.
