Accessorial Charges or Service
Charges made for additional special or supplemental service which are normally over and above the line haul services.

Audit
An examination of freight bills to determine billing errors in transportation charges. Can be conducted internally by company officials or externally by an outsde firm or trade association.

BOL – Bill of Lading
A shipper’s receipt for the goods and a contract between the shipper and the carrier for the transportation of the shipment.

Box Maker's Certificate
All fibre boxes that are to conform to specifications of the classification must bear a legible certificate of the box maker guaranteeing that boxes do conform.

Cartage Service
Any person who undertakes to transport property for compensation when such transportation is performed wholly within a municipality or between contiguous munincipalities, or within a zone adjacent to and commercially a part of any such municipality or municipalities.

Classification by Analogy
The class for any article not provided for, either by its specific name or in an NOI item, is determined by an article which in the carrier's judgement most closely describes the same.

Class Rates
Line haul rates governed by a rating in the classification applying in cents per 100 weight between two points in the U.S.

Combination Rate
Combination of two or more rates which are added together; applies from point of origin to point of destination, and may be a combination of any types of rates. Normally involving two or more carriers.

Commodity Rates
Normally lower than class rates, and usually a point to point rate applicable to a specific commodity between certain points. This tpe of rate is based primarily on volume and regularity of shipments.

Common Carrier
Any person who holds himself out to the general public to engage in the transportation of property by motor vehivle over regular or irregular routes in interstate, intrastate or foreign commerce.

Consignee
The party to whom the shipments is consigned at final destination (receiver of the goods or shipment).

Consigner
Shipper or the party making or shipping the shipment.

Consignee Unloading
The complete unloading service must be performed by the consignee, including the removing of the freight from the trailer without assistance from the carrier, and carrier's employee must be released while unloading is performed.

Consolidation
Combining LTL shipments at a centrally located point of origin and transporting them as a single shipment to a destination point.

Contract Carrier
Any person engaging in transportation by motor vehicle for compensation under continuing contracts with one person, or a number of persons, either for the furnishing of transportation services exclusive to each person contracted, or to meet the distinct need for each individual customer.

Damage–Concealed
Internal damage to freight without the container showing corresponding damage.

Damage–visible
Damage to lading which is apparent and noted on the carrier's freight bill when shipment is offered for delivery.

Density
The weigth of an article in kilograms per cubic meter or pounds per cubic foot; the ratio of mass to bulk or volume. Density is represented as either product density or stowed density.

Detention
Detention charges are assessed by a carrier against the consignor or consignee as a penalty for holding a carrier's driver and/or trailer beyond a certain stated period of "free–time". This is an accessorial service and charge.

Driver Contract
The driver collects payment at the time of delivery.

F.A.K. – Freight All Kinds
Certain Ccommodity rates are names showing this description. This applies on all articles shipped and packaged according to NMFC.

Freight Bill
The document for common carrier shipment that describes the freight, amount of charges, taxes and whether prepaid or collectl charges paid by the shipper are called prepaid freight bills and charges collected at destination are called destination or collect freight bills.

Freight Claim
A claim against that carrier due to the loss of, or injury to, freight and or erroneous rates and weights in assessment of freight charges.

Freight Forwarders
One who gathers together less that truckload shipments from various shippers and consolidates them into solid carloads or truckloads, eadch car or truck being made up of articles taking a similar classification; he forwards them to destination consigned to his own branch or agent.

In Packages
A packagingi provision of the National Motor Freight Classification that means articles can be accepted for transportation in any container, or in any other form tendered to carrier which permits handling into or out of vehicles as units, providing the containers or tendered forms render he transportation of freight reasonably safe and practical. Does not include un bulk, loose, or on skids.

K.D. – Knocked Down
An article must be taken apart, folded or telescoped in such a manner as to reduce its bulk at least 33 1/3 percent from its normal shipping cubage when set up or assembled.

K.D.F. – Knocked Down, Flat
The article must be taken apart, folded or telescoped in such a manner as to reduce its bulk at least 66 2/3 percent from its normal shipping cubage when set up or assembled.

L.T.L. – Less Than Truckload
Rates or clases are those applicable to a quantity of freight less that the volume or truckload minimum specified for the same article.

M.C. – Minimum Charge
The lowest charge that a carrier will assess for any given amount of freight moving between two points.

N.C. – Notification Change
A charge applied on shipments tendered for delivery with the request that the consignee be notified by telephone or telegram on arrival.

N.M.F.C. – National Motor Freight Classification
An index or list of thousands of articles which groups or classifies the commodities for the purpose of applying rates or charges.

Nested
Three or more different sizes of an article must be places each smaller within the next larger; or three or more of the same articles must be placed one within the other so that each article must not project above the next lower article by more than 1/3 of its height.

Nested Solid
Three or more of the same articles must be places one within or upon the other so that the outer side surfaces of the one above will be in contact with the inner surfaces of the one below, and so that each upper article will not project above the next lower article by more than 1/4 inch.

N.O.I.B.N. – Not Otherwise Indexed by Name (Description of Freight)
The Classification of commodities where the desciption is not more specifically described.

On Hand Notice
Written notice sent to the customer advising that freight is on hand, either because of no one being available to accept shipment, or because of the customer's refusal or inability to accept delivery. This normally means storage provisions are being supplied.

Operating Authority
Except for those persons that are exempt from regulations, all other persons who engage in transportation must have written authority from the proper government agency to transport property or passengers.

Order Notify Bill of Lading
A negotiable instrument which gives the holder title to the goods. Order Notify Bills must be properly endorsed, and given to the carrier before delivery can be made. Often used by the shipper when he wants to make certain that he receives payment for the merchandise he has sold before surrendering the goods to the purchaser.

O.S.&D. – Overages, Shortages and Damage (Freight)
Freight that has not reached the destination accroding to the agreement of the Bill of Lading Contract.

P.C. – Pier Charge
Applies to import or export shipments that are moving through a pier area.

P&D
Pick up & delivery area for a specific terminal.

Pounds Per Cubic Foot (Figuring)
Density is the weight of an article divided by its volume. Volume is determined by multiplying the greatest straight line dimensions on length, width and depth in inches, including all projections and dividing the total by 1728 cubic inches (one cubic foot), transportation is for the purpose of sale, lease, rent or bailment, or in furtherance of any commercial enterprise.

Pro Number
Short for "Progressional Numbers"; refers to a sequence of numbers in which each term is related to its predecessor. Carriers use these numbers in numerical order on their freight bills for identification.

Rate
The figure stated in cents, dollars and cents, or fractions thereof, and used in computing the charge on property transported. Rates are normally in cents per one hundred pounds.

Ratings
The numerals or letters, or combinations thereof, assigned to an article or group of articles in the classification or used in determining the applicable rate.

Reciprocity
A state permits vehicles from other states to operate in and through the first state providing a similar priveledge is given to vehicles domicited in the first state and operating in and through other states.

Reconsignment or Diversion
A change in the name of the consignor or consignee; a change in the place of delivery; a change in the destination point; or relinquishment of shipment at point of origin.

Redilivery
When a shipment is tendered for delivery, and through no fault of the carrier such delivery cannot be accomplished, and additional tenders and final delivery is cosidered redelivery.

Released Valuation
The released calue constitutes the maximum which a shipper can recover from a carrier in the case of loss or damage of the shipment, otherwise the carrier is liable for full value. The only time this can be used is when rates or ratings are published, and are subject to released valuations. These rates are generally lower than those on the same commodity without the released valuation.

Section 7 of Bill of Lading
When the shipper or consignee signs this section on the Bill of Lading he is stating that the carrier is not to make delivery of the shipment without receiving payment of freight and other lawful charges. Shipper will not be held liable for any lawful charges that he has not already agreed to pay.

Shipper Loading
Shipper performs complete loading service including the counting, without assistance from carrier and carrier's employee must be released during loading. Loading includes the loading of the freight into the carrier's trailer and stowing and arranging thereof. Shipment must be properly secured for transportation by shipper.

Shipper's Risk
Shipper takes full responsibility for carrier transporting his shipment. Carrier is not liable for any type of damage claims. Bill of Lading or written agreement should be made.

Single Shipment Charge (SS)
Those shipments which weigh less than 500 pounds picked up at one time and place, unaccompanied by any other shipment from the same consignor or shipper. An additional charge is added to the charges of the shipment, and is an addition to all other lawful applicable charges.

Sort & Segregate
When the carrier is required to sort or segregate a shipment.

Split Pickup or Delivery
Several pickups at various origins or within one origin point, and/or several deliveries at various destinations or within one destination point on a single shipment. There is a charge for each pickup and delivery except for the very first pickup, and the very last delivery. This type of service can apply only on truckload shipments.

S.U. – Set Up
Articles are in an assembled condition or disassembled, folded or telescoped, but not meeting the conditions of reducing their bulk more than 33 1/3 percent.

Third Party Logistics
A firm that supplies logistics services to other companies.

Through Rates
Rates that apply from point of origin to final destination, and apply both on single line and joint line hauls for the same charges.

T.O.F.C. – Trailer on Flat Car
Applies to piggyback service, where a highway trailer is put on the railroad's flat car and transported accordingly.

T.L. – Truckload
Rates or clases are those for which a truckload minimum weight is provided and charges assessed accordingly.

Transfer of Lading
A shipment subject to truckload or volume rates cannot be picked up an accesorial service charge that is applied and/or delivered with a line haul vehicle and it is necessary for the carrier to remder pickup and/or delivery with another vehicle.

V.N.X. – Value Not Exceeding
Shown on commodities that contain a "released valuation" in the classification description.