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OPERATIONS CIRCULAR #1
STATEMENT OF SERVICES PROVIDED
Effective Date: September 1, 2004
- Tennessee Express, Inc. (TNXP), is a licensed for-hire carrier holding authority pursuant to MC-140539, DOT 036777.
- Governing Publications
- TNXP Motor Freight Rate Catalogue
- TNXP Rules Circular TNXP-100
- Standard Truckload Bill of Lading. Other shipping documents executed by driver as receipt for goods only.
- Mileage rates based on ALK Associates Version 2000, PC Miler Practical Miles.
- National Motor Freight Classification 100
- Insurance Information and Liability Limits
- PI and PD (personal injury and physical damage)
- $1,000,000 per occurrence limit, BMC-91X on file
- Insurer, Security Insurance, Inc. Certificate of insurance available upon request.
- Cargo Liability
- Carmack, agreed released evaluation
- Insurer Security Insurance, Inc. Certificate of insurance available upon request.
- Carrier liability for cargo over $250,000 by special request.
- Claims Processing and Statute of Limitation - General principles of Federal commerce law apply. See Elmore v. Stahl, 377 U.S. 134; STBOL and 49 C.F.R. §370. Claims must be filed within 9 months.
- Payment of Freight Charges - Due 30 days from date of invoice without offset; PODs provided upon request; finance charge is 1.5% per month on delinquent accounts with collection charge of 25% per shipment.
- Pallets - Provided by special arrangement.
- Third Party Billing - Provided for shipper's/beneficial owner's convenience with recourse.
- Non-Back Solicitation of Intermediaries - As otherwise agreed.
- Weight Limitations - 45,000 lbs. per truckload, or as otherwise agreed.
- Simplified Pricing - Unless otherwise indicated, all common carrier shipments are rated as Freight All Kinds for named customers and are subject to:
- Maximum cargo liability of $6.25 per pound or $250,000 per truckload shipment, whichever is less.
- Shipper load and consignee unload of cargo.
- Alternative Rates Available - Shipper may obtain rates for shipments with higher release values from Carrier's Director of Pricing by calling 615-780-3248. Any such alternative rate shall be reflected by the insertion of the higher release rate value and appropriate tariff item on the bill of lading at time of pick-up.
- Inadvertence Clause - If a shipper declares a value exceeding $6.25 per pound or $250,000 per truckload without insertion of the corresponding tariff item, the shipment will not be accepted, but if the shipment is inadvertently accepted, it will be considered as being released to a value of $6.25 per pound or $250,000 per truckload, whichever is less and the shipment will move subject to such limitation of liability.
- Remedies - Possessory lien rights apply to violation of credit terms.
- Chassis Rental - $15 per day starting from day released from rail/port and ending when chassis is released from rail/port. 2 days minimum - (based on availability), plus necessary drays to position and return chassis. Tri-axle chassis - $120 to position and return chassis, plus .06 per round trip mile (plus round trip rate).
- C.O.D. Fee - $25 minimum; 2% of C.O.D. amount
- Driver Detention - Free Time: Local to 25 miles - 1 hour; 26 miles and up - 2 hours. After free time expires, $22.50 per quarter hour.
- Driver Count, Load/Unload - $15 per quarter hour. Time begins when the driver is available for loading or unloading, or at the appointment time.
- Drop or Bobtail Charge - Free - when the radius is 15 miles or less. Minimum charge $41. Up to 50 miles, total bobtail miles @ $1.15 per mile. Over 50 miles, use the normal rate. (Exception: Atlanta, GA commercial zone - free drop only within I-285 loop, all other points will be the normal rate.)
- Per Diem -
CARRIER'S TRAILERS:
Free time - 24 hours
Charge - $50 per 24 hour period or fraction thereof.
INTERMODAL EQUIPMENT:
Free time - Shall be the same as designated by the equipment lessor.
Charge - Shall be the same as designated by the equipment lessor plus a
10% handling fee for the carrier.
- Stop Off Charge - $70 per stop, excluding the point of origin and final
destination.
- Storage on TCW Yard - One way dray to yard plus $5.00 per day.
- Weighing Light and Heavy - $33 to weigh both empty and loaded and furnish scale tickets.
- Surcharge for Hazardous Material Loads - $100 surcharge on each Hazardous Materials load handled.
- Surcharge for Overgross Loads - $100 surcharge plus permits on those exceeding 80,000 lbs. gross weight. Permit costs per state as indicated on "Overweight Permits By State" chart (#25).
- Overweight Permits by State
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STATE |
PERMIT COST |
MAXIMUM WEIGHT |
COMMENT |
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ALABAMA |
$50 |
100,000 |
ANNUAL AVAILABLE |
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ARKANSAS |
$70 |
90,000 |
NO ANNUAL AVAILABLE |
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FLORIDA |
$25 + .30/MILE |
95,000 |
ANNUAL AVAILABLE |
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GEORGIA |
$50 |
100,000 |
ANNUAL AVAILABLE |
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LOUISIANA |
$25 + .30/MILE |
95,000 |
ANNUAL AVAILABLE |
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MISSISSIPPI |
$20 + .75/MILE |
95,000 |
ANNUAL AVAILABLE |
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NORTH CAROLINA |
$30 |
94,500 |
ANNUAL AVAILABLE
ROUTE SPECIFIC |
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SOUTH CAROLINA |
$40 |
90,000 |
ANNUAL AVAILABLE |
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TENNESSEE |
$35 + .30/MILE |
90,000 |
ANNUAL AVAILABLE
ONE ROUTE PER PERMIT |
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VIRGINIA |
$25 |
90,000 |
NO ANNUAL AVAILABLE |
GROSS WEIGHT TANDEM WEIGHT
ALABAMA 100,000 LBS 44,000 LBS
ARKANSAS 90,000 LBS 40,000 LBS
FLORIDA 95,000 LBS 44,000 LBS
GEORGIA 100,000 LBS 50,000 LBS
LOUISIANA 95,000 LBS 40,000 LBS
MISSISSIPPI 95,000 LBS 42,000 LBS
NORTH CAROLINA 94,500 LBS 50,000 LBS
SOUTH CAROLINA 90,000 LBS 40,000 LBS
TENNESSEE 90,000 LBS 40,000 LBS
VIRGINIA 90,000 LBS 44,000 LBS
- FUEL SURCHARGE - Linehaul charge will be subject to a fuel surcharge as provided below. The amount of the fuel surcharge will be determined by the U.S. National Average On-highway Diesel Price as provided by the U.S. Department of Energy (D.O.E.). The current On-highway Diesel Price may be obtained by calling 1-202-586-6966 (24 hours per day) or on the Internet at http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/dslpriwk.txt. The prices will be published on our web page at www.tcwonline.com. The prices are updated Monday at 4:00 pm EST.
EXAMPLE: D.O.E. U.S. National Average On-highway Diesel Price announced on MONDAY, 1/31/00 will be used to determine the Fuel Surcharge which will be reflected on our invoices dated TUESDAY, 2/1/00.
WHEN THE D.O.E. U.S. NATIONAL THE FUEL SURCHARGE ON
AVERAGE ON-HIGHWAY DIESEL LINEHAUL WILL BE:
PRICE IS:
At Least But Less Than T/L LTL
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$1.20 |
$1.25 |
2% |
1% |
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$1.25 |
$1.30 |
3% |
1.5% |
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$1.30 |
$1.35 |
4% |
2% |
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$1.35 |
$1.40 |
5% |
2.5% |
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$1.40 |
$1.45 |
6% |
3% |
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$1.45 |
$1.50 |
7% |
3.5% |
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$1.50 |
$1.55 |
8% |
4% |
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$1.55 |
$1.60 |
9% |
4.5% |
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$1.60 |
$1.65 |
10% |
5% |
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$1.65 |
$1.70 |
11% |
5.5% |
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$1.70 |
$1.75 |
12% |
6% |
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$1.75 |
$1.80 |
13% |
6.5% |
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$1.80 |
$1.85 |
14% |
7% |
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$1.85 |
$1.90 |
15% |
7.5% |
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$1.90 |
$1.95 |
16% |
8% |
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$1.95 |
$2.00 |
17% |
8.5% |
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$2.00 |
$2.05 |
18% |
9% |
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$2.05 |
$2.10 |
19% |
9.5% |
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$2.10 |
$2.15 |
20% |
10% |
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$2.15 |
$2.20 |
21% |
10.5% |
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$2.20 |
$2.25 |
22% |
11% |
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$2.25 |
$2.30 |
23% |
11.5% |
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$2.30 |
$2.35 |
24% |
12% |
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$2.35 |
$2.40 |
25% |
12.5% |
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