On your own terms

Jun 05, 2016 at 07:07 AM CST
http://trucker.com/news/your-own-terms A tariff provides assurance that a carrier will be compensated Jun 3, 2016Tim Brady Micro and small motor carriers that are concerned about not getting paid for things like detention, rerouting of freight, cancelation of a scheduled load, etc., have an option: motor carrier tariffs. “Wait,” you say, “I thought they were abolished when the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) was closed down and trucking was deregulated?” When Congress abolished the ICC, the law only stated that tariffs were no longer required to be filed by federal code; it never said they were eliminated. In the 1980 Motor Carrier Regulatory Reform and Modernization Act, Congress allowed carriers to rely on tariffs to limit their liability for freight damage and establish rates and rules.

Jun 05, 2016 at 07:07 AM CST

A tariff provides assurance that a carrier will be compensated

Jun 3, 2016Tim Brady

Micro and small motor carriers that are concerned about not getting paid for things like detention, rerouting of freight, cancelation of a scheduled load, etc., have an option: motor carrier tariffs.

“Wait,” you say, “I thought they were abolished when the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) was closed down and trucking was deregulated?”

When Congress abolished the ICC, the law only stated that tariffs were no longer required to be filed by federal code; it never said they were eliminated. In the 1980 Motor Carrier Regulatory Reform and Modernization Act, Congress allowed carriers to rely on tariffs to limit their liability for freight damage and establish rates and rules.