Federal law requires
that movers advise shippers that they may inspect the
tariffs that govern your shipment. Carriers' tariffs, by
this reference, are made a part of the contract of
carriage (bill of lading) between you and the carrier
and may be inspected at carrier's facility, or, on
request, carrier will furnish a copy of any tariff
provision containing carrier's rates, rules or charges
governing your shipment, the terms of which cannot be
varied.
Incorporated tariff provisions include but are not
limited to those:
(1.) establishing limitation of
carrier's liability, the principal features of which are
described in the valuation declaration section of the
bill of lading.
(2.) setting the time periods for filing
claims, the principal features of which are described in
Section 6 of the bill of lading.
(3.) reserving the
carrier's right to assess additional charges for
additional services performed and, on non-binding
estimates, to base charges upon the exact weight of the
goods transported.
