How to Find the Right NMFC Code for a Product
How to find an NMFC code without guessing: where the real lookup lives, how to pick between competing items, and how to get the determination in writing.
By Reena10 min read
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15 articles tagged contracts from the CheckMyFreightBill freight audit desk.
When Not to Dispute a Carrier Invoice: A Decision Rule
When not to dispute a carrier invoice: five cases where the charge is right, the real math on what a dispute costs you, and how to drop one gracefully.
By Reena9 min read
Accessorial Pass-Through: Broker or Shipper Eats It?
Accessorial pass-through between broker and shipper is a contract question, not a regulatory one. Here is who eats the charge and the clause that decides it.
By Reena10 min read
Freight Bill Credit Terms Under 49 CFR 377: The 15-Day Rule
Freight bill credit terms under 49 CFR 377 give 15 days to pay, up to 30 by tariff, and bar late fees unless the carrier revises the bill within 90 days.
By Alex11 min read
What Must Be on a Freight Bill: 49 CFR 373.103 Explained
What must be on a freight bill is set by 49 CFR 373.103. Here is the required list, what each element catches, and how to use it as an invoice defect list.
By Alex10 min read
How to Negotiate Accessorial Charges in a Carrier Contract
The cheapest way to negotiate accessorial charges in a carrier contract is free time, caps, authorization rules, and who proves what, rather than the rate itself.
By Alex11 min read
Rate Confirmation Required Fields, and What Each Prevents
A field-by-field spec of rate confirmation required fields for brokers, with the exact settlement dispute each field forecloses before it can ever start.
By Alex11 min read
Carrier Rules Tariff Incorporated by Reference, Explained
Your contract has one sentence pulling in a carrier rules tariff incorporated by reference. Here is what that document controls and how to get a copy of it.
By Alex9 min read
Carrier Contract Clauses That Decide Your Freight Bill
Six carrier contract clauses generate almost every freight billing dispute. Here is what each controls, how to read it, and the language to fix at renewal.
By Alex10 min read
Carrier Liability Per Pound: What Freight Class Limits Pay
Carrier liability per pound by freight class is set in the NMFC item and the carrier tariff, not by what your goods are worth. Here is how to find your cap.
By Jordan10 min read
Fuel Surcharge Below Base Price: What Actually Happens
What happens to a fuel surcharge below base price? In nearly every contract it floors at zero, not a credit. Here is the clause that actually decides it.
By Alex12 min read
Can Fuel Surcharges Be Negotiated? What Actually Moves
Can fuel surcharges be negotiated? Yes, but not the index. Here are the levers that move: the peg, the MPG assumption, the cap, the base and the week.
By Alex11 min read
PC Miler Practical vs Shortest Miles on Your Invoice
PC Miler practical vs shortest miles billing changes the linehaul and the fuel surcharge on the same lane. Here is how to audit the mileage basis you pay on.
By Alex11 min read
Which PADD? National vs Regional Fuel Surcharge Index
National vs regional fuel surcharge index: what a PADD is, which series your contract really names, and what the wrong one costs on every load you tender.
By Alex10 min read
When Does Detention Free Time Actually Start?
Appointment time, arrival, or gate-in? The clock trigger in your rate con decides the whole detention charge. Here is how to find it and what each means.
By Reena11 min read