Special Handling Includes:

• Vehicles that are not dock height, preventing the use of loading docks.
• When docks are not readily available.
• When convention facility has no dock space.

• Shipments tendered for delivery in such a manner as to prevent access from the rear of the trailer.

• Freight loaded "high and tight" or down one side as to make shipments not readily available.

• When a trailer must be loaded in a particular sequence to ensure fit.

• Shipments loaded in such a manner requiring items to be removed to ground level for delivery to booth.
• Items that would need to be unstacked/stacked, unstrapped/strapped, or loadbars to be removed/installed during the unload or load out process.

• Shipments that are loaded mixed on the truck, failing to maintain shipment integrity and/or have multiple delivery areas.

• Pieces for separate shipments that are loaded mixed throughout the delivery vehicle, or shipments of crated and uncrated goods where the percentage of uncrated is minimal and does not warrant full uncrated rate for shipment.

• Shipments that arrive without individual Bill of Lading. Possible examples might include: UPS, FedEx, company trucks, privately-owned vehicles.

• Material that is shipped loose or pad-wrapped, and/or unskidded machinery without proper lifting bars or hooks.

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