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Bulk Agricultural Intermodal Shipments
Policies and Procedures
Effective June 1, 2004, BNSF implemented new policies and procedures to handle
Bulk Agricultural products for intermodal transportation.
- All shippers must sign the Bulk
Agricultural Letter of Agreement and have it on file with BNSF prior
to tendering a Bulk Agricultural shipment for transportation on BNSF.
- BNSF will only accept Bulk Agricultural products in international ISO containers.
- BNSF will not accept intermodal Bulk Agricultural shipments in rail-controlled
equipment.
- Bulk Agricultural shipments must be identified on the shipping instructions
with the commodity description "Bulk Agriculture" and the
proper STCC must be used.
- The only applicable price authorities for these shipments are QTBulkAg
and QTBulkAgW.
- All Bulk Agriculture products must be properly blocked and braced with correct
weight distribution according to BNSF Loading and Ride
Solutions (formerly known as Damage Prevention Services) standards and
guidelines.
- The maximum gross weight that BNSF can accept for Bulk Agriculture is 52,900
pounds in a 20' ISO container without a chassis, 67,200 pounds in a 40'/45'
ISO container without a chassis, and 65,000 pounds for ISO container on a
chassis. In addition, a certified scale ticket may be required at in-gate
to verify the lading weight.
- All requirements stated in the Intermodal Bulk Agriculture web pages, the
BNSF
Intermodal Rules and Policies Guide and the Bulk Agricultural Letter
of Agreement will be enforced. In addition, a BNSF
Intermodal Transportation Contract must be signed and on file with BNSF
prior to tendering a Bulk Agricultural shipment.
- The BNSF standard fuel
surcharge will apply to shipments using QTBulkAg or QTBulkAgW price
authorities.
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To obtain additional information containing Bulk Agricultural shipments,
contact your International Intermodal Marketing Representative at 1-800-428-2673
option 3, 5 or click on the links below.
Intermodal questions or comments to International@bnsf.com.
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