The Standard Freight Transportation Terms and Conditions will be revised!

Hello. This is Sanpei from the Akihabara office.

In line with the revisions to the Standard Freight Vehicle Transportation Terms and Conditions, similar revisions will be made to the Standard Freight Vehicle Transportation Terms and Conditions.

The effective date is also November 29, 11.

The following two terms and conditions are subject to revision.

・Standard freight vehicle transportation terms and conditions (Ministry of Transport Notification No. 579, 1990)

・Standard Railway Terms and Conditions (Ministry of Transport Notification No. 588, 1990)

The purpose of this revision is to collect appropriate freight and charges in the truck transportation industry and work to improve the transaction environment.

In this sense, similar arrangements have become necessary for transportation companies that use truck companies.

The contents of this revision are as follows.

・A “waiting time fee” will be paid to the origin or destination as compensation for waiting for cargo at the origin or destination.

Collecting "loading charges" and "unloading charges" as compensation for loading and unloading at

has been stipulated.

・Regarding items written on the waybill, etc., specific examples of charges include "waiting time charge", "loading charge", etc.

and ``unloading fees,'' and ``fuel surcharges and toll road usage fees'' as other expenses.

has been established.

- It has been stipulated that freight forwarding companies must carry out cargo stowage.

・When loading or unloading cargo, if a freight forwarding company collects the charges,

It was stipulated that this should be carried out by freight forwarding companies.

・The contents of incidental work include "Horizontal holding", "Vertical holding", "Shelving", "Labeling" and "Horizontal holding".

” has been added.

Due to this revision, existing transportation companies as well as trucking companies will need to take the following actions.

・Post the new standard terms and conditions at the office

➢If you do not post the terms and conditions, you will be subject to penalties.

・Notify changes to fares and price lists

➢It is necessary to newly set "loading fee", "unloading fee" and "waiting time fee".

I think we can quickly post the terms and conditions, but regarding the fares and price list,

It will be necessary to re-create the price list that has already been created in accordance with the revision and submit a notification to the Transport Bureau.

The notification must be submitted within 30 days after the change, so you will need to respond within 11 days from November 4th, when the change was made.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions regarding the notification.