Q: What are accessorial fees?
A: An accessorial charge is any fee added to a shipper’s freight invoice for services the motor freight carrier performed beyond the standard pick-up and delivery operation designated at the time a shipment is tendered. The additional charges cover a wide variety of services outside of the line haul charge and fuel surcharge that are in connection with the transportation of goods. Amongst the most common are:
• Advanced Notification
• Bill of Lading (BOL) Correction Fee
• Detention
• Driver Assist, Count, and Clean
• Hazardous Materials
• Inside Delivery
• Layover
• Liftgate
• Limited Access Fee or Misuse Charges
• Out of Route Miles
• Oversized, Overlength, or Overweight Fees
• Reclassification, Reweigh, and Redelivery
• Residential
• Scale
• Stop Off Charge
• Storage
• Yard Pulls
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