FedEx Freight 100 Series Rules Tariff
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Unless otherwise provided, exceptions to rules of the National Motor Freight Classification herein take precedence over those published in the National Motor Freight Classification.
All references in this tariff to Bill of Lading terms published by the National Motor Freight Classification, or otherwise, refer to the version of the Uniform Straight Bill of Lading as it existed in NMFC 100, Item 365 on August 1, 2016, without the modifications made by Supplement 2 to NMF 100-AP issued July 14, 2016, by the NMFTA with an effective date of August 13, 2016. A copy of this version of the Uniform Straight Bill of Lading is available upon request.
Shipments moving between points in the U.S. and points in Canada in connections with FedEx Freight Canada (FXFC) will be subject to the rules, charges and provisions of Section 1 herein, unless a rule, charge or provision is published in Section 2A for the same service. The rule, charge or provision published in Section 2A will apply and take precedence over Section 1.
Shipments moving between points in Canada (Intra-Canada shipments) in connection with FedEx Freight Canada (FXFC) will be subject to the rules, charges and provisions of Section 1 herein, unless a rule, charge or provision is published in Section 2B for the same service. The rule, charge or provision published in Section 2B will apply and take precedence over Section 1.
Shipments moving between points in the U.S. and/or points in Canada on the one hand and points in Mexico on the other, and shipments between points within Mexico (Intra-Mexico shipments) will be subject to the rules, charges and provisions of Section 1 herein, unless a rule, charge or provision is published in Section 3 for the same service. The rule, charge or provision published in Section 3 will apply and take precedence over Section 1.
For reference to governing classification and other governing publications, see Item 100.
Advancing Charges — Item 300
A.M. Delivery — Item 757
Abbreviations — Province — Item 130
Application of Allowances, Commissions and Off-Bill Discounts — Item 200
Application of Classes — Construction of Class for Density Rated Shipments — Item 170
Application of FXF Series Base Rates — Item 189
Application of Cube/Density Base Rates — Item 191
Application of Tariffs — Item 195
Application and Precedence of Rules and Tariffs — Item 190
Bills of Lading, Freight Bills and Statement of Charges — Item 360
Blind Shipments — Item 822
*Brokerage-Inclusive — Item 485 *Effective 1-5-26
Bulk Mail — Item 365
Calculation of Cube — Item 192
California Compliance Surcharge — Item 748
Canadian Surcharge — Item 751
Capacity Load — Minimum Charge — Item 390
Carrier Liability — Item 420
Carrier Liability — Limited — Item 421
Close of Business Delivery — Item 756
Collect on Delivery (C.O.D.) Shipments — Item 430
Collection of Charges and Extension of Credit — Item 435
Confidentiality — Item 250
Cubic Capacity and Density — Min. Chg. — Item 613
Cubic Capacity and Density — Min. Chg. (When Specific Reference Is Made to Item) — Item 614
Custom Delivery Window — Item 761
Customs or In Bond Freight — Item 480
Data Privacy — Item 155
Declared Value and Limits of Liability — Item 781
Definitions and Explanations of Terms — Item 115
Delivery Charge — Item 749
*Demand Surcharge — Item 380 *Revised 1-5-26
Detention — Item 500
Determining Product Services and Charges — Item 188
Drayage Service — Laredo, TX — Item 510
Early Delivery — Item 752
Exempt Commodities — Item 993
Exhibition Paraphernalia and Exhibition Sites — Item 520
Extra Labor — Item 560
Extreme Length — Item 530
FedEx Freight — Item 186
FedEx Freight Canada — Item 185
FedEx Freight® Priority Plus — Item 754
Food Shipments — Item 770
Fuel Surcharge — Item 570
Governing Publications — Item 100
Handling Charge — Item 565
Hazardous Materials or Substances — Item 920
High Cost Service Area Surcharge — Item 747
Indemnification — Item 150
Inside Pickup or Delivery — Item 566
Liabilities Not Assumed — Item 782
Liability — Published Transit Times — Item 220
Liftgate Service — Item 890
Limitations on Legal Action — Item 998
Logistics Providers — Item 160
Loss or Damage — Claim Filing, Disposition of Damaged Chemical Shipments — Item 960
Lumper Fees — Item 579
Lumper Fees — Item 579-1
Marking or Tagging Freight — Item 580
Minimum Charge — Item 610
Minimum Charge — Absolute — Item 404
Mixed Shipments and Articles Classified by Weight or Quantity — Item 640
Money-Back Guarantee — Item 760
No Shipment Tendered — Item 619
Notification Prior to Delivery — Item 750-3
Offshore Markets — Item 103
Overcharges or Disputed Invoices — Item 438
Over Length — Item 525
Overweight Services — Item 561
Packing or Packaging — General — Item 680
Participating Carriers — Item 102
Pickup or Delivery Service — Item 750
Pickup or Delivery Service — Limited-Access Locations — Item 750-8
Pickup or Delivery Service — Residential — Item 750-2
Pickup or Delivery Service — U.S. Postal Service Bulk Mail Center in Allen Park, MI — Item 750-6
Port Charges — Item 950
Precedence of Rates — Item 765
Prohibited or Restricted Articles — Item 780
Protection from Freezing Service — Item 810
Reconsignment, Diversion, Relinquishment — Item 820
Redelivery — Item 830
Remittance Processing — Item 361
Returned Checks — Item 435
Returned Shipments — Item 825
Service Provided During Non-Business Time — Item 753
Shipment Assembly at Origin (Flow Loading) — Item 888
Shipper Load or Consignee Unload — Item 578
Sorting, Segregating, Reconstructing — Item 887
Special Request Shipment — Item 755
Spinoff — Item101
Storage — Item 910
Substituted Service — Item 930
U.S./Canada Cross-Border Processing Fee — Item 481
Volume Services — Item 759
Weighing and Inspection — Item 980
Weighing Service — Item 990
Weight (Reweigh) and Freight (Inspection) Validation — Item 981
Wire Transfer Fee — Item 435
Abbreviations — Province or States — Item 130
Class Rate Application — Item 400
Collection of Charges and Extension of Credit — Item 435-1
Currency — Item 101-1
Customs or In Bond Freight — Item 480-1
Definitions and Explanations of Terms — Item 115-1
Detention — Item 500-1
Hazardous Materials or Substances — Item 920-1
Liftgate Service — Item 890-1
Maximum Weights — TL or VOL — Item 596
Notification Prior to Delivery — Item 750-3-1
Packing or Packaging — Non-Compliance With — Item 687
Pallets or Containers (Shipments — Transported in or on Shipping Carriers) — Item 712
Permits — Item 700-1
Pickup or Delivery Service — Limited-Access Locations — Item 750-8-1
Port Charges — Item 950-1
Prearranged Scheduling of Vehicle Arrival for Loading or Unloading — Item 503
Precedence of Rates — Item 765-1
Prepayment — Item 771
Reconsignment, Diversion, Relinquishment — Item 820-1
Returned Shipments — Item 825-1
Stop-Offs — Item 900-1
Advancing Charges — Item 300-2B
Carrier Liability — Item 420-2B
Collect on Delivery (C.O.D.) Shipments — Item 430-2B
C.P.C. Skids — Item 573-2B
Credit Card Payments — Item 435-2B
Currency — Item 101-2B
Customs or Sufferance Warehousing — Item 800-2B
*Density — Item 616-2B *Effective 1-5-26
Detention — Item 500-2-2B
Document Copies — Item 360-2-2B
Equipment Rental — Item 1000-2B
Exhibition Paraphernalia and Exhibition Sites — Item 520-1-2B
Fines or Penalties — Item 1700-2B
Fuel Surcharge — Item 570-2B
Hazardous Materials or Substances — Item 920-1-2B
Inside Pickup or Delivery — Item 566-1-2B
Liftgate Service — Item 890-1-2B
Loss or Damage — Claim Filing, Disposition of Damaged Chemical Shipments — Item 960-2B
Minimum Charge — Absolute — Item 404-1-2B
Notification Prior to Delivery — Item 750-3-2B
Owner's Risk — Item 420-1-2B
Pickup or Delivery Service — Limited-Access Locations — Item 750-8-2B
Pickup or Delivery Service — Residential — Item 750-2-2B
Premium Service Charges — Item 754-2B
Protection from Freezing Service — Item 810-2B
Redelivery — Item 830-2B
Region Shopping Malls — Item 750-9-2B
Returned Shipments — Item 825-2B
Service Provided During Non-Business Time — Item 753-2B
Trailer Shunting — Item 992-2B
Abbreviations — Province or States — Item 130-2
Broker Diversion at U.S./Mexico Border — Item 821-3
Combination of Rates — Item 196-2
Cost of Furnishing Pallet — Item 572-2
Dead Runs — Item 1100-3
Detention — Item 500-2
Detention — IMS — Item 501-3
Driver Handling Charge — Item 886-3
Liftgate Service — Item 890-2
Minimum Charge — Absolute — Item 404-3
Pickup or Delivery Service — Limited-Access Locations- Item 750-8-3
Port Charges — Item 950-3
Redelivery — Item 830-3
Service Provided During Non-Business Time — Item 753-2
Shrink Wrap Fee — Item 571-2
Storage — Item 910-2
Item 100 — Governing Publications
Item 101 — Spinoff
Item 102 — Participating Carriers
Item 103 — Offshore Markets
Item 115 — Definitions and Explanations of Terms
Item 130 — Abbreviations — Province
Item 150 — Indemnification
Item 155 — Data Privacy
Item 160 — Logistics Providers
Item 170 — Application of Classes – Construction of Class for Density Rated Shipments
Item 185 — FedEx Freight Canada
Item 186 — FedEx Freight
Item 188 — Determining Product Services and Charges
Item 189 — Application of FXF Series Base Rates
Item 190 — Application and Precedence of Rules and Tariffs
Item 191 — Application of Cube/Density Base Rates
Item 192 — Calculation of Cube
Item 195 — Application of Tariffs
Item 200 — Application of Allowances, Commissions and Off-Bill Discounts
Item 220 — Liability – Published Transit Times
Item 250 — Confidentiality
Item 300 — Advancing Charges
Item 360 — Bills of Lading, Freight Bills and Statement of Charges
Item 361 — Remittance Processing
Item 365 — Bulk Mail
*Item 380 — Demand Surcharge *Revised 1-5-26
Item 390 — Capacity Load – Minimum Charge
Item 404 — Minimum Charge – Absolute
Item 420 — Carrier Liability
Item 421 — Carrier Liability – Limited
Item 430 — Collect on Delivery (C.O.D.) Shipments
Item 435 — Collection of Charges and Extension of Credit
Item 435 — Returned Checks
Item 435 — Wire Transfer Fee
Item 438 — Overcharges or Disputed Invoices
Item 480 — Customs or In Bond Freight
Item 481 — U.S./Canada Cross-Border Processing Fee
*Item 485 — Brokerage-Inclusive *Effective 1-5-26
Item 500 — Detention
Item 510 — Drayage Service – Laredo, TX
Item 520 — Exhibition Paraphernalia and Exhibition Sites
Item 525 — Over Length
Item 530 — Extreme Length
Item 560 — Extra Labor
Item 561 — Overweight Services
Item 565 — Handling Charge
Item 566 — Inside Pickup or Delivery
Item 570 — Fuel Surcharge
Item 578 — Shipper Load or Consignee Unload
Item 579 — Lumper Fees
Item 579-1 — Lumper Fees
Item 580 — Marking or Tagging Freight
Item 610 — Minimum Charge
Item 613 — Cubic Capacity and Density – Min. Chg
Item 614 — Cubic Capacity and Density – Min. Chg. (When Specific Reference Is Made to Item)
Item 619 — No Shipment Tendered
Item 640 — Mixed Shipments and Articles Classified by Weight or Quantity
Item 680 — Packing or Packaging – General
Item 747 — High Cost Service Area Surcharge
Item 748 — California Compliance Surcharge
Item 749 — Delivery Charge
Item 750 — Pickup or Delivery Service
Item 750-2 — Pickup or Delivery Service – Residential
Item 750-3 — Notification Prior to Delivery
Item 750-6 — Pickup or Delivery Service – U.S. Postal Service Bulk Mail Center in Allen Park, MI
Item 750-8 — Pickup or Delivery Service – Limited-Access Locations
Item 751 — Canadian Surcharge
Item 752 — Early Delivery
Item 753 — Service Provided During Non-Business Time
Item 754 — FedEx Freight® Priority Plus
Item 755 — Special Request Shipment
Item 756 — Close of Business Delivery
Item 757 — A.M. Delivery
Item 759 — Volume Services
Item 760 — Money-Back Guarantee
Item 761 — Custom Delivery Window
Item 765 — Precedence of Rates
Item 770 — Food Shipments
Item 780 — Prohibited or Restricted Articles
Item 781 — Declared Value and Limits of Liability
Item 782 — Liabilities Not Assumed
Item 810 — Protection from Freezing Service
Item 820 — Reconsignment, Diversion, Relinquishment
Item 822 — Blind Shipments
Item 825 — Returned Shipments
Item 830 — Redelivery
Item 887 — Sorting, Segregating, Reconstructing
Item 888 — Shipment Assembly at Origin (Flow Loading)
Item 890 — Liftgate Service
Item 910 — Storage
Item 920 — Hazardous Materials or Substances
Item 930 — Substituted Service
Item 950 — Port Charges
Item 960 — Loss or Damage – Claim Filing, Disposition of Damaged Chemical Shipments
Item 980 — Weighing and Inspection
Item 981 — Weight (Reweigh) and Freight (Inspection) Validation
Item 990 — Weighing Service
Item 993 — Exempt Commodities
Item 998 — Limitations on Legal Action
Item 101-1 — Currency
Item 115-1 — Definitions and Explanations of Terms
Item 130 — Abbreviations — Province or States
Item 400 — Class Rate Application
Item 435-1 — Collection of Charges and Extension of Credit
Item 480-1 — Customs or In Bond Freight
Item 500-1 — Detention
Item 503 — Prearranged Scheduling of Vehicle Arrival for Loading or Unloading
Item 596 — Maximum Weights — TL or VOL
Item 687 — Packing or Packaging — Non-Compliance With
Item 700-1 — Permits
Item 712 — Pallets or Containers (Shipments — Transported in or on Shipping Carriers)
Item 750-3-1 — Notification Prior to Delivery
Item 750-8-1 — Pickup or Delivery Service — Limited-Access Locations
Item 765-1 — Precedence of Rates
Item 771 — Prepayment
Item 820-1 — Reconsignment, Diversion, Relinquishment
Item 825-1 — Returned Shipments
Item 890-1 — Liftgate Service
Item 900-1 — Stop-Offs
Item 920-1 — Hazardous Materials or Substances
Item 950-1 — Port Charges
Item 101-2B — Currency
Item 300-2B — Advancing Charges
Item 360-2-2B — Document Copies
Item 404-1-2B — Minimum Charge — Absolute
Item 420-2B — Carrier Liability
Item 420-1-2B — Owner’s Risk
Item 430-2B — Collect on Delivery (C.O.D.) Shipments
Item 435-2B — Credit Card Payments
Item 500-2-2B — Detention
Item 520-1-2B — Exhibition Paraphernalia and Exhibition Sites
Item 566-1-2B — Inside Pickup or Delivery
Item 570-2B — Fuel Surcharge
Item 573-2B — C.P.C. Skids
*Item 616-2B — Density *Effective 1-5-26
Item 750-2-2B — Pickup or Delivery Service — Residential
Item 750-3-2B — Notification Prior to Delivery
Item 750-8-2B — Pickup or Delivery Service — Limited-Access Locations
Item 750-9-2B — Region Shopping Malls
Item 753-2B — Service Provided During Non-Business Time
Item 754-2B — Premium Service Charges
Item 800-2B — Customs or Sufferance Warehousing
Item 810-2B — Protection from Freezing Service
Item 825-2B — Returned Shipments
Item 830-2B — Redelivery
Item 890-1-2B — Liftgate Service
Item 920-1-2B — Hazardous Materials or Substances
Item 960-2B — Loss or Damage — Claim Filing, Disposition of Damaged Chemical Shipments
Item 992-2B — Trailer Shunting
Item 1000-2B — Equipment Rental
Item 1700-2B — Fines or Penalties
Item 130-2 — Abbreviations — Province or States
Item 196-2 — Combination of Rates
Item 404-3 — Minimum Charge — Absolute
Item 500-2 — Detention
Item 501-3 — Detention — IMS
Item 571-2 — Shrink Wrap Fee
Item 572-2 — Cost of Furnishing Pallet
Item 750-8-3 — Pickup or Delivery Service — Limited-Access Locations
Item 753-2 — Service Provided During Non-Business Time
*Item 821-3 — Broker Diversion at U.S./Mexico Border
Item 830-3 — Redelivery
Item 886-3 — Driver Handling Charge
Item 890-2 — Liftgate Service
Item 910-2 — Storage
Item 950-3 — Port Charges
Item 1100-3 — Dead Runs
