Agents & Haulers of National Forwarding Co., Inc. & Affiliates

Angela Beusse, Director, Agent & Business Services

15 May 2021 Changes: New Agent & Hauler Responsibilities

Memo 2 of 4

This memo, New Agent & Hauler Responsibilities is the second in a four-part series of memos NFC will be releasing regarding changes effective 15 May 2021 in the:

Many changes in these documents require new responsibilities from our agents and haulers in order to ensure effective shipment management. We have identified the most important changes regarding new responsibilities in this memo.

USTC has instituted a major change regarding Real Property Damage, which will be discussed more in-depth in our third memo. One of the measures for preventing Real Property Damage is installing protective coverings for the floor in high traffic areas and finished living spaces, along with protection for doorways in high traffic areas.

Taken directly from the TOS, the section reads, “Prior to a pack-out/delivery, I will install floor coverings in high traffic areas of interior areas (finished) living spaces (e.g. floor coverings for entry and interior hallways). In addition, I will protect doorways in high traffic areas (e.g. entry doorways, etc.) prior to a pack-out/delivery.”

With these changes, the new packout/loading/delivery processes should follow these steps:

NFC will email pre-populated copies of the DP3 Real Property Damage Form to agents and haulers prior to servicing the shipment.

Previously, shippers were entitled to inconvenience claims when agents could not deliver out of SIT within 5 days of the requested date in non-peak, or 10 days in peak. USTC has changed the acceptable windows for delivery to be the same for peak and non-peak. This memo will break down the acceptable windows, and a following memo will discuss our claims process for this new policy.

The new section in the TOS says: “I am responsible for an inconvenience claim payment when a shipment is placed into SIT when I am unable to deliver the shipment out of SIT within the following dates whichever is later:

Here is a document that has applied examples of these rules.

For containerized Code 2 shipments, agents must apply tamper-evident seals to each container in the shipment. A minimum of four seals should be used on each container for HHG shipments. They should “secure the access overlap door and side panels.” These seals must be placed on the containers at residence, and the seal numbers should be noted on the inventory.

If, for any reason, seals need to be broken prior to delivery, please notify NFC ASAP. The shipper and responsible PPSO must be given an opportunity to be present for when the seals are broken, and the containers must be resealed with notes in DPS noting the new seal numbers.

When PPSO requests a reweigh, the reweigh must be completed at destination (prior to storage or delivery) with sufficient time to allow the government or the customer an opportunity to witness the reweigh. Our office will advise as soon as possible when the PPSO or customer requests a witnessed reweigh, however, our policy is that the hauler/SIT agent work directly with the customer to schedule time and place of reweigh.

Further, NFC's policy is to support ALL reweighing of shipments at destination, not just PPSO requests. If this cannot be accomplished, contact our Operations team to advise.

Please note that this is not an all-inclusive list of the changes effective 15 May 2021, and we encourage our agents and haulers to review the documents referenced. Our future memos include the following topics:

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Agency Services at agencyservices@nationalforwarding.com.