Carrier payment timetable

I've never heard of such a regulation.

 

I think the law says more like 7 days.

 

The 14 day's you're talking about is with regard to the carrier paying any driver leased onto the carrier within 14 days of all the proper paperwork being submitted to the carrier and the load delivered.

There are regulations listed in the bill if lading that dictate payment, but you most likely waived those rights, along with many others, when you signed the broker/ carrier agreement to haul the load. Something most small carriers do without realizing.

For example, this week alone I turned down 2 brokers because of the clause in their agreements. One broker went so far as stating on the rate con that the carrier is responsible for all damages to the freight, damage to the products container and freight shortages. I'm sorry but damage happens to products container that is not the carriers fault.

Another clause was the carrier was to insure and physically count each piece to verify the total number of each item was packed on the pallet. For example, the carrier was suppose to count every straw in a box to verify it was correct before it went on the trailer. If the carrier didn't, carrier was solely liable for ALL shortages regardless of shippers fault.