Am I responsible for damaged cargo? Securing? Inspecting?

Pre loaded or they don’t let you on the dock, put SLC with your signature.
Shipper load and count.

 

A lot of loads shift because drivers drive like jack...es . I used to haul pop loads and receiver kept asking me what my secret was. This was in spring when the roads had big heaves in areas . I told him I slowed for bumps and train tracks unlike the guy who was next to me who went airborne over the heaves. He made that driver restack his load lol.

 

By "responsible", most drivers here mean "blameable". But as far as having to pay for damaged or rejected loads, then, no, drivers are not "responsible" for that. That's what cargo insurance is for.

You will be asked to sign BOLs that itemize or list damage or rejected product. If it's a small amount, it's usually no big deal and you can sign it and take off. If there is a lot of damage or rejected products, call your dispatch and wait to sign the BOL until dispatch tells you to.

Most warehouses and their workers are aware of a certain acceptable amount of damage that is expected to happen to loads during transit. More often than not, the problem is with how the product is palletized or how the pallets are loaded.

If your wheels stay on the ground during a turn, then you did your job. If the load shifts and your wheels stayed on the ground, the shipper did not do its job.

 

I have two customers who gave me heck with cargo claims, they won’t allow the driver to secure the load even away from the dock on their property, so we decided to have this put on the bol that they sign “shipper is responsible for all cargo damages” and have them initial it than then sign the Bol. Last month the consignee for one customer filed a cargo claim and we sent the insurance company the Bol with the signature and initialed addition, which matched to the one the receiver sent the insurance company, the claim was rejected.