Accessorial Precedence

Shippers can applyan accessorial to any of the contract levels:

• The contract-level accessorial applies to all sections and laneswithin the contract such as fuel surcharges. The sections and lanesinherit the contract-level accessorials.
• The section-level accessorial applies only to the lanes withinthat section such as cleaning charges for a specific equipment type.
• A lane accessorial is only applicable to that lane such as atoll charge for the lane.

If an accessorial is assigned to more than one level of thecontract then the most discrete level is used to calculate the accessorialcost. For example if an equipment accessorial is applied at the contractlevel and the rating lane level only the accessorial for the ratinglane is charged for the shipment.

Shippers can also apply anaccessorial to an area. Sterling TMS only appliesthe accessorial charge to shipments that are picked up or deliveredin the area.

Accessorial Types

The following types ofaccessorial charges are available in Sterling TMS.

Standard Accessorials

Use standard accessorialsfor general charges such as a driver load/unload charge or a per-stopcharge. A planned accessorial is automatically applied to shipmentswhen Sterling TMS ratesthe load. A shipper or carrier must apply an unplanned accessorial toa specific shipment.

Service Accessorials

Use service accessorialsto apply different rates for shipments that use normal or expeditedservice.

Equipment Accessorials

Use equipment accessorialsto apply a special charge if a shipment uses a certain equipment type.

Fuel Accessorials

Use fuel accessorialsto apply fuel rate changes which are calculated based on the federalgovernment fuel index.

Deadhead Accessorials

Use deadhead accessorialsto apply charges for the deadhead distance between the destinationof one shipment and the origin of the next shipment. Deadhead accessorialsare only used in the Sterling TMS tours module.