CONTROLLED
DOCUMENT D.O.-MANAGER, VEHICLE OPS, PR
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Southbound Vehicle Shipping Instructions
Please Read Carefully
1.
Vehicles
are only accepted at
2.
Inspections
are only performed Monday through Friday from
3.
A
Vehicle Dock Receipt, which will be provided to you when you drop off your
vehicle, must be completed to include full name of Shipper (sender) and
Consignee (receiver), addresses, and phone numbers. Private individuals must
provide us their Social Security number.
If the vehicle is being shipped on behalf of a company we must have the
company’s Employer Identification Number (EIN). All pertinent information about the vehicle
must be completed as well (ex: last 8
digits of Vehicle Identification Number (VIN), make/model, year, color, number
of doors, transmission, and value). If
you drop off your vehicle during non-business hours, please supply with all of
the above information on a separate piece of paper and a Vehicle Dock Receipt
will be filled out for you.
4.
You
must provide proof of ownership, a copy of the vehicle title. If the vehicle is
not owned outright (i.e. it is financed), then you must also have your lender
provide a notarized letter granting permission for Trailer Bridge to ship your
vehicle to Puerto Rico. If anyone
but the person who is named on the title drops off the vehicle, they must also
have a notarized letter granting permission to ship.
5.
Customer
must ensure that vehicle being delivered to Blount Island Marine
Terminal for shipment contains no more than one-fourth of gasoline in tank as
per 49CFR176.905. Failure to do so will delay sailing of
vehicle and additional storage charges will apply.
6.
Please
disengage all alarms whenever possible.
The motion of the barge may cause the alarm to go off during transit and
drain the car battery.
7.
8.
To
pick up vehicle, you must come to
9.
Departamento
Hacienda
Control de Puertos / Bechara Park
Entering between Wendy's Restaurant and Acura (Honda)
Puerto Nuevo, Puerto Rico
Telephones:
Hours: Monday
through Friday
10. Bring Release Sheet back to
11. Payment by cashier’s check, money
order, American Express (Jax only), MasterCard or Visa must be presented when
you drop off vehicle in
12.
The following is published in our
Insurance Provisions (Section 1 Item 572)
·
Vehicles 5 years old or less are automatically
insured for “sound market value”.
·
Vehicles
older than 5 years are not automatically
insured. We will provide insurance, upon
request, at a rate of $1.12 per $100.00 of sound market value.
·
All claims must be reported when picking up the vehicle.
·
Insurance does not cover denting, marring, chipping, scratching, or
atmospheric fall out.
·
·
A “Delay Clause” excludes any claims of loss caused by delay of
delivery.
·
Items
other than emergency equipment (ex:
spare tire, jack, first aid kit etc.) inside the vehicle will be assessed $285.00
charge. These goods are not covered by insurance and will move at the
owner’s risk for loss of damage.
Detention/Demurrage or Storage (Section 1, Item 504)
·
Please
see Freetime/Demurrage
in PR at www.trailerbridge.com for freetime and charges that will apply when
freetime expires.
13. Vehicle Shipping Division phone
numbers and hours:
•
•
14. For current rate information, please
visit us on line at www.trailerbridge.com
or call Customer Service at
15. If you have any other questions,
please call Customer Service at
16. Please complete below information
and attach to Vehicle Dock Receipt.
I have read and
understand the preceding listed terms of shipment.
Signature
of Shipper: _________________________ Date: _________________
Print
Name: _________________________ Phone: _________________
Social
Security #: _________________________
For
TB Office Use Only:
Trailer
Bridge Representative receiving paperwork:
Signature:
_________________________ Date: _________________
Print
Name: _________________________
Revision
Date: 12/26/06 W0039C