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ARKANSAS OKLAHOMA RAILROAD COMPANY

 

FREIGHT TARIFF AOK 6000-I

 

 

(Cancels Freight Tariff AOK 6000-H)

NAMING 

GENERAL CAR DEMURRAGE RULES AND CHARGES

AND

SWITCHING AND TERMINAL RULES AND CHARGES

 

APPLYING AT ALL POINTS ON THE

 

ARKANSAS OKLAHOMA RAILROAD COMPANY

 

 

 

NOTICE

 

THE PROVISIONS PUBLISHED HEREIN WILL, IF EFFECTIVE, NOT RESULT IN AN EFFECT

ON THE QUALITY OF THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT.

 

 

ISSUED: January 13,2012                                             Effective: January 13,2012

 

 

 

ISSUED BY:

David Donoley, President

Arkansas Oklahoma Railroad Company

103 S. Central

Wilburton, OK 74578

FREIGHT TARIFF AOK 6000-I

 

SECTION 1

EXPLANATION OF TERMS AND OTHER CHARGES

ITEM

SUBJECT

APPLICATION

40 DEMURRAGE CHARGES

On cars subject to demurrage charges after expiration of free time allowed (See item 80), the following charges per car, per day, or fraction of a day, will be made until the car is released (See Item 115). $50.00 per day.

The applicable charge will accrue on all days, except holidays (See Item 90) that fall as the first chargeable day.

50 EMPTY CARS ORDERED OR APPROPRIATED FOR LOADING BUT NOT USED When a car so ordered and placed is not used, and no advice from the party who ordered the car has been received within twenty-four (24) hours, exclusive of Saturdays and Sundays,demurrage charges will start from first 12:00 A.M. after car is placed and will be charged until the car has been removed from the loading location.
60 LOADED PRIVATE CARS HELD ON RAILROAD TRACKS The demurrage clock starts at the first 12:00 A.M. after the car is placed on hold. (See item 40 for charges)
70 CARS HELD FOR PURPOSE OTHER THAN LOADING AND UNLOADING

Applicable to cars held:
A. On orders of the loader and unloader.
B. While awaiting proper disposition from the loader, unloader, or in connection with diversion request, or the freight payer.
C. As a result of conditions attributable to the loader and unloader. Computations:

A. Demurrage will be computed on the following from the first 12:00 A.M.

 
1. After actual or constructive placement until car is released, forwarding instructions are received, or disposition advice is received on:

a. Cars diverted or reshipped.
b. Cars held empty for loading-ordered and not used (other than
rejected car).

c.Cars held for "Surrender of Order notify Bills of Lading "at destination

d. Cars waiting for payment of accrued charges at origin or destination.
f. Cars held for any other purpose, except as covered by items 50 and 60 which is not attributable to the AOK.

 

2. After a car is received by AOK until date and time of disposition on:


a. Cars received from connecting carriers.
b. Loaded private cars returned to railroad tracks.

 

3. After actual or constructive placement until date and time of refusal on a refused loaded car.

 
4. After notification is given to loader/beneficial owner until date of disposition on a refused loaded car.

 

5. After actual placement or car order date, whichever is later, until date and time of rejection, on empty cars rejected as being unsuitable for loading.

80 FREE TIME Cars for loading or unloading will be allowed forty-eight (48) hours free time. Free time begins at the first 12:00 A.M. after the car is constructively or actually placed (See Item 100), 
90 HOLIDAYS

Wherever references is made to "holidays", it shall mean only the days listed below.

 
New Year's Day January 1
Good Friday.
Memorial Day- Last Monday of May.
Independence Day- July 4
Labor Day- First Monday of September.
Thanksgiving Day- Fourth Thursday of November.
Christmas Day- December 25

100 PLACEMENT

ACTUAL PLACEMENT-Actual placement is made when a car is placed in an accessible position for loading or unloading or at a point previously designated by the consigner or consignee.

CONSTRUCTIVE PLACEMENT- When a car consigned or ordered to a private track, or an other-than-public-delivery track cannot be actually placed because of a condition attributable to the consigner or consignee, such car will be held at destination, or if it cannot reasonably be accommodated there, at an consignee that the car held (naming the hold point if not held at
destination) and that this railroad is unable to affect placement; however, if car is placed on the private track, industrial interchange track or other-than-public-delivery track serving the consignor or consignee, the car shall be considered constructively placed without notice.

110 NOTIFICATION

Notification by industry of release of cars must be:

A. In writing by fax to (918) 465-0295 or (918) 465-3801, 24 Hours a day,
B. By phone communications to (918) 465-0299 between 7a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday-Friday
C. By e-mail . Provided upon request.

115 RELEASES

A railcar is considered released only after billing instructions have been received, regardless of who is responsible for the billing.

NOTE: Demurrage charges will continue to accrue to the Origin Industry even when cars are released to a Third-party, until the time billing is received from the Third-party.

200 WEIGHING A charge of $125.00 per car when scale is enroute of movement and no special switching is required, $250.00 per car for out of route movement to weigh, will be assessed on cars weighed at
shipper/consignee request on AOK track scales.
201 TURNING CARS A charge of $125.00 per car, $250.00 per car for out of route movement to turn, will be assessed for the turning of a car at shipper/consignee request.
202

RECONSIGNMENT

OR

DIVERSION

$225.00 If car has not reached destination station.
$300.00 If car reached destination station, but has not been spotted.
$375.00 If car reached destination station and has been spotted. Shipper must provide AOK a new Bill of Lading as authority to move car.
203 INTRA-PLANT SWITCHING

The AOK will perform intra-plant switching on loaded or empty cars at a charge of $150.00 per car non-hazardous or $250.00 per car hazardous (STCC series 28,29,48,49).

Intra-plant switching is a switching movement from one track to another track within the same plant or industry, or from one location to another location on the same track within the same plant or industry.

204 INTRA-TERMINAL SWITCHING

The AOK will perform intra-terminal switching on loaded or empty cars at a charge of $150.00 per car.

Intra-terminal switching is a switching movement (other than intraplant switching) from one private or assigned track to another private or assigned track of the same railroad, within the switching limits of the same station or industrial switching district.

205 RE SPOTTING (SET BACK) CHARGE A charge of $150.00 per car will be assessed on cars that have been placed for loading or unloading and subsequently removed and respotted

(set-back) in order to place or move other cars.
206 SPECIAL TRAIN $1800.00 Per Request
Additional $225.00/hour, for services over 8 hours.
Requests must be recieved in writing prior to any movements being performed. The AOK will review all requests for special train and will approve or deny depending on railroad availability. (Over-sized/dimensional loads handled on individual basis).
207 EXTRA SWITCH REQUEST Cars will be spotted during normal delivery service for the customers specific switch day. If the customer requests additional switching either on a day that the railroad does not serve the customer or the customer requests a second switch on the same day that they have already received a switch then a charge of $150.00 per car will be assessed. 
209 EMPTY CARS
ORDERED OR
SUPPLIED FOR
SPECIFIC
DESTINATIONS
OR JUNCTIONS

Empty cars that are ordered or supplied for specific destinations or junctions that are loaded and billed to travel other than ordered or supplied route will incur a charge of: $500.00 per car.

This charge will be assessed by the AOK and there could be other charges imposed by the other roads involved or car owners.

210 OVERLOADED
CARS DEFINITION
A car will be considered overloaded when the weight of the lading thereof exceeds the maximum carrying capacity (load limit) stenciled on the car. Or the maximum gross weight of the car exceeds 263,000 lbs or 131.5 tons.
211 OVERLOADED CARS NOTIFICATION OF The party contracting for services or owner of the lading will be
notified of the overload and will be allowed to remove the excess. Demurrage charges commence with the first 12:00 A.M. after notification is given user or owner of the lading by AOK, with no other free time allowed.
212 OVERLOADED CARS AT ORIGIN When a car is overloaded and such fact is discovered at origin station, shipper or owner of the lading will be notified to remove the excess as provided in this tariff. If the car is returned to the industry where loaded, one intra-terminal switch charge will be assessed in addition to a $900.00 per car penalty.
213 OVERLOADED CARS AT OTHER THAN ORIGIN

When a car at a station is discovered to be overloaded and such fact is discovered after the shipment has left the origin station, the shipper will be notified to remove the excess as provided in this tariff.

 
The applicable intra-terminal switch charge from the point where the overloaded condition is discovered to the nearest public track will be assessed in addition to a $900.00 per car penalty.

214 OVERLOADED CARS DISPOSITION OF

When a customer fails to report within the first twenty-four (24)
hours, a second notice will be sent. If shipper fails to respond
within seven (7) calendar days from the first 12:00 A.M. after the first notification, AOK will, at our option, transfer the shipment  to another car or remove the excess and sell it to the best advantage.

 

The actual cost of transfer for removeing the excess plus any additional charge(s), less the proceeds of the sales of the excess, if any, will be assessed against the shipper, unless satisfactory arrangments are made with AOK.

215

OVERLOADED
CARS RECIEVED
FROM CONNECTING
LINES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When a car is recieved form a connecting line in road haul service, and is discovered to be overloaded, shipper will be notified to remove the excess as provided in this tariff. If the overloaded is discovered at the junction and car is ordered returned the delivering carrier, the applicable inter-terminal switch charge will be assessed in addition to a $900.00 per car
penalty.


Demurrage charges as provided in this tariff (item105) will be assessed for each day a car is held for weight reduction, beginning with the first 12:00 midnight after the car is placed into a hold for overload status,No free time will be allowed.

 
The shipper will pay all excess line-haul and switching charges
incurred by the AOK in order to move the overloaded car to a spot for reduction.

 
After the overloaded car is reduced and the AOK is notified of the reduction, AOK at its discretion, will reweigh the car at a charge of $180.00 to be paid by shipper.

 

     

CARS HANDLED

IN ERROR.

or from AOK due to error on the part of rail carrier making such interchange.
400

INDUSTRIES OPEN TO

RECIPROCAL

SWITCHING

SHAWNEE, OK

 Shawnee, Ok (formerly served by UP) see item 410 for charges:

 

1. Shawnee Milling Co.

2.  Hooten Oil Co.

 

410

RECIPROCAL

SWITCHING CHARGES 

BN-$175.00 PER CAR

Shawnee Milling Co.

 

BN- $350.00 PER CAR 

Hooten Oil Co.

420 CHARGES FOR CLOSING PLUGGED DOORS ON BOX CARS TO MEET AAR STANDARS FOR INTERCHANGE.

It is the customers responsibility to properly open or close plugged box car doors before releasing the car to the Railroad.

If a box car door has not been properly closed a fee will be assessed to the customer to have the Railroad's Mechanical Officer come out to the facility and properly secure
the box car door.

Locations and Charges:
fee based on distance from Wilburton,Ok with hourly AAR rate for Mechanical Officer.

Baker Hughes- $225.00 minimum charge

Baroid- $225.00 minimum charge

MI-$75.00 minimum charge
Anchor-$75.00 minimum charge
All other locations: $75.00 minimum charge per hour

 

 

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