The 8100 Tariff: Descriptions of Supplemental Services

See brief descriptions of supplemental services. For more details, click on the link in each description.

Credit Term Payment of Charges and Finance 
Demurrage/Storage
Diversion Services 
Fuel Surcharge 
Miscellaneous Port Services 
Special Train Service 
Switching 
Weights and Overloads

 

Credit Term Payment of Charges and Finance 

Payments from customers who have established credit with CSX must be received within 15 days of billing, otherwise a finance charge will be applied against line-haul freight charges.

Customers who do not have a line of credit with CSX will be required to prepay line-haul freight charges. For additional information, see Item 16005, Section XVI (PDF) .

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Demurrage/Storage

Demurrage is a fee charged for the extended use of railroad-controlled assets. This fee is intended to ensure that cars are loaded and unloaded promptly, so that they can be made available for the next shipment and so tracks remain fluid.  Storage is the fee applied on private equipment.

For details on activities that attract demurrage charges, see Section VIII (PDF) . For more information on demurrage, see A Quick Guide for Managing Demurrage (PDF) .

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Diversion Services 

Diversion services are provided when the party controlling a shipment asks CSX to make changes to the original or in-progress movement of a rail car. (NOTE: Sometimes it is not a change to a BOL. It can be a change to a car that is empty reverse routed.)

• For information on making changes to an original bill of lading, see Item 14000, Section XIV (PDF) .
• For information on holding cars pending possible changes in original billing instructions, see Item 14020 # 2, Section XIV (PDF) .

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Fuel Surcharge 

Fuel surcharge is a fee applied as a surcharge to the line-haul rate to offset fuel cost.

• For details about the surcharge and when it is applied, see Section XII, Item 12000 (PDF) .
• For daily updates on the status of the fuel recovery charge and the provisions of the charge, see the Daily Status Report page .
• To track the daily closing price of West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil for the past 6 months, click here .

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Miscellaneous Port Services 

This section addresses dockage services provided at Rockport and Tampa, Fla.; Curtis Bay Ore Pier, Md.; and certain other miscellaneous port services that facilitate the handling of shipments through these ports.

• Dockage fee for vessels or lifting of railcars to vessels at Rockport. See Item 12004, Section XII (PDF) .
• Water supplied to vessels docking at Curtis Bay Ore Pier. See Item 12055, Section XII (PDF) .

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Special Train Service 

Provided in special circumstances for reasons including excessive dimensions, excessive weight, a high center of gravity or any other condition(s).

• Movement of a train in other-than-normal freight train service. See Item 10000, Section X (PDF) .

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Switching 

Services for moving equipment from one track to another within or outside of the customer's plant.

 

Reciprocal Switching:
The movement between two railroads, either preceding or following a road haul over one of the two railroads. See Section III (PDF) .

Industrial Switching:

• Intra-Plant: Movement of rail cars between tracks within the customer's plant.
• Intra-Terminal switching (lease track): Movement of equipment between a lease track and a plant at different locations within the limits of one terminal (station or industrial switching district).
• Intra-Terminal switching: Movement of equipment between plants (other than lease track) at different locations within the limits of one terminal (station or industrial switching district).
• Inter-Terminal: Movement of equipment between CSX and another railroad's tracks within the limits of one terminal (station or industrial switching district).

Details on industrial switching may be found in Section V (PDF) .

Intermediate Switching:
The movement required to connect the road haul between two railroads. See Section IV (PDF) .

Miscellaneous Switching:

• Switching of diverted cars received at interchange locations on which CSX was to get a line-haul. SeeItem 6810 in Section VI (PDF) .
• Switching service at other-than-the-normal assigned times or nonoperating hours, at specified locations. SeeItem 6825, Section VI (PDF) .
• Turning cars when it is desired that cars be placed for loading or unloading on one particular side or end of car. See Item 6800, Section VI (PDF) .

Absorption of Switching Charges:
CSX has certain provisions under which reciprocal switching charges of other railroads will be absorbed. CSX will pay the switching railroads their published switching charge, but will assess any unabsorbed portion against the party paying the line-haul transportation charges. The absorption provisions and limitations are prescribed in the line haul price publication and the 8100 Tariff series. See Section XIII (PDF) .

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Weights and Overloads 

Services for weighing cars or handling cars that are overloaded, including:

• Overloaded in transit cars. See Section XI (PDF) .
• Weighing cars on private scales. See Item 9140 in Section IX (PDF) .
• Weighing cars on private scales where the party requesting the weighing does not own the scale. See Item 9140 in Section IX (PDF) .
• Weighing cars using railroad scales. See Item 9140 in Section IX (PDF) .

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