Here is the scenario. You have all of your trade show booth parts, banners, and products well packed and loaded into the shipping trailer. It safely got to the advance warehouse and all the unloading takes place. Everything was going great until you received a bill from show management for special handling charges. The special handling charge can get very expensive. It varies from a few hundred dollars to thousands to something unimaginable if you are having a gigantic booth! So what is special handling? Here are few things you need to watch out for to avoid the jaw drop.
Ground Loading: Extra fee will occur when the trailer and the dock does not align properly.
Constricted Space Loading: Freight loaded “high and tight” or down one side as to make shipments not readily available.
Designated Piece Loading: When a trailer must be loaded in a particular sequence to ensure fit.
Stacked, Cubed-out, or loose Shipments: Shipments loaded in such a manner requiring items to be removed to ground level for delivery to booth. Items that would need to be unstacked/stacked, unstrapped/strapped, or loadbars to be removed/installed during the unload or load out process.
Multiple Shipments: Shipments that are loaded mixed on the truck, failing to maintain shipment integrity and/or have multiple delivery areas. It means show management may charge you extra if your truck container contains shipments from other exhibitors.
Mixed Shipments: Pieces for separate shipments that are loaded mixed throughout the delivery vehicle, or shipments ofcrated and uncrated goods where the percentage of uncrated is minimal does not warrant full uncrated rate for shipment
Improper Delivery Receipts: Shipments that arrive without individual Bill of Lading. Possible examples might include UPS, FedEX, company trucks, privately-owned vehicles.
Uncrated Shipments: Material that is shipped loose or pad-wrapped, and or unskidded machinery without proper lifting bars or hooks.
