Carrier will furnish and place a vehicle (s) at one loading or unloading site as designated.

Line haul rates and charges do not include loading or unloading by the Carrier except at New Orleans, Louisiana, line haul rates and charges (subject to additional charges where applicable) include loading or unloading when the service is performed by the Carrier, except as otherwise provided in Part 3 and except when the line haul rate does not include loading or unloading, as the case may be, subject to the provisions of paragraph (a), (b) and (c):

1. Loading or unloading will be performed by the Carrier only at location directly accessible to the vehicle, or at locations immediately adjacent to a parking space suitable for the Carrier to place the vehicle for loading or unloading. Placement of the freight in a position to be picked up and loaded must be arranged by consignor without assistance from the Carrier.
2. Loading or unloading by the carrier means pickup or delivery of the freight only on ground floor of docks, piers or wharves directly access to the Carrier's vehicle. Second floor docks, piers or wharves directly accessible to Carrier's vehicle by use of ramps or elevators (and labor necessary to operate elevators) which are provided without cost to the Carrier, will be considered as being located on the ground floor.
3. Loading or unloading does not include: Assembling, packing or dismantling freight: sorting or segregating freight; furnished by the Carrier of rigging or special loading or unloading equipment such as platform vehicles, winches, cranes, jacks, blocks and falls, chain falls or other special loading or unloading equipment used in hoisting, lowering, handling or placing in position; loading or unloading of heavy articles as described in Part 3 hereof.

Except as provided in Note 1; articles in a single container, packing or shipping form weighing less than 100 pounds will be loaded or unloaded at the expense of the Carrier. Articles in single container, packing or shipping form weighing 100 pounds or more shall be loaded or unloaded by at the expense of the shipper or consignee (See Note 2). If the shipper or consignee does not elect to perform the service of loading or unloading, same will be performed by the Carrier at the additional list or loading or unloading charge of $1.27 cents per 100 pounds based on the actual weight of the articles (s) weighing 100 pounds or more, subject to a minimum charge of $108.00 per shipment; such charge to be in addition to all other applicable charges. (See Exceptions)

NOTE 1 - The loading or unloading of articles, which because of their weight, size or means of packaging, cannot be handled by ordinary equipment and require the service of a crane to load or unload, shall be performed by the shipper or consignee, unless the carrier is instructed to perform this service, which service shall be performed at an additional charge equal to the exact expense incurred by the Carrier for such loading or unloading.