Accounts are due and payable net 30 days from the date of invoice and/or net 7 days from receipt of proof of delivery. All accounts/invoices are due and payable in full unless otherwise changed in writing by a Rolls Right Trucking. representative. A service charge of 2% per month (or 24% per annum) will be charged on any overdue account. The legal jurisdiction of Vancouver will prevail over the applicant and Rolls Right Trucking. upon acceptance of this application. The applicant agrees to notify Rolls Right Trucking. prior to any changes in the applicant’s ownership, management, business name, address, and any other material changes that may affect its credit, including change of banker. The undersigned agrees that usual credit inquires may be made in connection with the credit hereby applied for and consents to the disclosure of such information. A Rolls Right Trucking. credit application must be signed, agreed to, complete and accurate before credit will be issued. In the event the account is placed with a 3rd party collection agency, this information will be disclosed at the time of placement.
CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS
SECTION 1 DEFINITIONS
As used in this Warehouse Receipt or Contract and Rate Quotation (collectively ad/or alternatively “warehouse receipt”) the following terms have the following meanings:
- STORER, The person, firm, corporation or other entity for whom the goods ESCRIBED HEREIN ARE STORED AND TO WHOM THIS Warehouse Receipt is issued and anyone else claiming an interest in the GOODS.
- COMPANY, Rolls Right Trucking Ltd., As used in Sections 9 and 10 hereof COMPANY includes officers, directors, employees and agents of the COMPANY while acting within the scope and course of their employment.
- LOT, Unit or units of GOODS which are separately identified by the COMPANY.
- ADVANCE, All sums due or claimed to be due to COMPANY from STORER or others relating to the GOODS regardless of the source, whether liquidated or not, including but not limited to loans, disbursements, charges made for an on account of STORER or GOODS, necessary for preservation of GOODS OR REASONABLY incurred in their sale pursuant to law.
- GOODS, The personal properly and/or any portion thereof which is described herein and/or which COMPANY has agreed to receive and/or store pursuant to this Warehouse Receipt.
SECTION 2 TENDER FOR STORAGE
- All GOODS for storage shall be delivered at the warehouse properly marked and packed for handling.
- STORER shall furnish, at or prior to such delivery, a manifest showing marks, brands or sizes to be kept and accounted for separately and the class of storage desired. Otherwise the GOODS may be stored in bulk or assorted lots in freezer, cooler or general storage at the discretion of the COMPANY and charges for such storage will be made at the applicable storage rate.
- Receipt and delivery of all or any units of a LOT shall be made without subsequent sorting except by special arrangements and subject to a charge.
- COMPANY shall store and deliver GOODS only in the packages in which they are originally received unless otherwise agreed to in writing.
- Unless STORER shall have given, at or prior to delivery of the GOODS, written instruction to the contrary, COMPANY, in its discretion, may commingle and store in bulk different lots of fungible GOODS, whether or not owned by the same STORER.
- COMPANY shall not be responsible for segregating GOODS by production code date unless specifically agreed to in writing.
SECTION 3 TERMINATION OF STORAGE
- COMPANY may, upon written notice, as required by law, require the removal of the GOODS, or any portion thereof, from the warehouse upon the payment of all charges attributable to said GOODS within a stated period, not less than 30 days after such notification. If said GOODS are not so removed, COMPANY may sell them as provided by law and shall be entitled to exercise any other rights it has under the law with respect to said GOODS.
- If, in the opinion of the COMPANY, GOODS may be about to deteriorate or decline in value to less than the amount of COMPANY’S lien thereon, or may constitute a hazard to other property or to the warehouse or persons, the GOODS may be removed or disposed of by COMPANY as permitted by law. All charges related to said removal shall be paid by STORER.
SECTION 4 STORAGE LOCATION
- The GOODS shall be stored at COMPANY’S discretion at any one or more buildings at COMPANY’S warehouse complex identified on the front side of this Warehouse Receipt. The identification of any specific location within COMPANY’S warehouse complex does not guarantee that the GOODS shall be stored therein.
- Subject to any contrary written instructions given by STORER, COMPANY may, at any time, at its expense, and without notice to STORER, remove any GOODS from any room or area of the warehouse complex to any other room or area thereof.
- Upon ten (10) days written notice to the STORER, COMPANY may, at its expense, remove the GOODS to any other warehouse complex operated by COMPANY.
SECTION 5 STORAGE CHARGES
- Storage charges commence upon the date that COMPANY accepts care, custody and control of the GOODS, regardless of unloading date or date warehouse receipt is issued. Charges shall be computed separately for each LOT on one of the following optional bases:
- Storage will be charged to a STORER once their GOODS have been kept in the COMPANY warehouse for a period of 24 hours or longer.
- Charges shall be applicable as set forth in the rate quotation or other document issued by COMPANY to STORER and/or in COMPANY’S tariff.
- Unless COMPANY specifies otherwise all storage charges are due and payable on the 1st day of the storage for the initial month and thereafter on the 1st day of each calendar month.
- Rages quoted by weight will, unless otherwise specified, be computed on gross weight and 2,000 pounds shall constitute a ton.
- Storage Renewal Calculated 1st Day of New Month
SECTION 6 HANDLING CHARGES
- Unless otherwise specified or elected by COMPANY, handling charges cover only the ordinary labor and duties incidental to receiving and delivering unitized GOODS on pallets at the warehouse dock during normal warehouse hours.
- Unless otherwise specified, a charge in addition to the regular handling charges will be made for any work performed by COMPANY other than specified in Section (a) at rates which are in effect from time to time, a copy of which rates are available upon request.
- When GOODS are ordered out in quantities less than n which received, the COMPANY may make an additional charge for each order or each item of an order.
- Delivery by the COMPANY of less than all units of any LOT or of less than all the fungible GOODS stored by STORER shall be made without subsequent sorting except by special arrangement, and subject to an additional charge.
SECTION 7 TRANSFER OF TITLE; DELIVERY
- Instructions by STORER to transfer GOODS to the account of another are not effective until delivered to and accepted by COMPANY. Charges will be made for each such transfer and for any re-handling of GOODS deemed by COMPANY to be required thereby. COMPANY reserves the right not to deliver or transfer GOODS to or for the account of others except upon receipt of written instructions properly signed by STORER.
- STORER may furnish written instructions authorizing COMPANY to accept telephone orders for delivery. In such case, (1) COMPANY may require that each telephone order be confirmed by STORER in writing within 24 hours, and (2) acceptance by COMPANY of any telephone order shall be the risk of STORER. COMPANY will not be liable for any loss resulting from delivery made pursuant to telephone order, whether or not so authorized, unless COMPANY failed to exercise reasonable care with respect thereto.
- COMPANY shall have a reasonable time to make delivery after GOODS are ordered out and shall have a maximum of 10 business days after receipt of a delivery order in which to locate any misplaced GOODS.
- If COMPANY has exercised reasonable care and is unable, due to causes beyond its control, to effect delivery before expiration of the current storage period, the GOODS will be subject to storage charges for each succeeding storage period.
- All instructions and requests for delivery of GOODS or transfer of title are received subject to satisfaction of all charges, liens and security interest of COMPANY with respect to the GOODS whether for accrued charges or ADVANCES or otherwise.
- COMPANY may require, as a condition precedent to delivery, a statement from STORER holding COMPANY harmless from claims of others asserting a superior right to STORER to possession of the GOODS. Nothing herein shall preclude COMPANY from exercising any other remedy available to it under the law to resolve conflicting claims to possession of the GOODS. All costs, including attorney’s fees, incurred by the COMPANY’s activities referred to in SECTION 7(f) shall be charged to STORER and shall, for purposes of Section 12 below, be considered “charges present or future with respect to such GOODS” and shall attach as a lien on the GOODS.
SECTION 8 OTHER SERVICES AND CHARGES
- Other services rendered in the interest of STORER or the GOODS are chargeable to STORER. Such services may include, but are not limited to, the following: furnishing of special warehouse space or material, repairing, coopering, sampling, weighing, re-piling, inspecting, compiling stock statements, making collections, furnishing revenue stamps, reporting or recording marked weights or numbers, handling railroad expense bills, and handling shipments.
- All ADVANCES are due and payable immediately. All charges are due and payable upon the date of invoice. All charges and ADVANCES not paid within 30 days from the due date are subject to an interest charge, from the date said charge or ADVANCE became due until paid, at the lesser of the current rate or the maximum allowed by law.
- STORER may, subject to insurance regulations and reasonable limitations, inspect the GOODS when accompanied by an employee of COMPANY whose time is chargeable to STORER.
- In the event of damage or threatened damage to the GOODS, STORER shall pay all reasonable and necessary costs of protecting and preserving the GOODS. When the costs of protecting and preserving stored property are attributable to more than one STORER, said costs shall be apportioned among all affected STORERS on a pro rate basis to be determined by the COMPANY.
- COMPANY shall supply dunnage bracing and fastenings where it deems it appropriate on outbound shipments and the cost thereof is chargeable to STORER.
- Any additional costs incurred by COMPANY in unloading cars or trucks containing damaged GOODS are chargeable to STORER.
- COMPANY shall not be responsible for demurrage charges or delays in loading or unloading unless such demurrage charge or delay was caused solely by COMPANY’S negligence.
- COMPANY cannot guarantee delivery based on appointments and will not be held liable for fines if appointments are not met.
- A charge in addition to regular storage and handling rates will be made for bonded storage.
- COMPANY may assess an additional charge when GOODS, designated for freezer storage, are received at temperatures above 5 degrees Fahrenheit; however COMPANY shall not be responsible for blast freezing GOODS unless STORER specifically requests such services in writing.
- All storage handling and other services may be subject to minimum charges.
- STORER agrees to pay COMPANY all costs and ADVANCES including reasonable attorney’s fees incurred by COMPANY in connection with the storage, handling and/or disposition of the GOODS, including without limitation, such costs, ADVANCES, and/or fees relating to lawsuits (including Bankruptcy proceedings) involving in any way said GOODS and/or STORER’s performance under this agreement. All such costs, ADVANCES, and fees, for purposes of SECTION 12 below, shall constitute “charges present or future with respect to such GOODS”.
SECTION 9 LIABILITY AND LIMITATION OF DAMAGES
- The responsibility of the COMPANY is the reasonable care and diligence required by the laws of the province, where the GOODS are stored.
- The quality, condition, contents and values of GOODS stored are not known to the COMPANY except as declared and described on the face of the receipt by the STORER.
- Storage rates do not include insurance.
- COMPANY and STORER agree that COMPANY”S duty of care referred to in SECTION 9(a) above does not extend to providing a sprinkler system at the warehouse complex or any portion thereof.
- Unless specifically agreed to in writing, COMPANY shall not be required to store GOODS in a humidity controlled environment or be responsible for tempering GOODS.
- Without limiting the generality of the foregoing subsections (a), (b), and (c) of the section, it is specifically declared and agreed:
- That the COMPANY shall not be responsible for loss or damage to the GOODS covered by this Receipt resulting from any of the following perils: fire or explosion from and cause; flood, wind, storm, earthquake or other acts of God, war, insurrection, riot, civil or military authority, strikes, picketing or any other labour trouble, shrinkage in weight, loss in quality or other change due to the inherent or perishable nature of the commodity; insufficient cooperage, boxing, crating or packaging, wear and tear; any cause not originating in the warehouse; any cause beyond the control of the COMPANY; leakage or failure to detect the same; concealed damage, breakage, theft, pilferage, vermin, sprinkler leakage or water; unless such loss or damage from any such peril results from the failure of the COMPANY to exercise the ordinary care and diligence required of him by law relevant to such peril and
- That all the COMPANY’s charges incurred with respect to GOODS lost or damaged as a result of any such peril shall constitute a charge on the remaining GOODS covered by this Receipt and against the owner or depositor thereof
- THE LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY ARISING FROM LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE DECLARED VALUE OF THE GOODS IF INDICATED ON THE FACE HEREOF OR THE MONETARY AMOUNT OF THE DAMAGE INCURRED, WHICHEVER IS THE LESSER, BUT IN NO CASE SHALL THE LIABILITY EXCEED ONE HUNDRED (100) TIMES ON (1) MONTH’S STORAGE CHARGE PER UNIT (E.G. STORAGE RATES PER UNITS, $1.00 PER MONTH LIABILITY LIMIT $100.) ON ANY ONE PACKAGE OR STORED UNIT. IF DURING THE STORAGE, THE VALUE PER UNIT OF THE STORED GOODS SHALL CHANGE AND THE STORER OR HOLDER OF THIS RECEIPT SO DECLARES IN WRITING TO THE COMPANY, A REVISION OF THE STORAGE RATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH NEW VALUE MAY BE MADE.
- The COMPANY is not in any case or under any circumstances, whether negligent or not, responsible for any loss or damage to GOODS unless and until notice in writing of such loss or damage, together with full and detailed particulars thereof is given to the COMPANY within 36 hours after the holder of the Receipt (or the owner of the GOODS. If this Receipt has been surrendered) becomes aware of such loss or damage or takes delivery of the GOODS or any portion thereof, whichever event may be the first to happen.
SECTION 10 NOTICE OF CLAIM AND FILING OF SUIT
- COMPANY shall not be liable for any claim of any type whatsoever for loss and/or destruction of an/or damage to GOODS unless such claim is presented, in writing, within a reasonable time, not exceeding 60 days after STORER learns or, in the exercise of reasonable care, should have learned of such loss, destruction and/or damage.
- As a condition precedent to making any claim and/or filing any suit, STORER shall provide COMPANY with a reasonable opportunity to inspect the GOODS which are the basis of STORER’S claim.
- NO LAWSUIT OR OTHER ACTION MAY BE MAINTAINED BY STORER OR OTHERS AGAINST COMPANY WITH RESPECT TO THE GOODS UNLESS A TIMELY WRITTEN CLAIM HAS BEEN MADE AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (a) OF THIS SECTION AND UNLESS STORER HAS PROVIDED WAREHOUSEMAN WITH A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY TO INSPECT THE GOODS AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (b) OF THIS SECTION AND UNLESS SUCH LAWSUIT OR OTHER ACTION IS COMMENCED WITHIN NINE (9) MONTHS AFTER STORER LEARNS OR, IN THE EXERCIZE OF REASONABLE CARE, SHOULD HAVE LEARNED OF THE LOSS AND/OR DESTRUCTION OF AND/OR DAMAGE OF THE GOODS.
SECTION 11 INSURANCE
GOODS are not insured by COMPANY and the storage rates do not include insurance of the GOODS unless COMPANY has agreed, in writing, to obtain such insurance for the benefit of STORER.
SECTION 12 LIEN
COMPANY shall have a lien against the GOODS and on the proceeds thereof for all charges for storage, handling, transportation (including demurrage and terminal charges), insurance, labor and other charges present or future with respect to the GOODS, ADVANCES or loans by COMPANY in relation to the GOODS and for expenses necessary for preservation of the GOODS or reasonably incurred in their sale pursuant to law. COMPANY further claims a lien on the GOODS for all such charges, ADVANCES and expenses in respect to any other property stored by STORER in any warehouse owned or operated by COMPANY or its subsidiaries wherever located and whenever deposited and without regard to whether or not said other property is still in storage.
SECTION 13 WAIVER SEVERABILITY
- COMPANY’S failure to insist upon strict compliance with any provision of this Warehouse Receipt shall not constitute a waiver or estoppel to later demand strict compliance thereof and shall not constitute a waiver or estoppel to insist upon strict compliance with all other provisions of this Warehouse Receipt.
- In the event any section of this Warehouse Receipt or part thereof shall be declared invalid, illegal and/or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining sections and parts shall not, in any way, be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 14 AUTHORITY
STORER represents and warrants that it either (i) is the lawful owner of the GOODS which are not subject to any lien or security interest of others; or (ii) is the authorized agent of the lawful owner and/or any holder of a lien or security interest and has full power and authority to enter into the agreement incorporated into this Warehouse Receipt. STORER agrees to notify all parties acquiring any interest in the GOODS of the terms and conditions of this Warehouse Receipt and to obtain, as a condition of granting such an interest, the agreement of such parties to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Warehouse Receipt.
SECTION 15 NOTICES
All written notices provided herein may be transmitted by any commercially reasonable means of communication and directed to COMPANY at the address on the front hereof and to STORER at its last known address. STORER is presumed to have knowledge of the contents of all notices transmitted in accordance with this SECTION within five days of transmittal.
SECTION 16 ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This agreement shall constitute the entire agreement between COMPANY and STORER relating to the GOODS and supersedes all existing agreements between them whether written or oral and shall not be changed, amended or modified except by written agreement signed by representatives of COMPANY and STORER. This agreement is non-negotiable, transfer of GOODS to our facility constitutes acceptance of the agreement.