Rules and regulations of railway freight transportation

Article 1 Formulates the rules of railway freight transport in accordance with the relevant guidelines, policies and decrees formulated by the state and the basic principles of the Economic Contract Law of the People's Republic of China, the Railway Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of Railway Freight Transport Contracts.

Article 2 The carrier, the shipper and the consignee shall abide by the provisions of these Rules, closely cooperate with each other, take good care of the transported materials and railway transport equipment, strictly perform the transport contract, and transport the goods safely, quickly, economically and conveniently.

Article 3 The right of revision and interpretation of this Regulation belongs to the Ministry of Railways, and its formulation, revision or abolition shall be announced in advance.

Without violating these provisions, the Railway Bureau may formulate supplementary provisions in the management and report them to the Ministry of Railways for the record.

The business scope of the station is announced on the "Railway Freight Odometer".

Unless otherwise stipulated by international combined transport, land and water combined transport and military transport, these Rules shall apply to the national commercial railway freight transport.

The rules and measures for extending this procedure are as follows:

1. Railway freight rate rules;

2. Rules for the transport of dangerous goods by rail;

3. Rules for railway transportation of fresh goods;

4. Rules for railway transportation of out-of-gauge goods;

5. Rules for loading and reinforcement of railway goods;

6. The preparation method of railway monthly freight transportation plan:

7. Organization methods of daily cargo transportation;

8. Express cargo transportation measures;

9. Railway container transport measures;

10. Measures for the insured transportation of railway goods;

1 1. Measures for the administration of railway freight transportation miscellaneous fees;

12. Measures for the collection of freight car deferred use fees;

13. Other measures formulated in accordance with the spirit of these Provisions.

Chapter II Transportation of Goods

Section 1 Basic Conditions for Freight Transportation

Article 4 Railway freight transportation is divided into complete vehicles, LTL and containers.

If the weight, volume or shape of a batch of goods need to be transported by more than one truck, it shall be consigned as a whole vehicle; If it is not enough for vehicle transportation, it shall be checked by LTL; If it meets the conditions of container transportation, it can be checked in containers. The minimum volume of the goods consigned by LTL shall not be less than 0.02 cubic meters (except those weighing more than 10 kg), and each batch shall not exceed 300 pieces.

The following goods are not accepted by LTL consignment:

1. Goods that need to be refrigerated, insulated or heated for transportation;

2. Dangerous goods limited to the whole vehicle;

3. Contaminated products that easily pollute other goods (such as bones, wet fur, feces, carbon black, etc.). (a) without disinfection or sealed packaging;

4. bees; 5. goods that are difficult to calculate;

5 live animals that are not packed in containers (except those that can be transported in the pipe according to the provisions of the Railway Bureau);

6. Goods with a weight of more than 2 tons, a volume of more than 3 cubic meters or a length of more than 9 meters (except that the loading and unloading operations at the transfer station and the arrival station are confirmed by the originating station).

In the special line or special railway, the organization of direct package LTL transportation shall be negotiated and signed by the station and the shipper, and shall be handled with the consent of the railway bureau; If the organization turns to LTL, it shall be approved by the Railway Bureau.

Container transportation shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of the Measures for Railway Container Transportation.

The rapid transportation of goods shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of the Measures for the Transportation of Express Goods.

The transportation of goods under specific conditions shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of Annex I "Specific Transportation Conditions".

Only the combined transport of the whole vehicle cargo is handled between the quasi-meter rail and the meter rail. However, the following goods are not transported:

1. Fresh goods and goods that need to be refrigerated, insulated or heated for transportation;

2. Goods transported by oil tankers;

3. Goods with a weight exceeding 5 tons (unless otherwise agreed), a length exceeding 16 meters or a volume exceeding the loading limit of the meter rail.

Article 5 Goods consigned in batches must have the same shipper, consignee, place of departure, place of arrival and place of loading and unloading (except goods unloaded by vehicles). The whole vehicle is a batch of goods per vehicle. Straddle-riding cars, climbing cars and goods using traveling cars shall be taken as a batch in each car group.

The weight or volume of a batch of vehicle goods directly transported between quasi-meters and meters shall meet the following requirements:

1. The weight of heavy goods is 30 tons, 50 tons and 60 tons (not applicable to the regulation of increasing the load of trucks);

2. The volume of light goods is 60,95, 1 15 cubic meters.

For LTL goods or goods transported in containers, each waybill shall be regarded as a batch. Goods transported in containers must be of the same box type in each batch, with at least one box and no more than the number of boxes that can be transported by a railway freight car.

The following goods shall not be consigned at one time:

1. perishable goods and non-perishable goods;

2. Dangerous goods and non-dangerous goods (unless otherwise specified);

3. Goods that cannot be mixed according to the nature of the goods;

4. Goods insured for transport and goods not insured for transport;

5. Goods covered by transportation insurance and goods not covered by transportation insurance;

6. Goods with different transportation conditions.

Under special circumstances, with the approval of the Railway Bureau, the goods specified in the preceding paragraph may also be consigned in batches.

Article 6 Except for bees, goods that need to be refrigerated or kept warm when transported by refrigerated trucks, and countless goods, the number of goods that are not allowed to be consigned by less than one car as stipulated in Article 4 of these Regulations is less than one car. If the shipper requires that two or three goods arriving at the station on the same route be loaded on the same truck, they can be consigned as a whole vehicle during partial transportation.

Article 7 When the consignor requests to carry or load or unload the goods transported by vehicles within the station boundary (including loading and unloading at stations that do not handle freight business), it can be handled within the railway administration after approval. However, dangerous goods shall not be transported or loaded and unloaded in the station boundary.

Goods loaded and unloaded on the way may, at the request of the shipper, take the station behind or in front of the loading and unloading on the way as the departure station or arrival station.

Article 8 When consignors or consignees' representatives or entrusted agents handle the consignment, collection, alteration or performance of other rights and obligations, they shall submit a power of attorney (Form 4) or a letter of introduction to prove the entrustment to the station.

Section 2 Signing of Contracts for the Carriage of Goods

Article 9 A shipper may sign an annual, semi-annual, quarterly or monthly freight transport agreement or a longer-term freight transport agreement when transporting goods by rail. During the agreement period, the shipper may determine the demand with the carrier by stages, and when delivering the goods, submit the cargo waybill to the carrier in batches as an integral part of the transportation contract. Other goods shall be transported by waybill.

The preparation of freight transport plans shall be handled in accordance with the Interim Measures for the Administration of Railway Freight Transport Plans.

Article 10 Emergency relief materials, materials directly used in agricultural production, fresh commodities and other materials requiring emergency transportation shall be given priority.

Section 3 Consignment, Acceptance and Transportation of Goods

Article 1 1 When consigning goods to the carrier, the shipper shall submit the cargo waybill to the station in batches (format 1). Goods transported by mechanical refrigerated trucks can reach the same station, and the same consignee can submit a waybill in several batches. For vehicle unloading, in addition to a basic cargo waybill, each unloading station should add two additional unloading waybills (one for the unloading station and one for the consignee).

Fill in the waybill, according to the provisions of the "cargo waybill and waybill filling method" (Annex 3).

If the shipper fails to fill in the waybill item by item or consign the mobile goods, and there are more than two kinds of goods in the same package due to too many names of a batch of consigned goods, it shall submit the list of goods (format 3) in triplicate. One copy shall be kept by the sending station after being stamped with the date of carriage by the station; A copy is submitted to the station with the transport bill; One copy is returned to the shipper. In addition to the items checked by individuals, the list of items can be replaced by other documents with the contents of the list of items.

The shipper shall take full responsibility for the authenticity of the items filled in the bill of lading and the list of goods, and shall also pay liquidated damages in accordance with the regulations if it conceals or misrepresents the name and weight of the goods.

Article 12 consignment of perishable goods? Short-lived When using radioactive goods, the allowable transportation period of the goods should be recorded. The allowed transportation period must be at least three days longer than the delivery period of the goods.

Article 13 The goods consigned by the shipper are divided into insurance transportation and non-insurance transportation. The shipper shall select the mode of transportation in the waybill.

Personal consignments shall be handled in accordance with the Measures for the Transportation of Personal Articles (Annex 4).

Reason.

For goods transported at insured prices, the railway shall charge cargo insurance premium.

Article 14 According to the laws and regulations of the central government or provinces (cities) and autonomous regions, the shipper shall present the certification documents and the cargo waybill at the same time, and indicate the name and number of the certification documents in the shipper's entry column of the cargo waybill. The station shall indicate the consignment quantity on the back of the certificate, stamp the date of the station, and return it to the shipper or leave it at the station for the record as required.

Documents certifying the handling of customs, quarantine and other special circumstances, as well as documents related to the quantity, quality and specifications of this batch of goods, may be entrusted to the carrier to deliver to the consignee at the station.

The shipper shall firmly attach the relevant documents or documents entrusted to the carrier to the cargo waybill, and record the name and page number in the shipper's record column of the cargo waybill.

If the shipper fails to provide supporting documents, the carrier shall refuse to accept the goods that need to be transported.

The shipper shall be responsible for the authenticity of the certification documents submitted by him.

The carrier should pay attention to keeping the certification documents or documents entrusted by the shipper during delivery. If there is any loss, the station shall compile ordinary records to prove it.

Article 15 When consigning goods, the shipper shall use transport packages that meet the transport requirements according to the nature, weight, mode of transport, transport distance, climate and loading conditions of trucks, so as to facilitate loading and unloading and ensure the safety of the goods. Where there are national packaging standards or ministerial packaging standards (industry packaging standards), they should be packaged according to national standards or ministerial standards (industry standards).

If the transport package of the goods does not conform to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the shipper shall carry it after improvement.

If there is no uniform packaging standard, the station should study and formulate the temporary packaging standard for goods transportation with the shipper, which is also applicable. For the goods that need trial shipment.

Unless otherwise specified, the station may negotiate with the shipper to organize the trial operation.

Carriers and shippers should actively carry out container transportation to ensure the safety of goods.

If the condition of the goods is defective, but it does not affect the safety of the goods, the shipper may indicate it on the cargo waybill and then carry it.

Article 16 When consigning less-than-truckload goods, the shipper shall clearly mark each item (label) (format 5). Marks should be made of hard materials. Stick or nail one at each end of each commodity. When the package is not suitable for sticking or nailing, the hanging method can be adopted. Goods that are not suitable for marking with paper should be marked with paint or materials such as metal, wood, cloth and plastic board.

In addition to using labels or writing marks made of tough materials such as cloth, wood, metal, etc. , checked baggage and moving goods should also be marked (labeled) in the package of goods.

The shipper shall, according to the nature of the goods and the national standards, make graphic marks on the packaging, storage and transportation of the goods (see Annex).

The shipper must remove or erase the marks and numbers and graphic marks of packaging, storage and transportation unrelated to the goods.

Article 17 Railway transport goods shall be carried according to the number and weight of pieces. However, when the following goods are transported in whole vehicles, they are only transported by weight, and the number of pieces is not counted:

1. Bulk cargo;

2. The specifications of finished products are the same (within three specifications, they are regarded as the same), and the number of a batch exceeds 2,000 pieces; Different specifications, one batch1more than 600 pieces.

The following truckloads of goods, whether the specifications are the same or not, are consigned as a batch, and the average weight of each piece is greater than 10 kg. If the shipper can deliver it to the station piece by piece, the carrier will transport it according to the weight and number of pieces:

1. needles, textiles, clothes, socks, shoes and hats;

2. Clocks and watches, Chinese and Western medicines, cigarettes, stationery, musical instruments and arts and crafts;

3. Flour, soap, candy, rubber, paint, dye, tire, canned food, bottled wine, medical equipment, washing powder, sewing machine head, empty steel cylinder, chemical reagent, glass instrument, 24 1 lifting iron drum.

Television, radio, tape recorder, record player, electric fan, computer and camera.

When consigning goods specified in the preceding paragraph and goods with unspecified names in batches, it shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of this article.

The shipper shall organize loading, and the goods arriving at the station shall be unloaded by the consignee and carried according to the number of pieces filled in by the shipper on the cargo waybill.

The weight of the goods transported by rail shall be determined by the carrier, except the goods whose weight exceeds the maximum weight of the station scale.

The determination of the weight of goods (including the weight of goods packaging) must be accurate.

Article 18 The shipper must send people to escort live animals, fresh plants that need to be transported by water, goods that need to be transported by fire, locomotives and rail cranes that need to be transported, and goods that need to be escorted by special regulations. Unless otherwise specified, the number of escorts in each batch shall not exceed 2. If the shipper requests additional escorts or dispatches escorts for goods other than those mentioned above, the carrier shall give approval.

The escort shall pay the escort's fare.

For goods with a courier, the shipper shall indicate the name of the courier and the name and number of the supporting documents on the cargo waybill, and issue the Notice of the Escort (format 6) after being audited by the originating station, and indicate it in the first copy of the cargo ticket, which shall be signed by the shipper.

The escort should take the van he is escorting. If the van is not suitable for riding, you can take the caboose or the vehicle designated by the captain or stationmaster.

The escort shall be responsible for taking measures to ensure the safety of the escorted goods,

If the goods are found to be rotten, deteriorated, injured or damaged, they should immediately report to the conductor or stationmaster, who will assist in proper handling.

Escorts shall abide by the matters specified in the Instructions for Escorters and the provisions on railway freight transportation.

The carrier shall publicize the safety precautions of the escort personnel and provide convenient working and living conditions.

From the time the carrier carries the goods to the time the delivery is completed, the escort shall treat the passengers as personal injuries.

Article 19 Freight transportation expenses shall be calculated according to the provisions of railway freight rules. The shipper shall pay the fee on the day when the goods are loaded at the departure station. Redeem 18 points

For the goods to be transported in the future, the station should indicate it under the date of shipment stamp of the invoice (format 2). Hey? In that case, its transportation costs can be paid the next day. Due to temporary rescue, disaster relief and epidemic prevention, it is indeed difficult to pay at the departure station. With the consent of the sending railway bureau, it can be paid later or by the consignee at the arrival station.

The shipper or consignee who regularly consigns or receives goods may pay the transportation expenses in a daily summary, and the time shall be agreed with the shipper or consignee according to the specific circumstances without affecting the transportation expenses to the bank.

If the shipper or consignee delays the payment of transportation expenses, it shall pay the carrier the agreed overdue fee for transportation and miscellaneous fees.

Article 20 The goods transported by LTL or container shall be accepted by the originating station, loaded with the whole vehicle and stamped with the arrival date stamp by the originating station (Format 7).

At the station where pre-shipment storage is implemented, the shipper shall be responsible for the pre-shipment storage of the whole vehicle goods that are moved into the station in batches from the time of receipt of the goods.

When the station is carrying the goods, it shall give the goods certificate and bill of lading to the shipper. The shipper shall give the goods receipt to the consignee in time so as to contact the station to collect the goods.

Section 4 Loading and Unloading of Goods

Article 2 1 Where goods are loaded at the loading and unloading place of the station, the station shall organize the loading in time. When the station receives the goods, it should check the name, number of pieces, transport packaging, signs and reinforcement materials of the goods.

Due to the limitation of vehicle volume or load, the station should negotiate with the shipper to deal with the surplus goods after loading.

Article 22 The carrier shall be responsible for organizing the loading and unloading of goods in the public loading and unloading area of the station. However, the shipper or consignee shall be responsible for loading and unloading the goods transported by tank cars, frozen perishable goods, live animals without containers, bees and fry, radioisotopes weighing more than 1 ton, and human-driven machinery and vehicles.

Due to the special nature of other goods, the shipper or consignee may also organize loading and unloading at the request of the shipper or consignee and with the consent of the carrier.

Article 23 When loading and unloading goods, we should actively organize rapid loading and unloading under the condition of ensuring the safety of goods, and work around the clock to shorten the stay time of trucks and speed up the transportation of goods.

The station shall sign a transport agreement with the owners of special railways and special lines, and report to the competent railway bureau for the record. The contents of the agreement shall be stipulated by the railway administration. When the shipper and consignee use other people's special lines to load and unload trucks, they should sign a transport agreement with the station and the owner of the special lines. For the goods sent by the special line, the charging policy for public loading and unloading places at the station shall be implemented.

For trucks loaded and unloaded by the shipper or consignee, the station shall inform the shipper or consignee of the handover time before the delivery of the trucks. After the loading and unloading operation, the shipper or consignee shall notify the station.

The shipper or consignee shall be responsible for organizing the loading and unloading of trucks that exceed the prescribed loading and unloading time standard or the prescribed residence time standard, and the carrier shall charge the shipper or consignee the prescribed freight usage fee.

When local railways use railway vehicles, they should pay the vehicle use fee according to the regulations.

All the goods stored in the loading and unloading place should be more than 1.5 meters away from the outside of the rail of the cargo line, and stacked neatly and stably.

Article 24 The carrier shall equip corresponding vehicles according to the vehicle types agreed in the transport contract. If the carrier does not have proper truck distribution, it can substitute with the consent of the shipper to ensure the safety of goods, the integrity of trucks and the convenience of loading and unloading operations. Replacing other vehicles with long trucks and refrigerated trucks and changing the scope of use of tankers shall be approved by the Ministry of Railways; When other vehicles replace boxcars, they should be approved by the Railway Bureau.

Vehicle substitution must comply with the Rules for Loading and Reinforcement of Railway Goods? Truck use restriction table? The provisions of the.

Confidential materials, foreign-related materials, precision instruments and exhibits that can be transported by boxcars must be transported by boxcars, and other trucks are not allowed to replace them.

Article 25 The carrier shall be equipped with clean trucks in good condition to transport the goods. Before loading, the loading unit should check the integrity and cleanliness of the carriage.

Before loading the truck, the shipper shall notify the station to clean up or dispose of the remaining goods found on the truck. If the station entrusts the shipper to clean, it shall pay the prescribed freight car cleaning fee to the shipper.

When the shipper requests the cleaning and disinfection of the freight car deployed by the carrier, he shall pay the cleaning and disinfection fee for receiving the car to the shipper when handling the railway.

Article 26 When loading goods, the carrier and the shipper shall constantly improve the loading method and make full use of the load capacity or volume of the truck, but it shall not exceed the allowable load capacity of the truck.

Load capacity. Because the weight of goods packaging and protective articles affects the net weight of goods, or mechanical loading.

For goods that are difficult to calculate, if it is really difficult to reduce the tonnage, they can be loaded more, but not more than 2% of the marked load of the truck; The height and width of cargo loading shall not exceed the vehicle clearance or the loading clearance of a specific section, except for out-of-gauge goods and specified goods.

If the load of the whole vehicle exceeds the allowable load stipulated by the truck, the freight shall be charged.

The loading and reinforcement of goods shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of the Rules for Loading and Reinforcement of Railway Goods.

The goods shipped by tanker shall be loaded to the bottom of airbag or the specified height, and the loading unit shall be responsible for closing the oil drain valve.

Article 27 When the shipper arranges to load the goods and uses the tarpaulin for railway freight cars, it shall check the use fee of the tarpaulin for freight cars and check the intact condition of the tarpaulin to ensure that the tarpaulin is intact.

When the shipper uses his own tarpaulin, he should indicate it in the shipper's record column of the cargo waybill? Bring your own tarpaulin? Zhang? .

The railway freight car tarpaulin used for loading on the special line or the railway freight car tarpaulin arriving at the special line shall be picked up at the station by the shipper and the consignee respectively.

When a railway freight car is covered with tarpaulin, the use fee of tarpaulin shall be charged to the shipper according to the number of sheets used.

The consignee shall return the tarpaulin of the railway freight car arriving at the special line or special railway to the station within 2 days from the day after the truck is delivered to the unloading place or handover place. If the time limit is exceeded, the extension fee for the use of tarpaulin shall be charged.

Article 28 Freight car equipment and articles (livestock frame, tarpaulin bracket, grain baffle, feeding utensils, cold-proof quilt, tarpaulin articles) and goods reinforcement materials required for loading a whole vehicle of goods shall be prepared by the shipper, and their names and numbers shall be recorded in the shipper's column of the cargo waybill and delivered to the consignee together with the goods at the station. Freight car equipment and cargo reinforcement materials are prepared by the carrier, and the service fee for loading reinforcement materials is charged.

If the consignee needs to send the above-mentioned truck equipment or reinforcement materials back to the designated station, he shall fill in the special transport voucher (format 8) within the day after the carrier delivers the goods, and consign them within 30 days after the arrival visa, without charging the freight.

Trucks of goods are transported directly between the quasi-meter rail and the meter rail, and the reinforcement materials needed for the goods at the loading station are prepared by the loading station, and the expenses should be filled in and a notice in advance should be issued, which should be collected from the consignee at the station.

The equipment, articles and reinforcement materials of international combined transport export goods shall be sent back by the foreign trade institutions stationed at border stations on behalf of the consignee.

If the container appliances and explosives safes owned by the shipper meet the specific freight range stipulated in the railway freight rules, when the consignee needs to send them back to the designated station, he shall go through the transportation formalities according to the provisions of the second paragraph of this article and pay the freight.

Article 29 Goods transported by boxcars, refrigerated trucks, tank cars and containers shall be sealed by the loading or packaging unit. However, goods with escorts, goods that need ventilation and transportation, and goods that the loading unit thinks do not need to be sealed (except goods transported in containers) may not be sealed.

Sealed trucks or containers should be marked on the waybill, bill envelope and truck loading list. If numbered sealing rings, sealing rings or automobile sealing pliers are used for sealing, the sealing number shall be recorded.

The technical requirements for sealing and unpacking shall be handled in accordance with the Provisions on Sealing and Unpacking of Freight Cars and Containers (Annex II).