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...writing the name of your company on the shipper's bill of lading at time of pickup?
If not, they should be. Otherwise, you will have a difficult time affixing freight charge liability to the shipper should the broker default.
The legal argument is that by the exchange of cargo pursuant to the bill of lading being signed, a privity of contract then exists between the shipper and the carrier, but if the carrier is not named on the bill of lading, its enforcement is extremely difficult.
Most brokers (right or wrong, good or bad) will usually "alter" the bill of lading/POD when received from you, but before mailing to their customer to prevent the shipper from knowing the name of the carrier (to prevent back solicitation).
And if the broker insists that you provide him with the original copies, make sure you rubber stamp your company name on both sides of the bill of lading, and in such a way that if your name is then subsquently "blacked out", it would be easily discernible.
If not, they should be. Otherwise, you will have a difficult time affixing freight charge liability to the shipper should the broker default.
The legal argument is that by the exchange of cargo pursuant to the bill of lading being signed, a privity of contract then exists between the shipper and the carrier, but if the carrier is not named on the bill of lading, its enforcement is extremely difficult.
Most brokers (right or wrong, good or bad) will usually "alter" the bill of lading/POD when received from you, but before mailing to their customer to prevent the shipper from knowing the name of the carrier (to prevent back solicitation).
And if the broker insists that you provide him with the original copies, make sure you rubber stamp your company name on both sides of the bill of lading, and in such a way that if your name is then subsquently "blacked out", it would be easily discernible.