Transportation Agreement Template - Hazardous Goods - South Africa

Transportation Agreement Template - Hazardous Goods - South Africa

Summary A Transportation Agreement may be used to contract with your clients if you run a transportation or logistics company that transports dangerous or damaging cargo. It sets out the services that are included in the transportation services, and can help to limit liability in the event of unforeseen problems.

Why do I need a Transportation of Goods Agreement for transporting hazardous goods? When you provide road transportation services to your clients it is always preferable to agree on the scope of these services in writing. Especially where dangerous and hazardous goods are involved, which involves additional risk as well as compliance with various statutory requirements. Written terms & conditions are also a useful tool to inform your clients what is excluded from the transportation & logistics services (for example the transportation of certain types of cargo) and, of course, it confirms the agreed pricing of the transportation services.

What type of business should use a Transportation of Dangerous Goods Agreement? Is your business a transportation or logistics company providing transport services to companies that need hazardous cargo to be collected, transported and delivered? Then you can use a written Transportation of Hazardous Goods Agreement to contract with your clients.

What does the template contract say? These standard conditions of carriage consist of: definitions; terms of carriage (orders, collection, transportation, delivery, general terms); fees; risk and insurance; general.

What does the agreement look like? The template transportation of dangerous goods contract can be printed onto six pages.

What do you need to do to use the Transportation of Hazardous Goods Agreement?

• Read the template terms and conditions to ensure that the terms suit your requirements. Make any changes as may require.
• Include your Transportation Terms & Conditions when signing up a new client, and get the client to sign them.

What is the difference between your Transportation Agreements? You may have noticed that we have a few different versions of Transportation Contract templates. So what is the difference between them? Here’s a brief description of the template Transportation Agreements we have available:

•  Basic Transportation Agreement (Standard terms): this agreement covers the basic, general terms & conditions for the transportation of goods and general cargo. Recommended for use in smaller or once-off projects, by smaller transport companies, or where the parties don’t want a long, complicated agreement.

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  Comprehensive Transportation Agreement: this contract covers the terms & conditions for the transportation of general cargo, but is more detailed and comprehensive than the Basic Transportation Agreement. It provides more coverage, which also makes it longer and more involved. Recommended for larger or multiple projects, larger transport companies, or where the parties want a document with more coverage.
• Transportation of Hazardous Goods Agreement (this agreement): as the name indicates, these transport terms & conditions can be used when a transport company transports hazardous / dangerous goods. This agreement is a detailed document that includes reference to necessary and statutory health and safety provisions.
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  Transportation Agreement with a Hazardous Goods appendix: this is the Comprehensive Transportation Agreement, covering the terms & conditions for the transportation of general cargo. But it includes an appendix that caters for the transportation of hazardous goods. Ideal for a company that ordinarily transports general cargo, but needs an add-on appendix for the occasions when customers require them to transport hazardous cargo or dangerous goods.

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