Complete Shipment Details

Supply or generate a Bill of Lading (BOL) number
The Bill of Lading number is the primary reference number that will appear on documentation pertaining to your shipment. It is required. It can be any combination of letters and numbers.

Type the BOL number directly in the text field, or
click the link and the system will generate a random BOL number for you.

Complete the 'Send Shipping Instructions to' field
This field appears only if you are set up for multi-road billing; most users will not see it.
Use the drop-down box to select the railroad that will be receiving the shipping instructions, usually the origin railroad.

Select a shipment type
Use the drop-down box to select a shipment type.  

Click in the 'Switch Bill' box if your bill is for a switch and not a linehaul move.

The moves supported by the new Switch Bill feature are:

• Hazmat cars forwarded to another railroad (reciprocal switch)

• Hazmat cross-town moves from a CSX customer to another CSX customer (intra-terminal switch)

• All cross-town moves from a CSX customer to a customer served by another railroad (inter-terminal switch)

Select a weigh method
Use the drop-down box to select how the weight of your shipment is determined:
 

• Shipper's Weight: Weights are provided by the shipper.

• Railroad Weight: The railroad weighs the car while it is en route.

• Destination Weight: Weights are provided by the receiver.

• Estimated Weight

• Per Car Weight: Used for empty cars or if you are billed on a per-car rate.

• Weight Not Required

Select a payment method
Use the drop-down box to select a payment method for your shipment.
Your choices for this required field are:

• Prepaid: freight charges will be billed by the origin railroad to the shipper or third party .

• Collect: freight charges will be billed by the destination railroad to the consignee or third party.

• Non-Revenue: no charges will be assessed by the railroad.

Click in the 'Rule 11' box if your shipment will be handed over to another railroad and freight charges will be billed separately.

Click in the 'Section 7' box if a collect shipment is delivered to the consignee without recourse to the shipper. The payment method must be collect.  

Multi-Party Rule 11:  Use the Multi-Party Rule 11 link when you want to split billing between multiple railroads.  This function is commonly used for shipments crossing the US border.

Adding Multi-Party Rule 11 Details:

You can add Multi-Party Rule 11 details to your shipment by checking the Rule 11 box and then clicking on the Multi-Party link.

Oncoming and Offgoing Railroads

• Enter the Origin Carrier into the 'Oncoming Railroad' field and the Origin City/State into the 'Oncoming City/State' fields.

• Enter the last carrier of the route that is collecting revenue with the Origin Carrier in the 'Offgoing Railroad' field.

• Enter the Junction City/State into the 'Offgoing City/State' fields where the last carrier of the Multi-Party portion of the move will be junctioning with the final carrier of the Rule 11 Shipment.

• Click the 'Continue' button to return to the Shipping Instructions main page.

If you need assistance with Multi-Party Rule 11 details, please contact the e-Business group at 1-877-ShipCSX (744-7279), option 2, option 1.

Complete the 'Price Document ID' fields
If the shipment is moving under a rate contract or pricing document, supply the initials and number.

Select a capacity load
Use the drop-down box to select the capacity load for the shipment.

Add other reference numbers
Use this link to specify additional reference numbers associated with this shipment or numbers linked to your internal systems. This information is optional and solely for customer user. Learn more about other reference numbers.