FreightPower Terms & Conditions
These Terms of Use, along with our Privacy Policy (opens in a new tab) (collectively, the “Terms”), govern your use of the Schneider FreightPower Shipper website (the “Website”) from Schneider National Carriers, Inc. (and with its divisions and affiliates collectively, “Schneider”). By using the Website, you agree, on your own behalf and on behalf of the organization that you represent, to be bound by these Terms.
In order to make full use of the Website, you need to register a username with Schneider and establish a unique login password (your user name, along with your password, are your “Credentials”). If you are an administrator for your organization, you may be given the ability to register user names for your organization. Your (and if you are registering as an administrator for your organization, your organization’s) Credentials are personal and intended only for your exclusive use on behalf of you or your organization for the purposes set forth herein.It is a violation of these Terms of Use to share your Credentials with any other individual, entity, or party (a “Third Party”).By registering under this App, you agree to keep your Credentials absolutely confidential, and to not share that information with any Third Party.You remain responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Credentials, and you remain responsible for all uses of the Website with your Credentials and, in addition to you being liable for any loss, costs, expenses, claims, and damages arising out of use or misuse of your Credentials (including, without limitation, on violation of these Terms) by any Third Party with which you share your Credentials, sharing your Credentials is cause for immediate termination of your right to utilize this Website. You agree to promptly notify Schneider of any unauthorized use of your Credentials with the Website, and agree that Schneider has the right to audit and monitor your usage to ensure compliance with these Terms.
You are granted a limited, personal, revocable right and license to access and use the functionality of the Website. Schneider reserves the right to terminate your access to the Website at any time and for any or no reason. You may not remove or alter any notices in the Website, distribute, make derivative works of, reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Website or any information or content contained therein You may not access the Website for the purpose of building a similar or competitive service. The information that you obtain through the App is intended only for your exclusive use, and you are expressly prohibited from sharing that information with any Third Party, and it is a violation of these Terms to share such information with a Third Party. You (i) may not use any robot, spider, or other automated method, or (ii) grant permission, access to, or allow any other Third Party to use, any robot, spider, or other automated method to retrieve, data mine, scrape or otherwise gather information or content available through the Website.
The Website is intended to provide near real-time information regarding Schneider’s service capabilities. However, the information in the Website may not be fully-accurate or up-to-date, and the general information on the Website does itself not constitute either an offer or an acceptance of any particular shipment; no binding transaction will take place, if at all, until after a shipment is quoted, accepted and booked as set forth below.
Use of the Website is also subject to the following:
- Any FreightPower quote will be based on the information you have provided and for full truckload, intermodal, and bulk shipments will assume standard legal weight and dimensions unless otherwise specified.
- Rate quotes, once provided to you, are good for four (4) hours, except for less-than-truckload (LTL) rate quotes, which are good for one (1) week. All rates, once accepted by you, are good only for the date(s) of the shipments you specified when seeking a quote.
- Capacity is not guaranteed.
- All rate quotes assume live load/unload unless otherwise specified. Quotes include one (1) hour of load and unload time at no additional charge, with the exception of LTL quotes for which load and unload time included at no additional charge (if any) will vary by carrier.
- Pickup/delivery dates cannot be guaranteed; transit times are estimates and do not include the day of pickup or, with respect to LTL quotes, weekends.
- Notwithstanding any contract or agreement you may have with Schneider, this transaction is governed solely by the Terms contained within this Website, and the terms and conditions located at: (i) for truckload and intermodal services performed by Schneider: Tariff (Truckload and Intermodal (opens in a new tab)), and (ii) for brokerage services arranged by Schneider: Brokerage Terms and Conditions (opens in a new tab) ((i) and (ii), collectively, the "Online Terms"). For clarity, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Online Terms, any contract or agreement that you have with Schneider (including any pricing therein) will be inapplicable to any services quoted or booked through this Website.
- Bulk Services Only: Although the Bulk Terms will be made available upon request to the shipper, for clarity, certain cargo liability provisions from the Bulk Terms are being included herein for reference:
- Except as otherwise provided, Schneider’s liability for loss of or damage to all or any part of an order will be limited to a maximum of $50,000 per truckload order.
- A shipper, consignee, or other responsible party may extent Schneider’s liability for loss of or damage to all or any part of an order beyond $50,000 by requesting excess cargo liability coverage prior to the time the goods are tendered to Schneider for transport.
- The charge for additional cargo liability coverage shall be $2.00 per $1,000.00 of value in excess of $50,000.00.
- Schneider's liability will NOT be extended beyond $50,000.00 unless additional liability coverage is agreed by the parties prior to the tender of the order to Schneider for transport.
- Note: Schneider assumes no liability for cargo loss or damage that occurs in Mexico.
- All Bulk orders are pending Safety Data Sheet approval by Schneider Safety Group. Additional accessorials may apply, see Common Accessorial Charges (opens in a new tab) for pricings.
- In connection with services arranged by Schneider’s brokerage division, Schneider operates solely as a broker and shall in no event be held liable for any cargo claims, injuries to persons (including death), or damage to property.
- Additional charges, if any, will be applied to the final invoice may be charged to the credit/debit card you submit, if applicable, for the transaction -- If paying by credit/debit card, upon clicking the “Agree” button below, you will be taken to a web page hosted by Chase Paymentech to enter your payment information;
THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “WITH ALL FAULTS.” SCHNEIDER AND ITS LICENSORS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, OR NONINFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL SCHNEIDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST PROFIT OR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THE WEBSITE EVEN IF SCHNEIDER HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND IN NO EVENT SHALL SCHNEIDER’S TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CAUSE HEREUNDER, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200). SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
