A dry run fee is a charge that occurs when a truck or delivery vehicle is dispatched to a pickup or delivery location, but the pickup or delivery cannot be completed for reasons beyond the carrier's control.
This could be due to a variety of factors, such as:
The shipment is not ready for pickup.
The recipient is not available to accept the delivery.
The delivery location is inaccessible (e.g., locked gates, no dock available).
Incorrect or incomplete address information.
In essence, the carrier incurs costs for sending the vehicle to the location (such as fuel and labor costs), even though no actual pickup or delivery occurs. To recover these costs, they charge a dry run fee or attempted delivery fee.
Example:
An LTL pickup driver arrived at a third-party warehouse, but the staff there were unaware of which shipment to release because the BOL (Bill of Lading) did not specify the shipment number. As a result, the driver had to leave without completing the pickup.
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