Industry Code: 50714
This industry describes general for-hire trucking and delivery services for the movement of various commodities and products locally, provincially, to or from Alberta and destinations elsewhere in Canada or in North America. Shipments requiring the use of specialized or oilfield hauling equipment are classified elsewhere - see Underwriting Considerations.
Operation Details:
Businesses may own or lease trucks, vehicles and equipment and shipping/receiving facilities or terminals. Businesses may opt to subcontract lease operators to provide trucking/delivery services, while only conducting scheduling, dispatching, and billing services in-house.
Terminals for consolidation and distribution and storage lay-over services are often provided. Receiving terminals, sometimes referred to as cross-dock or pool car operations for the purposes of consolidating loads for local distribution only, are in this industry.
This industry describes for-hire delivery businesses such as couriers, mail contracting, house and office moving, bulk hauling of sand, dirt, gravel, etc., dry bulk shipments of fertilizer, grain, etc., tanker trucking of petroleum, water, etc., and livestock and auto hauling and general freight services.
Vehicles and equipment in this industry are diverse: from trucks of all sizes, trailers such as vans, flatdeck, bulk carriers, tankers, etc., also cars, bikes, pallet jacks, forklifts, warehouse/terminals/storage yards, vehicle repair facilities, dispatch equipment. Staffing requirements extend from drivers, labourers (swampers), mechanics, warehouse and packing staff, to dispatch/traffic/logistics, sales/estimators, and office/administrative staff.
Companies offering food delivery services are included in this industry provided they are not related to the restaurant they are delivering from. Such companies offer online ordering from numerous restaurants. The drivers (often referred to as couriers) are responsible for picking up the order from the restaurant(s) and delivery directly to the customer. The delivery of alcohol is also included in this industry. Revenue is generated through delivery fees, determined by distance between the restaurant location and the customer address.
All employers in this industry are members of Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA). Safety associations represent the interests of employers and promote workplace safety through education and other initiatives. Improved workplace safety can result in fewer claims and help lower premiums. A portion of premiums collected is allocated to the association to support these initiatives.
Underwriting Considerations:
Employers utilizing specialized equipment: trucks with pickers, booms, etc., or trailers which permit the transport of oversized or overweight loads, are classified in either industry 50701 for Specialized Hauling or industry 50720 for Oilfield Hauling. Hauling garbage as a utility function is classified in industry 57901. Trucking of Logs is classified in industry 03100. Businesses which haul wood chips from the logging site to the mill are also included in industry 03100.
Businesses in this industry may develop proprietary software and offer services online where their customers (shippers) may make selections from listed carriers to coordinate/schedule deliveries or the trucking of goods. Businesses may solely use subcontract drivers or common carriers to provide delivery/trucking services. These companies retain principal responsibility for the shipping and are classified as a trucking business. Proprietary software for transportation logistics can be developed in-house and utilized by customers for an additional fee aside from actual delivery services and are considered part of the trucking business.
Businesses which coordinate transportation services and complete documentation for overseas shipments and charge a fee for services, passing on actual shipping cost without any mark up may be classified as freight forwarding - Industry 86901, provided there is otherwise no freight handing, warehousing or local delivery or pick up, etc.
Newspaper distributors, whether single copy, vending machine, urban or rural, generally earn revenue from the retail mark up on newspaper sales while contracted owner operator truckers, delivering to drop-off points, generate their revenue from a trucking or delivery service. Newspaper distributors are classified in industry 86202, and that industry is used to provide coverage for distribution services which generate revenue from the sale of the newspaper. Contract owner/operator truckers paid for trucking or delivery services are classified in industry 50714.
Industry Custom Pricing: Modified Experience Rating
This industry has chosen to participate in Industry Custom Pricing effective January 1, 2010. For employers participating in the Experience Rating Plan for Large Employers, the following experience rating features will be used in determining their premium rate:
-Maximum discount or surcharge of 60%
-Maximum participation of 100%
-Maximum experience used of 100%
-Participation rate of 1% for every $2000 in premiums
Premium Rate History:
Activities:
Automobiles, Unloading of
Barging
Bodies, Deceased - Transportation of
Courier Services
Delivery Services
Ferries/Barges
Flowers - Delivery of
Freight Forwarding Services, Domestic
Furniture - Moving and Including Storage
Hot Shot Trucking
Interprovincial, Provincial and Local Trucking
Local, Provincial and Interprovincial Trucking
Mail Contracting
Messenger Services
Milk Delivery - No Sales
Trucking of Automobiles
Trucking of Bulk Products
Trucking of Dirt, Snow, Sand, Gravel, Asphalt, etc.
Trucking of Furniture
Trucking of Liquid Products by Tanker
Trucking of Livestock
Trucking Services - Less than Truck Load
Trucking Services, Freight
Trucking Services, General
Moving, Furniture - Including Storage
Provincial, Interprovincial and Local Trucking
Rate Group History:
Numerous trucking/for-hire delivery classifications have been combined into this industry since 1991. The AMTA safety association levy was first applied to Industry 50714 in 1993.
This industry describes general for-hire trucking and delivery services for the movement of various commodities and products locally, provincially, to or from Alberta and destinations elsewhere in Canada or in North America. Shipments requiring the use of specialized or oilfield hauling equipment are classified elsewhere - see Underwriting Considerations.
Premium Rate History:
Activities:
Automobiles, Unloading of
Barging
Bodies, Deceased - Transportation of
Courier Services
Delivery Services
Ferries/Barges
Flowers - Delivery of
Freight Forwarding Services, Domestic
Furniture - Moving and Including Storage
Hot Shot Trucking
Interprovincial, Provincial and Local Trucking
Local, Provincial and Interprovincial Trucking
Mail Contracting
Messenger Services
Milk Delivery - No Sales
Trucking of Automobiles
Trucking of Bulk Products
Trucking of Dirt, Snow, Sand, Gravel, Asphalt, etc.
Trucking of Furniture
Trucking of Liquid Products by Tanker
Trucking of Livestock
Trucking Services - Less than Truck Load
Trucking Services, Freight
Trucking Services, General
Moving, Furniture - Including Storage
Provincial, Interprovincial and Local Trucking
Operation Details:
Businesses may own or lease trucks, vehicles and equipment and shipping/receiving facilities or terminals. Businesses may opt to subcontract lease operators to provide trucking/delivery services, while only conducting scheduling, dispatching, and billing services in-house.
Terminals for consolidation and distribution and storage lay-over services are often provided. Receiving terminals, sometimes referred to as cross-dock or pool car operations for the purposes of consolidating loads for local distribution only, are in this industry.
This industry describes for-hire delivery businesses such as couriers, mail contracting, house and office moving, bulk hauling of sand, dirt, gravel, etc., dry bulk shipments of fertilizer, grain, etc., tanker trucking of petroleum, water, etc., and livestock and auto hauling and general freight services.
Vehicles and equipment in this industry are diverse: from trucks of all sizes, trailers such as vans, flatdeck, bulk carriers, tankers, etc., also cars, bikes, pallet jacks, forklifts, warehouse/terminals/storage yards, vehicle repair facilities, dispatch equipment. Staffing requirements extend from drivers, labourers (swampers), mechanics, warehouse and packing staff, to dispatch/traffic/logistics, sales/estimators, and office/administrative staff.
Companies offering food delivery services are included in this industry provided they are not related to the restaurant they are delivering from. Such companies offer online ordering from numerous restaurants. The drivers (often referred to as couriers) are responsible for picking up the order from the restaurant(s) and delivery directly to the customer. The delivery of alcohol is also included in this industry. Revenue is generated through delivery fees, determined by distance between the restaurant location and the customer address.
All employers in this industry are members of Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA). Safety associations represent the interests of employers and promote workplace safety through education and other initiatives. Improved workplace safety can result in fewer claims and help lower premiums. A portion of premiums collected is allocated to the association to support these initiatives.
Underwriting Considerations:
Employers utilizing specialized equipment: trucks with pickers, booms, etc., or trailers which permit the transport of oversized or overweight loads, are classified in either industry 50701 for Specialized Hauling or industry 50720 for Oilfield Hauling. Hauling garbage as a utility function is classified in industry 57901. Trucking of Logs is classified in industry 03100. Businesses which haul wood chips from the logging site to the mill are also included in industry 03100.
Businesses in this industry may develop proprietary software and offer services online where their customers (shippers) may make selections from listed carriers to coordinate/schedule deliveries or the trucking of goods. Businesses may solely use subcontract drivers or common carriers to provide delivery/trucking services. These companies retain principal responsibility for the shipping and are classified as a trucking business. Proprietary software for transportation logistics can be developed in-house and utilized by customers for an additional fee aside from actual delivery services and are considered part of the trucking business.
Businesses which coordinate transportation services and complete documentation for overseas shipments and charge a fee for services, passing on actual shipping cost without any mark up may be classified as freight forwarding - Industry 86901, provided there is otherwise no freight handing, warehousing or local delivery or pick up, etc.
Newspaper distributors, whether single copy, vending machine, urban or rural, generally earn revenue from the retail mark up on newspaper sales while contracted owner operator truckers, delivering to drop-off points, generate their revenue from a trucking or delivery service. Newspaper distributors are classified in industry 86202, and that industry is used to provide coverage for distribution services which generate revenue from the sale of the newspaper. Contract owner/operator truckers paid for trucking or delivery services are classified in industry 50714.
Industry Custom Pricing: Modified Experience Rating
This industry has chosen to participate in Industry Custom Pricing effective January 1, 2010. For employers participating in the Experience Rating Plan for Large Employers, the following experience rating features will be used in determining their premium rate:
-Maximum discount or surcharge of 60%
-Maximum participation of 100%
-Maximum experience used of 100%
-Participation rate of 1% for every $2000 in premiums
Rate Group History:
Numerous trucking/for-hire delivery classifications have been combined into this industry since 1991. The AMTA safety association levy was first applied to Industry 50714 in 1993.