DRY RUN FEE 跑空费

What is a dry run ?
A dry run is when a trucker is not able to successfully complete the pickup or delivery of a shipment. The trucker will charge full price for the extra trip.跑空是指卡车司机无法成功完成货物的取件或交付。卡车司机将收取额外行程的全价。

Why do dry runs happen?

Dry runs can occur for a few reasons, including:

• Port congestion. Sometimes, especially during peak season and Chinese New Year preparations, ports are so congested that truckers are unable to pick up a shipment on the first try.港口拥堵。有时，尤其是在旺季和农历新年准备期间，港口非常拥挤，以至于卡车司机无法在第一时间提货。
  
  

• Cargo has not been released. If the trucker arrives to pick up a shipment but the cargo is not ready for pickup, the trucker will charge for a dry run.货物尚未放行。如果卡车司机到达提货但货物尚未准备好提货，卡车司机将收取空运费用。
  
  

Amidst all the confusion, there are a lot of fees and names for fees and freight shipping terms and acronyms, enough to fill an entire Freight Dictionary as it turns out. One of these terms is the DRY RUN FEE, and today we're going to talk about it.
在所有的混乱中，有很多费用和费用名称以及货运条款和首字母缩略词，结果足以填满整个货运词典。这些术语之一是DRY RUN FEE.

A Dry Run Fee is a charge assessed by the freight carrier when a pickup is missed because the freight wasn't ready to ship, the shipper had no knowledge of the pickup, or any reason that results in no freight being picked up. From the latin, drius runnus (this is totally made up), a dry run fee happens when a pickup is scheduled, but does not happen on account of the shipper.空运费是货运承运人在由于货物未准备好发货、托运人不知道提货或任何导致没有提货的原因而错过提货时收取的费用。在拉丁语中，drius runnus（这完全是编造的），在安排取件时会产生试运行费，但不会因托运人而发生。

The additional charge is assessed for the driver's time, gas spent on the pickup, etc. Most of these fees are not contingent on any of these factors, so the dry run fee is not more or less expensive if the pickup was one, or twenty, miles from the freight terminal.额外费用是根据司机的时间、皮卡上花费的汽油等进行评估的。这些费用中的大部分不取决于这些因素中的任何一个，因此，如果皮卡是一辆或二十辆，试运行费不会增加或减少，距货运站数英里。

The good news is that not all missed pickups are assessed dry run fees. It's up to the discretion of the carriers. However, that doesn't mean that you should play chicken with the carriers in the hopes that you won't get busted. Like with avoiding reweighs or reclasses, the smart thing to do is get everything set up for your shipment before it's scheduled to be picked up.好消息是，并非所有错过的皮卡都会被评估试运行费用。这取决于运营商的自由裁量权。就像避免重新称重或重新分类一样，明智的做法是在安排取件之前为您的货物准备好一切。

That means confirming the freight is packaged and ready to ship, even if you're not the shipper. Make sure you've got a bill of lading at the pickup location while you're at it.这意味着确认货物已包装好并准备发货，即使您不是托运人。确保您在取货地点有提单。

Our industry is a time-sensitive one, and dry runs are a waste of time. Hence the fees. Plan accordingly, and avoid additional charges such as dry run fees.我们的行业是一个时间敏感的行业，试运行是浪费时间。因此收费。相应地进行计划，并避免额外收费，例如试运行费。

That should be a motto:
If it was simple,
it wouldn't be the freight industry.
货代行业，从来都不易。