Direct Interchanges. A direct Interchange occurs when possession and control of the Provider’s Equipment is transferred directly from one motor carrier to another motor carrier without the return of the Equipment to a rail terminal or container yard or when, after completion of a move for a particular customer, Motor Carrier performs a new move for a different customer using the same unit of Equipment. Direct Interchanges are intended to allow for more efficient Equipment flow than would occur if Equipment were required to be returned to the location at which it was received after each movement. the Provider has implemented a web-based Equipment management system that allows online input and tracking of direct Interchanges. If Motor Carrier fails to record the direct Interchange of Equipment from it to another motor carrier as permitted by separate bi-lateral agreement, the Equipment will remain Interchanged to Motor Carrier under the UIIA, and Motor Carrier may be held responsible for per diem charges, M&R expense, Equipment loss or damage and similar events that occurred while the Equipment was in actual possession of another motor carrier. Motor Carrier will not directly interchange the Equipment to a motor carrier that is not a signatory to the UIIA.
