PDS does not provide transportation for hazardous materials. No hazardous materials should be tendered to PDS for transportation.

Any hazardous materials found to have been misdeclared and/or tendered to PDS may be warehoused at Customer’s risk and expense or destroyed without compensation. In addition to all other charges that may apply to that shipment and without limiting other remedies available to it, PDS may assess an administrative charge, as liquidated damages not as a penalty, of $2,000 for any shipment of hazardous materials that is not declared as containing hazardous materials.

PDS generally does not accept shipments containing commodities prohibited by ocean or rail transportation providers, including but to limited to commodities that may pose a health or safety risk or may contaminate or otherwise damage trailers/containers. Commodities requiring warehousing in food-grade warehouses should not be tendered to PDS for transportation and subsequent warehousing by Pacer Distribution Services unless Customer has made special arrangements with PDS. In addition to commodities restricted or prohibited by ocean or rail carriers, PDS does not accept shipments containing the following commodities (and its rates cannot be used for such commodities) and Customer agrees not to tender any of the following commodities for transportation by PDS: (1) animals, fish, or fowl, trophies, stuffed or mounted or research cadavers; (2) asbestos products as described in item 6400 of UFC; (3) asbestos insulation as described in items 53170, 53210, and 53350 of UFC; (4) asbestos, crude as described in item 6450 of UFC; (5) asbestos, scrap as described in item 6600 of UFC; (6) blown aluminum scrap pieces; (7) carbon black; (8) cigar, cigarettes, snuff and manufactured tobacco products; (8) coal or coke; (9) explosives as described in Classes A and B in Tariff BOE 6000 Series; (10) green, green salted, pickled or dry hides, pelts or skins (not dressed or tanned only); (11) hazardous waste; (12) iron oxide slurry residue for extraction of iron; (12) lime sludge or waste; (13) liquid corrosive materials, in excess of 25% of total weight; (14) livestock; (15) metal coils (unless the coils range from 1/8 inch to 1.0 inch in width and are reeled in a package, packaged in cardboard or paper with each reel not weighing more than 250 pounds); (16) missiles, rockets, guided; guidance systems or electronic guidance control apparatus; or mobile missile guidance control systems, missile or launching apparatus and related equipment; (17) motor vehicles, freight or passenger, or combination of freight and passenger; (18) radioactive materials (as described in Item UFC 6000-A); (19) sodium compounds (as covered by STCC 28-123 of STCC Tariff 6001-K); (20) Scrap engine parts; and (21) Steamrollers or other heavy road equipment.