Are carriers required to file tariffs with the STB containing their rate and service information ?
Answer. Water carriers participating in the noncontiguous domestic trade, that is, movements between the U.S. and Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Hawaii, and Alaska, and motor property carriers providing service jointly with those water carriers must file tariffs with the STB. The tariff regulations which have been adopted by the STB (see 49 C.F.R. 1312) define a tariff as an issuance which contains rates, rules, regulations, classifications or other provisions which have been published and filed with the STB in compliance with 49 U.S.C. 13702.
