Transportation

Contract AI for trucking fleets

Q: Can AI review a carrier agreement from a shipper?

Yes. Most carriers sign the shipper’s standard form, and that is the kind of agreement goHeather is built to read. Upload it with its rate and accessorial schedules and goHeather reviews them together from the carrier’s side, quoting each clause it flags with a plain-English summary of how it is drafted.

Q: Does goHeather read the rate and accessorial schedules in a freight contract?

Yes. Free detention time, the list of chargeable accessorials and any fuel surcharge are usually set out in the schedules rather than the main agreement. goHeather reads the agreement and its schedules as one document, so those terms appear in the same list of findings.

Q: Which trucking contracts can goHeather draft and review?

goHeather drafts owner-operator and lease-on agreements, independent contractor agreements, your own carrier terms and broker-carrier agreements, starting from your template or a lawyer-made one. It reviews master carrier agreements from shippers, broker-carrier agreements, load board terms, rate confirmations, NDAs and the revised drafts that come back during a rate negotiation. goHeather is a general contract AI, so it also drafts and reads equipment finance agreements, leases and the employment paperwork for your drivers.

Q: Can goHeather draft an owner-operator agreement from our template?

Yes. Upload the owner-operator agreement you already use, or start from one of 10,500+ lawyer-made templates. goHeather proposes an outline for you to approve, asks about the driver, the truck and how settlements are paid, and fills in the draft. If a clause you need is missing, ask for it and it is added. You can export the draft to Word and send it for e-signature from goHeather.

Q: Can we check every carrier agreement against our own positions?

Yes, with playbooks. Write down the positions your fleet works to, for example the cargo liability limit you accept, the free time you allow or the fuel surcharge you need. goHeather checks each shipper or broker agreement against them and marks every rule compliant or non-compliant, with the relevant clause quoted.

Q: Does goHeather use our freight rates to train its AI?

No. Your documents are never used to train our models and never sold. Lane rates, shipper names and accessorial schedules are encrypted, our database provider meets bank-grade security standards, and goHeather runs more than 25 enterprise-grade security controls. Our security page has the full details.

Q: Does goHeather replace a transportation lawyer?

No. goHeather is a contracts AI, not a law firm. It gives you a first read of shipper paper when paying for a legal review on every lane is hard to justify, so your lawyer’s time goes to the contracts that need it. It tells you what the agreement says and what to look at. It does not tell you what to accept.

Draft owner-operator agreements and your own carrier terms from a template, and get the shipper’s freight contract read in minutes with its cargo liability, detention and fuel clauses flagged. Then send your redlines and collect signatures in the same place.

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Master Carrier Agreement24 pages · reviewed 3 minutes ago7.1The Carrier assumes full liability for loss of or damage to cargo at invoice value, waiving all statutory and tariff limitations of liability.9.3No detention or demurrage shall be payable for the first six (6) hours at any facility, and no accessorial charge shall apply without prior written approval.11.2Rates are firm for the Term and no fuel surcharge shall apply regardless of movement in diesel prices.15.6The Carrier shall indemnify the Shipper against all claims arising from the transportation, including those caused by the Shipper's own loading.

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17 findings·5 high risk

#01Statutory liability limits waived

assumes full liability for loss of or damage to cargo at invoice value, waiving all statutory and tariff limitations of liabilitysubject to the limitations of liability available under applicable law and the Carrier's published tariffAs drafted, this clause waives the limitations that would otherwise apply and measures loss at invoice value. Shown against an alternative that preserves them.

#02Indemnity covers shipper-caused loading damageEdited

#03No fuel surcharge mechanismAdded

#04Six hours free detention at every facilityEdited

#05Accessorials need prior written approvalAdded

#06Claims notice window is 9 monthsAdded

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The bottleneck

Trucking contracts drafted and read before the truck leaves the yard

Your owner-operator agreement is a copy of the last driver’s file with the name typed over. The shipper’s carrier agreement arrives the week dispatch wants the lane covered, and the edits go back and forth by email. The clauses that cut into your margin sit in the accessorial schedule and the cargo liability section, which are the parts nobody has time to read.

Without goHeather

Owner-operator agreements copied from the last driver’s file
Shipper paper signed so the trucks can roll
A liability waiver in clause 7 that nobody read
Redlines traded by email until nobody knows which version is current
Legal review too expensive to justify for one lane

With goHeather

Owner-operator agreements and carrier terms drafted from your template
The shipper’s carrier agreement read the day it arrives
Cargo liability, detention and fuel terms flagged before you sign
Redlines exported to Word, and signatures collected in goHeather
Your lawyer’s time saved for the contracts that need it

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Drafting

Draft an owner-operator agreement from your own template

Start from your independent contractor agreement, your carrier terms or one of our lawyer-made templates. Answer a few questions about the driver, the equipment and how settlements are paid, and goHeather fills in the draft. If a clause you need is missing, ask for it and add it.

Your own templates or 10,500+ lawyer-made templates
An outline proposed first, for you to approve
Export to Word, with track changes for later edits

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Owner-Operator Agreement4 of 6 filled

Contractor nameWho is leasing on?R. Alvarez Trucking LLC

Tractor unitWhich truck is covered?2022 Freightliner, unit 418

Settlement basisHow is the driver paid?Percentage of linehaul

Settlement scheduleHow often are settlements paid?Weekly

Fuel and tollsWho pays fuel and tolls?

Escrow amountIs an escrow held, and how much?

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Contract review

Carrier agreement review before you cover the lane

Upload a master carrier agreement, a broker-carrier agreement or an owner-operator contract. goHeather reads the rate schedules together with the main form, ranks each finding by risk and quotes the clause it came from.

Cargo liability, valuation and claims windows
Detention, demurrage and accessorial charges
Insurance requirements and indemnity scope

See how contract review works

HighIndemnity for shipper-caused damageclause 15.6shall indemnify the Shipper against all claims arising from the transportation, including those caused by the Shipper's own loadingexcluding claims arising from the Shipper's loading, blocking, bracing or documentationAs drafted, this indemnity extends to damage caused by the shipper's own loading. Shown against an alternative that carves that out.Apply to documentDismiss

Playbooks

Hold the same line on every broker-carrier agreement

Write down the positions your fleet works to, such as the cargo liability limit you accept, the free time you allow at a dock or the fuel surcharge you need. goHeather checks each new shipper or broker agreement against that list.

Rules written in plain English
Each rule marked compliant or non-compliant
The matching clause quoted in full

#01Statutory and tariff liability limits preservedNon-Compliant

This agreement waives the limitations of liability that would otherwise apply and measures cargo loss at invoice value.The Carrier assumes full liability for loss of or damage to cargo at invoice value, waiving all statutory and tariff limitations of liability.

Speed

Detention and accessorial schedules read while dispatch waits

Carrier agreements come with rate confirmations, tariffs and accessorial schedules attached. goHeather reads every attachment along with the main agreement and returns its findings before you have to commit a truck.

Rate schedules and tariffs read with the main form
High-risk findings listed first
Export the marked-up version to Word with track changes

Reviewing your carrier agreement24 pages, including rate and accessorial schedules.

Reading the master agreementClauses 1 to 22Done

Reading the rate and accessorial schedulesSchedules A to DDone

Checking against your playbook11 positionsIn progress

Preparing the marked-up versionTrack changes for WordPending

Contract types

The trucking contracts behind every load

Start with whichever agreement is on your desk today.

How it works

Legal AI for transportation, from first draft to signed lane

goHeather runs in your browser, so there is no software to install. Start a draft from your template or upload your first carrier agreement, and you can have the review back the same day.

Draft or upload
Start a draft or add their paper
Draft an owner-operator agreement or your carrier terms from a template, or upload the shipper’s agreement with its rate and accessorial schedules.
Review
Findings back in minutes
Each finding is ranked high, medium or low risk, quoted from the document and summarized in plain English.
Negotiate
Send back your redlines
Use the suggested wording or your own, export to Word with track changes, and compare the version that comes back.
Sign and store
Signed and filed
Send the final version for e-signature. The signed copy is stored securely with the rest of your contracts.

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Freight rates and shipper lanes, kept confidential

Every carrier agreement you upload carries your lane rates, your shipper names and the accessorial charges you negotiated. goHeather keeps that information behind enterprise-grade controls and end-to-end encryption, and works only with trusted AI providers.

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Your documents and data will never be sold
We do not use your data to train our models

What it covers

What goHeather drafts and checks in a carrier agreement

The clauses goHeather covers in carrier, broker and owner-operator agreements, for drafting and for transportation contract review

The main carrier agreement is often shorter than the schedules attached to it, and the terms that set what a lane pays tend to live in those schedules. goHeather covers the clauses below in two ways. When it drafts your carrier terms or owner-operator agreement from your template, they are the sections to look for in the outline you approve. When it reviews the shipper’s or broker’s paper, it reads the agreement and every schedule together and flags them, each one quoted with a plain-English summary of how it is drafted. What you do about any of them is up to you and your lawyer.

Cargo liability and claims

Basis of liability. What the agreement makes you liable for, and whether it refers to or displaces the limitations that would otherwise apply.
Valuation. Whether loss is measured at invoice value, replacement value or a per-pound figure.
Claims window. How long the shipper has to notify a claim and to file suit, and what the agreement requires in a notice.
Salvage and mitigation. Who controls damaged freight, and how any recovery is applied.
Exceptions. Which causes of loss are carved out, and whether shipper loading is among them.

Rates, fuel, detention and accessorials

Fuel. Whether a surcharge mechanism exists, what index it follows, and how often it resets.
Detention and demurrage. How much free time is allowed, at what point the clock starts, and what evidence is required to charge.
Accessorials. What is chargeable, what is deemed included in the linehaul, and whether prior approval is required.
Rate review. Whether rates are fixed for the term, and what mechanism exists to change them.
Payment terms and set-off. The payment period, and how widely any set-off or chargeback right is drafted.

Insurance and indemnity

Coverage levels. The auto, cargo and general liability limits the agreement requires, shown next to what you carry.
Additional insured. Who must be named, and on what basis.
Indemnity scope. How widely it is drafted, and whether it reaches claims caused by the shipper or a third party.
Subcontracting. Whether you may interline or subcontract, and what liability follows if you do.

Operating terms and termination

Volume commitments. What the shipper commits to tender, and whether your obligation to cover is matched.
Service measures. On-time pickup and delivery standards, how they are measured, and what follows a shortfall.
Equipment and technology. What the agreement requires you to provide, including tracking and telematics.
Termination. Which party can terminate, on what notice, and what happens to loads in transit.

How goHeather fits your contract process

Most carriers sign more paper than their legal budget can cover, and a lane decision rarely waits for a lawyer. With goHeather, your own agreements start as a draft from your template. The shipper’s freight contract and its schedules are read before you commit, with each clause above quoted and summarized. Your redlines go back as a Word file with track changes, the version that comes back can be compared with yours, and the final copy is signed and stored in goHeather. You can still pick out the agreements, such as an unusual owner-operator agreement or a large shipper contract, that are worth sending to your lawyer.

goHeather is a contracts AI, not a law firm. It tells you what your agreement says and which clauses to look at. Deciding what to accept stays with you. See how the review works on our AI contract review page, how drafting works on the AI contract generator page, or book a demo and bring one of your own agreements.

Can AI review a carrier agreement from a shipper?

Does goHeather read the rate and accessorial schedules in a freight contract?

Which trucking contracts can goHeather draft and review?

Can goHeather draft an owner-operator agreement from our template?

Can we check every carrier agreement against our own positions?

Does goHeather use our freight rates to train its AI?

Does goHeather replace a transportation lawyer?

Trusted by 20,000+ SMBs and small law firms

Carrier agreements drafted and checked before the first load

Start a free trial and draft from your own template, or upload the next shipper agreement that lands on your desk. If you would rather see it first, book a demo and we will go through one of your agreements with you.