ESJ Freight Management prides itself on making timely payments to our Carrier-Partners. Our payment policies both standard and Quick Pay are straight forward and easy to follow. For our Carrier-Partners invoices are paid 30 days after receipt of the following documentation. 

Documents Required for Payment:

Original Carrier Invoice

Original Bill of Lading – This must include all pages of customer bills of lading. If a master bill of lading is given to the driver all individual bills of lading must also be sent to ESJ Freight Management. 

Proof of Delivery – The consignee must sign, date and place time received on the bill of lading. If a separate delivery receipt is used, Carrier-Partners are required to send both the delivery receipt and the original bill of lading. 

Accessorial Charges – Any accessorial charges must be approved by ESJ. Invoices describing accessorial charges must include detailed description of the charges and the name of the ESJ Personnel who approved them. 

Unloading Charges: If a driver unloads, he/she must obtain the consignee’s signature on shipper bill of lading, a receipt for his/her services must be turned in and prior to any unloading the driver must receive approval from ESJ to do so. If a “lumper” or “lumper service” is used the same rules apply as the driver unload and of course ESJ must be notified prior to unloading in order to approve any charges. The bill of lading must be signed accordingly along with a receipt for charges from the lumper. 

Detention Charges: Driver must have Prior approval from ESJ to receive detention charges; an hour before a driver goes into detention ESJ must receive a phone call making them aware of such a situation. The driver must have the shipper or consignee sign time in and time out with his signature to receive compensation.

Quick Pay 

At ESJ we encourage all our Carrier-Partners to utilize our Quick Pay Program. Any carrier using this program only needs simply to submit the paperwork with the appropriate language written on their invoice stating they plan to use the program. For instance:


ABC Carrier Invoice

Writing on it "Please use Quick Pay at 4%"

Our program is simply, easy and helps expedite payment for our Carrier-Partners. For payment to be mailed in 7 days from receipt of invoice the Carrier need only to deduct 4% from their invoice. For payment to be mailed in 14 days from receipt of invoice the Carrier need only to deduct 3% from their invoice. It’s that easy. Of course any Carrier-Partner can choose not to use this program and submit their invoice in the usual fashion. As explained above, invoices are paid 30 days after receipt of he aforementioned documents.

Any questions regarding payments, policies, or procedures can be sent to Woody Smith at Woody@esjenterprises.com  or by telephone at 800-752-1098.