No Longer Baffled by BAF, CAF, and FAF: A Glossary of Transportation Surcharges

Many shippers don't know about the vast array of transportation surcharges that their goods may incur while traversing the globe. Avoid sticker shock when open your next invoice by expanding your knowledge of these surcharges. accessorial charge Charged by a transportation carrier for providing services other than basic transportation (forklift, heavy lift, etc.). Also known…

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U.S.-Mexico Cross-Border Trucking Rises From the Dead. Again.

President Obama and Mexican President Calderon recently announced a joint program to breathe life back into the once terminated U.S.-Mexico cross-border trucking program. The agreement between the two countries will allow Mexican trucking companies to legally operate in the United States, while eliminating the retaliatory tariffs imposed by Mexico when President Obama announced the termination…

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Mohawk Announces New Vice President, Chuck Miller

SYRACUSE NY—Mohawk Global Trade Advisors (MGTA) announces that Charles R. Miller has joined the company as Vice President. Miller will be responsible for the business development and day-to-day operations of the new MGTA division of Mohawk Global Logistics. “Chuck Miller brings over 25 years of international business, technical, operational, and supply management experience to MGTA,”…

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Logistics Company Launches Trade Consulting Division

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, 8 MARCH 2011—Mohawk Global Logistics, a third party logistics provider, announces the launch of a new consulting division named Mohawk Global Trade Advisors (MGTA). The new division will be based out of the company's headquarters in Syracuse, NY and will offer international trade compliance and supply chain management consulting…

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