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

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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.

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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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