One common misconception among U.S. importers is that they don’t have to worry about what’s on their commercial invoice and other import documentation. These importers will often neglect to provide their Customs broker with a truly complete product description or accurate country of origin because they don’t think they have to sweat the details. What…
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Insuring cargo for international transport is very different from other forms of property insurance. There is an entire body of law, known as Admiralty Law, that has evolved around marine transportation. The coverage found in a marine cargo policy (which also covers international shipments by air) is written to insure against the many perils that…
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Client Alert Despite progress between labor and management on a master contract, local contract talks between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the New York Shipping Association (NYSA) turned sour on opening day. Negotiations began and then quickly ended yesterday after disagreement on several issues, including work practices. The ILA and the U.S. Maritime Alliance…
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Client Alert In observance of the Chinese New Year, most businesses in mainland China and Hong Kong will be closed according to the following schedule: China (mainland): Feb 9-15 Hong Kong: Feb 9-13 In anticipation of the holiday, we urge all clients who ship freight to and from China to book upcoming shipments as soon…
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Client Alert You could practically hear the country’s collective sigh of relief over last week’s announcement that both parties in the East Coast labor talks agreed to extend their contract beyond the December 30 deadline. At the same time, it was also revealed that labor and management tentatively agreed on how to handle container royalty…
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Mohawk Global Logistics will be launching its newly redesigned website in January 2013. Prepare to be wowed by a suite of new online tools and resources, including: Quick Track By far the most requested feature on our new site, Mohawk's quick track will allow anyone with a shipment reference number to anonymously view limited status…
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Client Alert We have been informed by the Port Authority of NY/NJ that, "under the auspices of the Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service that the USMX and the ILA have agreed to a 30-day contract extension to midnight January 28, 2013." As a result, the container terminals in the Port of New York & New…
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Client Alert Despite the break down in contract talks last week between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX), there is still some hope of a possible resolution between the parties. Federal mediators announced that both sides agreed to meet once last time before the contract expires on December 29. As…
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It’s true: U.S. Customs will increase the informal entry value limit from $2000 to $2500 on January 7, 2013. To understand why this is good news for importers, you must first understand the difference between a formal and informal entry. A formal entry is required for imported merchandise valued at over $2000. For this type…
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Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete our customer satisfaction survey this month. We truly appreciate the feedback and will continue to improve our products and services based on the comments we received. As a token of our thanks, we chose one survey participant at random to receive an iPad Mini. Congratulations…
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