Our Services
Ground transportation
Nearly all items of cargo are transported at some stage of their journey along the world’s roads.
Air transportation
Mainly for small volume cargo, valuable charges, perishable, live animals and emergency cargo.
Oversea transportation
Ocean Freight plays perhaps the most vital role in most transportation and supply chain.
Portside services
We'll handle the pickup, delivery and return of containers and anything needed in between.
Commercial goods arriving into the U.S. by air, land or sea are subject to import laws, duty taxes and fees.
The Import Process
- The first step is when someone purchases foreign goods whit plans to have those items come into the U.S.
- Once these goods are available, the seller or manufacturer ships them to the United States.
- Small shipments can be consolidated in a container or sent by airplane, truck or rail.
- Larger shipments are loaded in containers and placed on different modes of transportation.
- When the vessel operator receives the goods, they provide the shipper with the bill of lading, which serves as a receipt.
- An electronic cargo declaration must be transmitted to CBP 24 hours before the cargo is laden aboard the vessel, CBP determines wheter the shipment requires an additional examination upon arrival. Once the vessel arrives and CBP has permitted the release of the cargo, the containers are offloaded and transported from the port.
- The importer receives a notice of arrival when the cargo arrives with details for pick-up.
- With the notice of arrival and bill of lading, the importer can file entry documents with CBP at the port where the goods arrived. This is the Formal Request for Customs Release.
- The importer may enter goods themselves as owner of the cargo or may hire a customs broker.
- As a shipper of goods, you may elect to have a broker.
- Within 15 days of arrival, an electronic filing must be completed on the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) System.
