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Third Party Outsource Capabilities

Unitrans is a full service third party outsourcing agent.  Our business supports the importing, warehousing, and fulfillment of local businesses that don’t have the space, time, or staff to operate their own backend services.  We have clients that sell their products on ecommerce websites and outsource the fulfillment of their products to us.  Examples are a local footwear retailer, a large international electronics supplier, and a well known paper goods manufacturer.
 
 

 

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Unitrans Worldwide, Inc. Meets the New Air Freight 100% Security Screening Rule

The U.S. Congress mandated on August 1, 2010 that 100 percent of air freight shipped on passenger flights, both from and within, the United States will be screened   Please be assured that Unitrans is ready to fulfill this requirement for your domestic transit and U.S. export shipments, and has been operating under similar screening requirements for some time.  Our air freight screening fees are 15-25 cents per Kilo. 

The new screening regulations will not impact our scheduled domestic air operations, so we can assure you of our ability to offer on-time delivery of your overnight and/or second day air shipments to major cities across the USA.  Our transport solutions offer you the ability to tender your freight in a manner that best suits your business requirements. 

Be assured, that Unitrans is ready and fully able to comply with the new screening rules, and in the process is able to provide the service integrity and consistency on which you depend and deserve.

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Going Green in the Supply Chain!

With going green at the forefront of everyone’s mind, “green logistics” of lowering the carbon footprint is equally a priority for supply chain executives! 

Both an increase in global environmental awareness and greater regulatory and governmental pressures has combined to leverage companies into reducing their carbon footprints.  In Europe, “green legislation” is becoming a reality and eventually will in other countries.

One of the biggest carbon footprints is created through the supply chain and logistics operations in its production, storage, and transportation of goods. 

Therefore executives are rightly being forced to examine their approaches and respond accordingly.  Additionally, long-term competitive strategy is a primary concern and going green has become a crucial consideration towards achieving their goal of creating and advertising environmentally friendly supply chains.

There are three main challenges for the industry to overcome if green logistics is to become a reality.

  1. Lack of appropriate technology in place to support companies in their effort
  2. Lack of business processes needed to capture the data and use it effectively
  3. The trade-off between green requirements and lean practices lending to smaller shipments rather than bundling.  

The supply chain going green is an industry issue that is only going to increase in stature. 

We at Unitrans are committed to going green.  Among many simple considerations we make are: reducing truck idling to save fuel and transmissions, recycling the use of packaging materials and shipping paper and metal products to a recycling company, and turning off lights in areas of the company that are not currently in use.

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US Customs requires importers of record to file ISF 10+2

The 1st ISF 10+2 Rule Essay

Effective January 26 of 2010, importers will be faced with a $5,000 fine per violation if the ISF data is not filed.
This is a brand ocean containerized cargo new rule, called the “Importer Security Filing and Additional Carrier Requirements”, and is being enforced:

  • to enhance the importer’s sphere of accountability back to the point of stuffing
  • that will in turn enhance cargo targeting prior to the loading at the foreign port
  • and ultimately should result in fewer exams for low risk shipments

The responsibility of the ISF importer for the “Importer Security Filing” covers the “10” data elements component of the rule, and the responsibility of “Additional Carrier Requirements” by the steamship line corresponds to the “+2” container tracking report portion of the rule. The 10 elements of the importer’s data are: seller, buyer, importer, consignee, manufacturer, ship to party, country of origin, harmonized tariff schedule (HTS) number, container stuffing location, and consolidator. The 2 elements of the steamship’s data are: vessel stow plan and container status messages.

The rule has been a goal of Customs and Border Patrol for many years, as an effort to push supply chain security efforts back from our borders to the point of origin (“stuffing”). The proposed rule was published back in January of 2008, with the final rule published last November of that same year (2008). The effective date of the rule was this past January (2009), and full enforcement of the rule is planned for January 26th, 2010.
Unitrans Worldwide, Inc. can conduct this mandatory government filing on your behalf and keep your company in compliance and save you possible fines.

The 2nd ISF 10+2 Rule Essay

If any data in a container changes while it is in transit between a foreign port and a US port, then according to Customs and Border Protection, the shipper must amend its Importer Security Filings and file them in the Federal Register. Only the party who originally filed the ISF is permitted to update the ISF.

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US Customs Announces ISF Rule Change

If data changes while a container is in transit between a foreign port and a US port, the shipper must amend its Importer Security Filings according to Customs and Border Protection and filed in the Federal Register.