Massive Congressional Transportation Bill Passes with NCBFAA Amendments

 

On the transportation front, NCBFAA’s most significant accomplishment during the year was amending the huge Congressional transportation bill, thereby excluding customs brokers, ocean forwarders, NVOs, and air cargo agents from the new licensing and bonding requirements that otherwise apply to companies arranging for trucking services. Although there has been persistent disinformation to the contrary, customs brokers who arrange for trucking to facilitate or otherwise participate in the continuous or through movement of international cargo moving via ocean or air are not considered property brokers subject to the statute and will not need to obtain any additional bonds, insurance or make any new registration as might otherwise be required by that law.
 

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