Rules And Special Service Charges (ABF 111-AB
)
Effective: 01/11/2010
| Inquiry:
3/15/2010
Item 822 : Diversion, U.S./Mexico Border
International shipments between the United States and Mexico, which are diverted from ABF at the U.S./Mexico border, will be subject to the following charge.
A shipment is considered diverted when one of the following situations occur:
The custom's broker or freight forwarder indicates that the shipment has been diverted to another carrier or freight forwarder.
ABF confirms that the shipment has been diverted to another carrier or freight forwarder.
10 days have passed since the shipment was tendered to the custom's broker or freight forwarder, and the shipment has not crossed the border and been retendered to ABF or ABF Freight System de Mexico, Inc.
The freight is picked up at ABFs dock at its border service center.
Shipments that are diverted will be rerated from the origin to the point of diversion, and subject to an additional charge of $79.34. The point of diversion on northbound shipments shall be the customs broker's address. The point of diversion on southbound shipments shall be the freight forwarder's address.