Onfreight Logistics is a F.A.S.T | C-TPAT and PIP approved carrier.

The F.A.S.T. program is a bilateral initiative between the United States, Canada and Mexico designed to ensure security and safety while enhancing the economic prosperity of both countries. In developing this program, Canada, Mexico and the United States have agreed to harmonize, to the maximum extent possible, their commercial processes free and secure trade by using common risk-management principles, supply chain security, industry partnerships, and advanced technology to improve the efficiency of screening and clearing commercial traffic at our shared border.

        F.A.S.T. Objectives

FAST is an ambitious program both in terms of its scope and its implementation date. For the U.S.,  Canada and Mexico the initiative's objectives promise to revolutionize the processing of transborder trade:

1. The program aims to increase the integrity of supply chain management by offering expedited clearance to carriers and importers enrolled in Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT), or Canada's Partners in Protection (PIP).
 
2. It's designed to streamline and to integrate registration processes for drivers, carriers, and importers; minimizing paperwork and ensuring only low risk participants are enrolled as members.
 
3. The initiative seeks to expedite clearance of low risk transborder shipments by reducing Customs information requirements, dedicating lanes at major crossings to FAST participants, using common technology, and physically examining cargo transported by these low risk clients at the lowest levels possible.
 
4. The program is a catalyst for both Customs administrations to integrate and enhance technologies - transponders employed on both sides of the border, for example - which would make it even easier to clear low risk shipments, and which would mitigate the cost of program participation for FAST partners.

F.A.S.T. Benefits

FAST approved highway carriers will benefit from:

1. Dedicated lanes (where available) for greater speed and efficiency in the clearance of FAST transborder shipments.
 
2. Reduced number of examinations for continued compliance with Customs FAST requirements.
 
3. A strong and ongoing partnership with the Canadian (PIP) and U.S. Customs (C-TPAT) administrations.
 
4. Enhanced supply chain security and safety while protecting the economic prosperity of both countries.
 
5. The knowledge that they're carrying shipments for a C-TPAT approved importer.
 
6. A head start for the upcoming modifications to FAST that will expand eligible electronic cargo release methods. The FAST processing of Pre-Arrival Processing System (PAPS) shipments is expected to commence within the next year.