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The Nation’s Leader in Automotive Import & Export Trade FAPS, Inc. 60 Year History
New Vehicle Import
New Vehicles Import to FAPS to 2016 – 235,000
New Vehicle Export
New Vehicles Exported from FAPS in 2016 – 65,000
Rail/Regional Product
Rail/Regional Product from FAPS from 2016 – 95,000
Marine Vessels
Marine Vessels to and from FAPS from 2016 – 360
FAPS, Inc. 60 Year History
FAPS, Inc., originally known as Foreign Automotive Preparation Service, is a third generation company established in Port Newark, NJ in 1956 by John A. LoBue. The pre-delivery company has been providing the Automotive Industry Import/Export preparation services for 60 years within the Port of New York & New Jersey. FAPS, Inc. is also a Fully Activated Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) approved throughout its entire highly secured facility and employs over 200 skilled personnel. Manufacturing clients include global shippers and allied companies such as; Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation,, Nissan, Infiniti, Volvo, Toyota, Ferrari and Maserati. These Import and Export Accounts combined with a vibrant RoRo & POV trade arrive at and depart from their over 120 acre terminal complex by way of the world’s leading marine car carriers (PCC/PCTC) such as Wallenius-Wilhelmsen Lines, Mitsui OSK, NYK Line, K-Line, EUKOR, Hoegh, Liberty Lines, Grimaldi, Atlantic Container Lines, and Bermuda Container Lines. Terminal activities include over 360 vessel arrivals annually.
Logistical Advantage
Port Newark is located in the midst of the largest and most affluent consumer marketplace in North America, and provides automotive importers with immediate access to more than 18 million consumers. With its excellent highway network and intermodal connections to inland markets, the port provides one-day access to over 75 million consumers from Virginia to Maine, as well as Eastern Canada. Within two days transport from the port, we can reach markets as far west as Chicago. The ability of Automotive Importers to reach their major markets more quickly and cost effectively than any other port of entry in the nation is also why the port is the home to manufacturer pre-delivery subsidiaries Toyota, Lexus, and, BMW. The Port is not only cost competitive as measured by significant inland freight cost savings to the market, but also offers cost competitive port processing services and the highest quality of deep-sea auto stevedores and warehousing labor provided by the International Longshoreman’s Association. Over the years, FAPS, Inc. Customers have relied on their volume production capability and high quality standards derived from their varied customers and depth of highly-skilled and cross trained workforce.
Scope Of Services
Services for new finished Import & Export vehicles include; Pre-delivery inspections, accessorization, body- repair, paint refinishing, export homologation, modification, global certification standards and fleet reconditioning. Vehicle processing is performed in over 700,000 square feet of pre-delivery centers. FAPS, Inc. coordinates the inland distribution with many major car hauling truck transportation companies via EDI and operates a 48 rail car spot capacity auto rail facility (MODART) within the Conrail shared asset area for both CSXT and Norfolk Southern railroad companies. FAPS, Inc. operation is regarded as the “Industries benchmark auto-processing facility in North America” and can handle over 500 thousand (500,000) vehicles annually. FAPS, Inc. utilizes the latest IT technology operating in a real time RF environment which effectively manages inventory, cargo releases, services and electronic invoicing. FAPS, Inc. also specializes in vehicle containerization.
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Vehicle Services
Services for new finished Import & Export vehicles include; Processing, Pre-delivery inspections, accessorization, body and refinishing, coachwork, restoration, export homologation, modification, global certification standards and fleet reconditioning.
Logistical Advantage
Port Newark is located in the midst of the largest and most affluent consumer marketplace in North America, and provides automotive importers with immediate access to more than 18 million consumers. With its excellent highway network and intermodal connections to inland markets, the port provides one-day access to over 75 million consumers from Virginia to Maine, as well as Eastern Canada. Within two days transport from the port, we can reach markets as far west as Chicago
5 Star Support
Vehicle processing is performed in over 700,000 square feet of pre-delivery centers. FAPS, Inc. coordinates the inland distribution with many major car hauling truck transportation companies via EDI and operates a 48 rail car spot capacity auto rail facility (MODART) within the Conrail shared asset area for both CSXT and Norfolk Southern railroad companies.
Industries Benchmark
FAPS, Inc. operation is regarded as the “Industries benchmark auto-processing facility in North America” and can handle over 500 thousand (500,000) vehicles annually. FAPS, Inc. utilizes the latest IS technology operating in a real time RF environment which effectively manages inventory, cargo releases, services and electronic invoicing. FAPS, Inc. also specializes in vehicle containerization.
