EXPERIENCED LEADERSHIP
Founded by Burk Schmitt in 1976, and supported by loyal and hard-working employees, Mid-America Overseas has become one of the leading international Freight Management companies in the USA. Singapore Branch was set up in September 1998 as an extension to MAO's continued effort to build-up overseas' offices ouside USA.

As in the past, our future success depends on the quality of the ‘men and women’ of MAO. Their unique blend of professionalism, innovation and teamwork, along with a positive and caring attitude, is the reason for MAO’s special relationship with its customers. They are and always will be among the best trained in the transportation industry. Continuously improving service is the goal of every MAO employee.

We view customers as our partners with whom we seek equitable, long-term working relationships.

We continually search for a better way - a better idea - be its source a colleague, a customer or a company here or on the other side of the globe.

COMMITMENT TO SERVICE
We would like to thank our customers for their continued loyalty to MAO. We realize your expectations and demands are high, and we are committed to meeting or exceeding those expectations. That same commitment is what drives us to deliver the best in value added, personal service programs.

As a MAO customer, we will work with you to achieve real results, so that together we become partners for performance.

We provide training for existing and potential customers. We have committed the technological resources to give you total service. Service is the essence of our business and the solid foundation on which, together with you, we build the future - everyday.

LEGACY OF TRUST
MAO holds all appropriate licenses and approvals granted by the Federal Maritime Commission, the International Air Transport Association and the United States Customs Service.

Our overseas partners are located in all of the major trading areas of the world. They are reputable organizations and industry leader in their respective countries. Together, we recognize the need to remain “customer-focused” in order to provide the best distribution services available from a transportation specialist. With this worldwide network, MAO provides the door-to-door delivery of goods under the supervision of a single, coordinated support system.

Our goal is to be your transportation network of choice. We will earn and maintain your trust and confidence to arrange and manage the total movement of your products on a daily basis around the world.

This is our business and we do it well.

Door-to-door international freight forwarding
Document preparation
Banking
Bar-coding
Cargo insurance
Distribution
Customs clearance
Dangerous goods shipping
Packing and crating
Aircraft charter
Shipment tracking and purchase order management

Door-to-door intermodal services, including warehousing, assembly, distribution and offshore consolidations
NVOCC services via Hanseatic Container Line, a company that is managed and operated exclusively by MAO
Service contracts with major carriers to insure guaranteed space and prices
Complete documentation and banking services
Marine insurance coverage
Turnkey services for large-scale projects
Dangerous goods shipping
Packing and crating
Vessel charter
Shipment tracking and purchase order management

Electronic entry processing
Tariff classification service
General term or single entry bonds
Temporary importation services
Import consultation
Duty drawback services