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J.S. Hickey Co., Inc./Donmar Brokerage Corporation, is pleased to announce that effective September 1, 2014, your customs bond and marine insurance programs will be serviced through Roanoke Trade, a division of Roanoke Insurance Group Inc. Roanoke Trade has served as the bond provider and valued partner of J.S. Hickey/Donmar Brokerage for over 20 years and we are excited to expand this partnership. Danielle Levine and Mark Cunningham are joining the Roanoke Trade team and will continue to be available to you from the J.S. Hickey/Donmar Brokerage Valley Stream, NY office location. Additionally, you can continue to access your online bond solutions at: […]
A growing volume of U.S. bound ocean container traffic intended to transit west coast Canadian ports has caused some Canadian terminals to stop accepting U.S. bound rail traffic. Steamship lines are diverting these containers to U.S. ports, especially Seattle and Tacoma. These diversions to U.S. ports require that Importer Security Filings (ISFs) be submitted so that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can apply its targeting measures. Shippers, Ocean Transportation Intermediaries, and customs brokers should continually monitor ocean cargo to identify when a cargo diversion occurs. When the diversion triggers the need to submit an ISF-10 or ISF-5, submit the […]
Roanoke Insurance Group is very pleased to inform you that our hard work has paid off in securing exemption from the Electronic Export Filing (EEI) filing requirement for ATA Carnets! We received verbal confirmation from both U.S. Customs and Border protection (CBP) and U.S. Census Bureau yesterday. U.S. Census is currently working on revising the rules, which should be published very soon. October 2 is no longer a looming deadline for ATA Carnets! How Did the FTR Affect ATA Carnet Benefits? March 2013, several changes were made to the U.S Census Bureau’s Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR) pertaining to the filing […]
Roanoke Insurance Group is proud to participate in a discussion panel that will enhance your knowledge on ACE and eBond sponsored by Houston Customhouse Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 Guest Panelists Include: Mary Pugh – ACE Ambassador, Houston Field Office Customs and Border Protection Colleen Clarke – Vice President, Surety Trade Relations, Roanoke Insurance Group Lisa Gelsomino – President/CEO, Avalon Risk Management Important Registration Information:Register by August 15th for $35 Register after August 15th or walk-ins for $40 Please email reservation forms to hcbffa@aol.com and mail checks to PO Box 53359, Houston, TX 77052 This seminar has been approved by NCBFAA’s NEI for two CCS/CES credits!
Join us for a complimentary webinar on Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 11:30am – 12:30pm CT Customs and Border Protection (CBP) began development of eBond earlier this year which is set to deploy in January 2015. All single transaction bonds filed in ACE will require an eSTB. The filing of continuous bonds will also become electronic in January 2015. The eBond concept has been around for many years and Roanoke has been actively working with industry associations and CBP since its inception. Now that implementation is imminent, we are committed to helping our clients to best prepare. In this presentation you will learn: […]
CBP Releases eBond Implementation Guide In June, U.S. Customs Border Protection (CBP) released a Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) document providing updated conventional trade interface information for ACE eBond filing between CBP and sureties. The CATAIR update is intended for the future deployment of eBond functionality in ACE and provides input and output electronic data interchange (EDI) record formation for the electronic submission of bonds to CBP. The document presents both the bond input transaction proprietary records used by sureties and surety agents to file and maintain an electronic bond as well as the output transaction proprietary records […]
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