News & Insights

Tips for Protecting and Preventing Cargo Loss The Shipping Mistakes that are Costing Your Business Recently, Roanoke VP of Client Development, Rick Bridges, sat down with Captain Glenn Walker to co-create an exclusive article in FORWARD Magazine. FORWARD Magazine is published quarterly and is exclusively for members of the Airfowarders Association. It focuses on delivering in-depth coverage of member news, regulatory information, and updates on the cargo industry. The topic Rick Bridges and Captain Glenn Walker covered is relevant to any business that provides or relies on the efficient and safe transport of cargo shipments – preventing and minimizing freight […]

January 21, 2020

Join Roanoke Trade at the Northern Border Custom Brokers Association (NBCBA) 2020 Annual Meeting in Naples, Florida! The event will take place from February 10th through the 12th. We hope to see you there!

January 16, 2020

Roanoke’s own Colleen Clarke, Paul Smart, Kathleen Dorman and Sheila Skipper will be attending the Advanced Topics in Customs Compliance conference in Houston, Texas from February 12 – 14, 2020. The Advanced Topics in Customs Compliance conference brings together seasoned import and export professionals, attorneys, brokers and other international trade professionals in a highly productive two-day event where knowledge, experience and expertise can be shared among peers, and where meaningful relationships can develop and evolve for the mutual benefit of participants. We hope to see you there!

January 16, 2020

  The ICC World Chamber Federation, the organization that administers the ATA Carnet system, has released two country-specific operational changes relating to the usage of the ATA Carnet. Italy Inland Customs ports in Italy will no longer be using the re-exportation vouchers and counterfoils to clear temporary exports leaving inland ports. The Customs officers will require blue transit vouchers and counterfoils according to articles no. 70 and no. 91 of the Italian Customs’ instructions. USCIB has advised that the counterfoil that shows the transit discharge, as completed by the Customs officers in Italy or at the EU border, will serve […]

January 06, 2020

  In observance of the upcoming Christmas holiday, our offices will close at 1:00PM on Tuesday, December 23rd and remain closed on Christmas day Wednesday December 25th, reopening the morning of Thursday, December 26th. In observance of New Year’s, our offices will close at 3:00PM on Tuesday, December 31st, remain closed on Wednesday, January 1st and resume normal business hours on Thursday, January 2nd. We wish you the best during this holiday season and happiness in the New Year!

December 24, 2019

Increase Expected for Limits of Liability Established by the Montreal Convention   In a message to members of the Airforwarders Association, Regulatory Compliance Committee Chairman Bob Imbriani states, “The liability for international air cargo (Montreal Convention) is increasing from 19 to 22 SDR per kilo effective December 28, 2019. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has proposed a 13.9% increase to the Montreal Convention’s liability limits following completion of its quinquennial review. The increase is based on the accumulated rate of inflation (weighted by reference to the average Consumer Price Indices of the United States, Japan, China, European Union and […]

December 20, 2019