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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a new rule last month that will affect the way transportation companies and other businesses report injury and illnesses to the agency. Presently, most employers unless specifically exempt, are required to maintain injury and illness reporting records on a log (Form 300) with supporting documentation. Each employer summarizes this information annually using OSHA Form 300A, which is then posted in the workplace from February 1 to April 30. Besides serious injuries that require immediate reporting, such as amputations, fatalities, or accidents requiring hospitalization, employers have not been required to submit injury and illness […]
When looking to insure your transportation-related business from all types of property exposures including flood damage, it’s helpful to understand that a policy designed to respond will depend on where the water comes from. There are two types of coverages available: Sump/Sewer Backup coverage and Flood insurance. Do you need one or another or both to properly protect your business property? Let’s first look at how sewer backup and flood are defined. Sewer backup is defined as “water or water-borne material which backs up through sewers or drains or which overflows or is discharged from a sump, sump pump or […]
On Tuesday, June 7th Colleen Clarke will be part of an AAEI Conference panel titled “Don’t Trek on Me”. Colleen, along with Randy Rucker of Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Jenae Ciecko of Copper Hill Inc. and Beata Spuhler of 3M, will discuss recent cases that highlight what can happen to companies and individuals not compliant in their international trade activities and why understanding the current compliance landscape is imperative to avoid potential liability in trade activities. Colleen will also speak on trending bond liability issues and case studies from the surety perspective. If you are attending the 2016 AAEI conference, […]
Logistics service providers (LSPs) and transportation intermediaries are being warned to ensure their security practices are up to date and beefed up for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend, a holiday linked to record-high cargo thefts. According to FreightWatch International’s Supply Chain Intelligence Center (SCIC), Memorial Day weekends in the past recorded elevated theft levels up to 40% higher than non-holiday weekends. In fact, the 2015 Memorial Day weekend recorded a record-high 15 cargo theft incidents averaging in excess of $600,000. Following is a list of notable cargo thefts that occurred during past Memorial Day weekends, courtesy of FreightWatch. These include: […]
For the past 23 years, Roanoke Trade and the National Customs Brokers & Forwarder’s Association of America (NCBFAA) have together presented a $5,000 scholarship to a high school senior or undergraduate at an accredited college or university who is focusing on obtaining a degree in customs brokerage, freight forwarding or a related field, such as international trade. At this year’s annual NCBFAA conference in Tucson, Arizona, Jordan Abisch was awarded the 2016 scholarship. We invite you to read Jordan’s essay, “Wage Inequality and Trade – Data indicates a growing gap between the wages for skilled and unskilled labor. What role has […]
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