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\Beginning July 1, 2016, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) approved amendments to The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS), requiring that shippers verify gross container weight prior to shipping. The requirement will become not just international law under the IMO but also national law within the 170 countries and three associate members that are signatories to the IMO. After July 1, 2016, it would be a violation of SOLAS to load a packed container onto a vessel if the vessel operator and marine terminal operator do not have the verified gross mass (VGM). According to […]
The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) has walked off the job at all of the terminals at the Port of NY/NJ due to a labor dispute. All of the terminals are shut down as of now. The walkout began about 10 a.m. on Friday, and reportedly affected all port terminals. Trucking company dispatchers advised drivers to avoid joining queues outside terminal gates. According to an article in the Journal of Commerce (JOC), there was no official confirmation of the cause of the walkout. However, multiple sources said it was due to ILA unhappiness with hiring rules of the Waterfront Commission of […]
Roanoke Trade, a leader in providing custom insurance solutions for transportation and logistics providers, is honored to be sponsoring the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America, Inc.’s (NCBFAA) annual $5,000 scholarship. The scholarship is available to a high school seniors or undergraduates at an accredited college or university. This is the 23rd year that the NCBFAA and Roanoke Trade have promoted this scholarship competition as a way to further education in the transportation and logistics industry. NCBFAA represents nearly 800 member companies with 100,000 employees in international trade – the nation’s leading freight forwarders, customs brokers, ocean transportation […]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) last September issued a pair of warnings concerning fraud schemes that involve email, wire transfers, checks, and international businesses. The targets of these schemes are typically firms that work with foreign suppliers and those that perform wire transfer payments, including those in the transportation and global logistics services industry. The warnings stated that since January 2015, the number of victims has nearly tripled in the U.S. and across 79 different countries, at an increase of 270%. These types of cyber attacks referenced by the FBI warnings are called Business Email Compromise (BEC). In a […]
On January 15, 2016, CBP’s Los Angeles Office of Field Operations published Public Bulletin #LA15-020 reminding the trade that, effective February 28, 2016, ACS will no longer be available for electronic filing of entries/entry summaries. Filers will be required to use ACE only for electronic filings. Non-ACE filings must be via paper submission, which (CBP warns) will result in delays in entry processing/release of cargo. Due to programming and certain PGA concerns, some trade groups have strongly urged further delay of this transition but, to date, CBP has maintained that the deactivation of ACS for electronic filing will proceed as scheduled. Roanoke Trade […]
Calculating the cost of insurance is now available right at your fingertips and made easy with the simple press of a button! Roanoke is pleased to introduce an online premium calculator that simplifies the task of adding the costs of insurance to your logistics solutions quote. Simply add basic shipment details as well as your cargo insurance rate and the calculator does the rest. You can access the calculator on any device such as computers, tablets, and smartphones, so it is available in office, on the road, anywhere and anytime. Are you ready to try the calculator and see how […]
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