News & Insights

Roanoke is pleased to be a Gold Sponsor for the second annual Advanced Topics in Customs Compliance Conference! This event, taking place in Houston, Texas from September 20-22, 2017, brings together experienced import and export professionals, legal counsel, customs brokers and other international trade professionals in a highly productive environment where knowledge, experience and expertise […]

April 12, 2017

  Beginning April 1, 2017, liner-wide consolidation has entered its third generation with three new alliances: the Ocean Alliance, THE Alliance, and 2M Alliance. The first vessel-sharing consolidation of ocean carrier vessels took place back in the 1980s and 1990s and then again in 2011. The goal of these alliances is for carriers to pool […]

April 07, 2017

Are you prepared to respond to a cyber security breach? Transportation-related businesses are increasingly being targeted and all too often, focus on prevention rather than how to respond to these disruptive and potentially costly events. Attend this webinar to start formulating your action plan so you’ll be ready when disaster strikes. Roanoke will host a […]

April 05, 2017

The May 31st renewal deadline for the new Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) Ocean Transportation Intermediary licensing program is fast approaching. As you probably know, on November 4, 2015, the FMC issued a Final Rule involving various aspects of its regulations affecting Ocean Transportation Intermediaries (OTIs). As a result, OTIs are now required to renew their […]

March 29, 2017

2017 has gotten off to quite a start celebrating an all-time ATA Carnet high of over 20,000 ATA Carnet documents issued in 2016. Roanoke Trade and its partners contributed to more than half of these ATA Carnets issued in the United States. This makes Roanoke Trade the largest ATA Carnet provider in the U.S., all thanks […]

March 28, 2017

Keeping the ATA Carnet momentum going in 2017, USCIB announced that Kazakhstan will start accepting ATA Carnets for professional equipment, commercial samples and exhibitions and fairs April 1, 2017. Kazakhstan has had a growing economy since its independence in 1991 and accepting ATA Carnets only furthers its position in the global economy. This makes Kazakhstan […]

March 27, 2017