News & Insights

As Featured in American Journal of Transportation Trade remedy tariffs are no longer headline news, but they are still relevant and pose a unique set of delay and disruption concerns for importers. High among these concerns are insufficient Customs Bonds. With no end in sight for any relief from these tariffs, importers and their customs […]

March 04, 2022

Situation  In Q4, BSI recorded a significant uptick in rail thefts in North America, especially in the United States, in the Los Angeles area along trail lines, and near the port.  In Q4, the rail modality accounted for 6.7 percent of recorded cargo theft incidents in the United States. While this is a significant jump […]

February 18, 2022

Roanoke is pleased to share that Matt Zehner, Vice President of Surety Information and Analysis, has been appointed to the 16th term of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC).  Matt has been with Roanoke since 2002 and is involved with many facets of Roanoke’s surety product line, which involves monitoring current events for changes […]

February 14, 2022

Roanoke Insurance Group is proud to again sponsor the 2022 National Customs Broker and Forwarder Association of America (NCBFAA) $5,000 scholarship awarded to a student intending to join the trade industry. The award will be presented at NCBFAA annual conference in May. Our 2021 recipient Daniela Piperno’s reason for applying for the scholarship: “Advancing my […]

February 09, 2022

Most everyone involved in the logistics industry has or will have a claim story to tell. For example, your new hire did everything right on that shipment of auto parts headed to the Greenville BMW plant, except he directed them to Greenville, NC instead of Greenville, SC. That’s delay. That’s a claim. Or maybe you […]

January 12, 2022

Beginning on January 1, 2022, Brazil will cease accepting ATA Carnets. There will no longer be a Brazilian national guaranteeing association responsible for the collection of amounts owed in the case of non-compliance with ATA Carnet conditions. Valid ATA Carnets issued prior to the cessation order and currently in circulation may NOT be presented to […]

December 23, 2021