Industry Insights

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

The U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Board in its Annual Report to Congress released its 2014 export figures earlier this year, indicating a record-high $99.2 billion in merchandise exported. This represents an increase of 24.8% in the value of exports from America’s Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZs). The 2014 figure also represents a threefold growth of FTZ exports in […]

  In observance of the upcoming Christmas holiday, our offices will close at 1:00PM on Thursday, December 24th and remain closed through Friday, December 25th. We will resume normal office hours on Monday, December 28th. We will also close at 3:00PM on Thursday, December 31st and remain closed through Friday, January 1st for New Year’s. We […]

Late last month, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) released its final rule on regulations that prohibit motor carriers, shippers, receivers, or transportation intermediaries from coercing drivers to operate commercial motor vehicles in violation of certain provisions of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). In addition, the rule prohibits […]