April Newsletter: Trade Compliance & Earth Day TRADE COMPLIANCE FOR 2016 ACE -> 2016: Mandatory use of ACE for all remaining electronic portions of the CBP cargo process- Are you ready for ACE? *Reminder: Ace Mandatory Use Dates SOLAS - JULY 1, 2016- Shippers are you ready for the container weight mandate? Who is Ready for SOLAS VGM? >BIS Seminars Coming … [Read more...]
Supporting Sustainability Throughout Your Supply Chain
Supporting Sustainability Throughout Your Supply Chain From Inbound Logistics: Companies can support sustainability throughout their supply chains with many different approaches. Reducing paper by automating manual business processes, optimizing shipments and loads with end-to-end visibility, saving fuel and lowering emissions by avoiding supply chain disruptions, and … [Read more...]
BIS Seminars Coming to the Twin Cities
BIS Seminars Coming to the Twin Cities The MTO (Minnesota Trade Organization) is co-hosting with the BIS (Bureau of Industry & Security) two seminars on June 14 and 15, 2016 at the new Hyatt Regency in Bloomington, MN. Here are the two seminars: NEW Day 1: Essentials of U.S. Export Controls This is an intensive, one-day program that covers the key information … [Read more...]
Who is Ready for SOLAS VGM?
Who is Ready for SOLAS VGM? What is SOLAS VGM? SOLAS - Safety of Life at Sea. The SOLAS Convention’s Verified Gross Mass (SOLAS VGM) VGM - Verified Gross Mass of a container carrying cargo or also called container weight mandate - mandating the verification of container weight prior to shipping. Effective July 1, 2016, containers must have verified weight documents if … [Read more...]
About ACE Export Reports
About ACE Export Reports From Global Reach: Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Export Reports were deployed on June 27, 2015, along with ACE Export Accounts functionality. These reports serve as a replacement to the export data that was previously provided to the filer and/or U.S. Principal Party in Interest (USPPI) per request. ACE Export Reports give users the … [Read more...]