Monday Morning eBriefing

NCBFAA is delighted to announce that two competitive $5,000 scholarships are now available to help both current and future members of our industry achieve their goal of furthering their education!

In our upcoming educational webinar, designed exclusively for NCBFAA members and presented by Atul Chowdhry, CEO and Founder of Scapien, we’ll dive into the specific cyber risks impacting your operations, provide practical steps to enhance your security posture, and offer an actionable plan to protect your business.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has provided an updated version of the Drawback/TFTEA Drawback Entry Summary Create/Resubmission CATAIR.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) notified Atlanta-area customs brokers that starting Aug. 31 all weekend perishables inspections will be completed using reimbursable overtime.

A summary of the latest customs and cross-border trade regulatory updates brought to you by our NCBFAA Customs Counsel firm Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has released its first FAQs for the implementation of its updated Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS) Implementation Guide.

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) maritime workers union is publicly contemplating a labor walkout at all Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports – as soon as October 1, 2024 – in connection with unresolved contract negotiations with the United States Maritime Alliance, Ltd. (USMX). Venable is monitoring developments closely and will update this note as the situation warrants.

If you unfortunately missed registering to attend the insightful Aug. 21 NCBFAA Webinar: A Guide for Customs Brokers on Using ACE Reporting, you can still purchase the recording of the presentation, along with receiving the presentation slides and related materials, for just $75.

A group of 74 trade associations and companies involved in ocean freight transportation, including NCBFAA, joined a letter that was delivered to the U.S. Senate on Aug. 30 to urge the chamber to reconfirm Carl Bentzel and Lois Sola to serve second terms on the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC).

PierPASS reminded users of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach container terminals that effective Sept. 1 at midnight PT the Traffic Mitigation Fee (TMF) will increase to $37.71 per TEU and $75.42 per FEU.

Don’t let it pass you by! Attend the NCBFAA Government Affairs Conference (GAC) in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 22-24 to learn about timely and critical industry changes influenced by Capitol Hill lawmakers, the White House, and federal regulators.

CBP asks that customs brokers and other trade members to add a Technical Point of Contact (POC) designated for Cybersecurity to their ACE portal account for CBP to contact if a legitimate cybersecurity threat is identified.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is reminding drawback claimants and filers that drawback claims must be filed in accordance with all applicable requirements appearing in CBP regulations, the ACE Business Rules and Process Document, and the CBP and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR).

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) encourages all customs brokers, importers, carriers, and other trade community users of ACE to take this brief 2024 ACE Customer Satisfaction Survey.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently deployed the ACE Reports launch button in the modernized ACE Portal in the header section.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will hold the next Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 18, in Washington, D.C.

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome BATI Logistics, DutyCalc Data Systems, Elyon Global Shipping, Global Gateway Logistics, Heavy Weight Transport, and Luis Rodriguez Customs Brokers which have recently joined our association.

The Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) on Saturday, Aug. 24, ruled to allow Canadian Labor Minister Steven MacKinnon to end job action in Canada’s rail sector and impose binding arbitration.

A summary of the latest legislative and regulatory transport, logistics and trade sector updates brought to you by our NCBFAA Transportation Counsel firm Venable.

The NCBFAA Transportation Committee wants to remind our members that the Canadian rail strike threat remains in place until the contracts between Canada’s two Class 1 railroads and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) are reached.