Evaluating the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement
After seven years of negotiations, 12 Pacific Rim countries signed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in Auckland, New Zealand on February 4, 2016, but its' implementation ... Read More
New Prohibitions for Transporting Lithium Batteries on Passenger Flights
Reuters reported the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) agreed to prohibit shipments of lithium-ion batteries on passenger aircraft, because of concerns that they are a ... Read More
Panama Canal Expansion Update
A dispute between the Panama Canal Authority (PCA) and Grupo Unidos por el Canal (GUPC), the consortium responsible for designing and constructing the third set ... Read More
What’s New In Hazmat?
Harvey Waite | Vice President of Compliance and Security, OCEANAIR First, a word of warning about Hazmat shipments going to China — we recently experienced ... Read More
Port of Boston’s Conley Container Terminal posts 11% surge in volumes
BY HAILEY DESORMEAUX The Port of Boston's Conley Container Terminal handled 237,166 TEUs in 2015, an 11 percent increase from 2014, the Massachusetts Port Authority ... Read More
U.S. Coast Guard Makes Announcement on Enforcement of SOLAS Requirements
As the global scramble to implement the new SOLAS requirements continues, the U.S. Coast Guard outlined its enforcement policies in a session to listen to ... Read More
Customs Administration of the Netherlands Announces Service Disruption for Software Upgrade
To accommodate new message formats required by the World Customs Organization (WCO) data model version 3, the Customs Administration of the Netherlands is releasing a ... Read More
Join with OCEANAIR and Support the Port of Boston Dredging Project
Recently, the Seaport District garnered lots of attention following General Electric’s (GE) announcement to move its headquarters to Massachusetts. Over the years, the transformation of ... Read More
Cargo Insurance Announcement
Cargo Insurance Announcement OCEANAIR, Inc. has been advised by Roanoke Trade Services, our Marine Cargo Insurance Agent, of updates to cargo insurance policies that affect ... Read More
