Automated Export System Workshops

Tropical Shipping recently hosted 5 workshops in Miami, West Palm Beach and Puerto Rico as well as 3 webinar sessions to provide information and education to our customers about the Mandatory AES Regulations.

Tropical customers throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico, the Bahamas and the Caribbean took part in each of the workshops, which featured a detailed presentation about the new ruling and a question-and-answer segment. These events are part of Tropical’s ongoing commitment to provide the most comprehensive shipping services to our customers and the communities we serve.

“Our goal was to educate the customers and assist them in making changes to their processes so that they will be in compliance with the new regulations and their cargo will be able to sail,” said Stephanie Duncan who is Tropical Shipping’s Transportation Compliance Manager.

The Mandatory AES (Automated Export System) 24- Hour Rule went into effect on July 2, 2008 but provided for an informed compliance time frame that allowed the trade to be prepared before full enforcement on October 1, 2008.

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