• About CONECT

  • Mission Statement
  • Board Members
  • Staff Members
  • CONECT Counsel
  • Board Meetings
  • Press Room
  • Contact Us
  • Social Networking
    Communities

• Upcoming Events

  • Fall Boston Cargo Facilties Tour
  • Congressional
    Roundtable
  • Footwear/Parts
    Accessories/Assist
    Seminar
  • 9th Annual Northeast
    Cargo Symposium
  • D.C. Trade Briefing
  • Event Photo Gallery

• Members & Membership

  • Member Website Links
  • Member List
  • John Chafee
    Memorial Scholarship
  • Member Profiles
  • Membership
    Application

• Government

  • Briefing Papers
  • Congressional
    Delegation
  • Government Sites
  • Voting Records
  • Whats New

• Services & Benefits

• Job Board

• Event Photo Gallery

Member Benefits 

• Special discount pricing for members at all CONECT events
  
• Active representation on Capitol Hill
  
• "CONECTivity" e-mails providing late-breaking news on critical national and international trade & transportation issues, current status updates on federal issues and insights into how they may be resolved
  
• "Members Only" Pages on website for event presentations, Washington D.C. updates, and CONECT's membership directory.  An "Ask The Attorney" column - members ask any legal trade question, and it will be answered by a CONECT member attorney
  
• Direct link to corporate members' websites from CONECT website
  
• Discount on industry subscriptions to American Journal of  Transportation (AJOT), a free subscription to the digital edition of The Journal of Commerce' (JOC's) Shipping Digest, which will be delivered weekly via our CONECTivity newsletter
  
• Members may nominate students for CONECT's annual Chafee Scholarships
  
• Access to "Members-Only " events
  
• Special offers for non-CONECT events, such as Red Sox Tickets, cruises, hotel specials and more
  
   

Annual Events

• Annual  2 1/2 day Trade and Transportation Conference in Newport, R.I. featuring top industry speakers discussing critical issues specific to international trade and transportation
  
• Annual Golf Outing in August
  
• Annual Trade Briefing meeting in Washington D.C., a day and a half  of meetings with the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representatives' staffs and other government agencies.  Also, small group meetings with members of Congress on Capitol Hill to discuss CONECT members' trade and transportation needs
  
• Annual half-day Northeast Cargo Symposium in Boston each fall, featuring top industry speakers discussing critical issues in international trade and transportation
  
• Cargo Facilities Tours
  
• Customs and Border Protection classification seminars (commodities vary)
  
• Special events with Congress members, key executive branch officials, state and local representatives and prominent New England business people
  
• Breakfast roundtable gatherings throughout New England featuring area senators and congress members
  
• Annual summer CONECT meeting, featuring an educational afternoon followed by an enjoyable networking evening at a unique venue