United States ↔ Canada

How Canadian lanes differ

Canadian crossings are usually simpler to execute than Mexican ones: through-trailer movements are common, so a single carrier often runs origin to destination without a transfer at the border. That removes one handoff, which removes one failure point.

What does not get simpler is the documentation. Canada Border Services Agency expects an accurate, complete package, and the consequence of an error is the same as anywhere else — the truck waits. We coordinate with the customs broker on the relevant side and make sure the paperwork is ready before the equipment is at the crossing.

• Through-trailer movements where the lane supports them
• Customs coordination with the broker filing on the Canadian or U.S. side
• Temperature-controlled and flatbed capacity as well as dry van
• Appointment management at both ends
• Status through the crossing, not just at pickup and delivery

Gateways we work

Most of the volume we coordinate runs through the eastern and western gateways. Ontario freight generally moves through Detroit – Windsor; western Canadian freight through Blaine – Surrey into the Vancouver market.

Running Mexico and Canada together

Where shippers get the most out of us is a programme that spans all three countries — a Toronto origin delivering in Monterrey, or a Mexican plant supplying a Canadian distribution centre. Those movements cross two borders, involve two customs regimes and at least four carriers, and they are exactly the kind of shipment that falls apart when each leg is bought separately.

One reference number. One file. One party who has to answer for the whole thing.

Crossings

• Detroit – Windsor

  Michigan · Ontario

  The primary eastern gateway for Ontario and Quebec freight.

• Blaine – Surrey

  Washington · British Columbia

  The western gateway into the Vancouver market.