Ocean, air, rail, road, customs.
The full freight forwarding mix. Booked, shipped, and tracked by one team, with clearance through our licensed broker partner.
FCL and LCL on every major route.
One container or a few pallets. We book carrier space, work the port, and arrange door-to-door delivery. Direct relationships with the major lines keep your pricing competitive and your booking firm. A good fit for retail and e-commerce and manufacturing shippers.
- Full-container (FCL) and less-than-container (LCL)
- Consolidation & deconsolidation
- Port handling, drayage & door delivery
- Cargo insurance available
For shipments that have to land tomorrow.
Standard air, express, and full charter on the major routes. We book the space and handle the paperwork. Customs at destination is coordinated through our broker partner. One booking, one invoice.
- Express, standard & consolidated air
- Expedited & charter on request
- Airport-to-airport or full door-to-door
- Temperature-sensitive & high-value handling
Long-haul by rail, trucked at both ends.
When distance makes over-the-road expensive, we book intermodal rail across the CN and CP networks and arrange ramp drayage at each end through our carrier, Setara Transport. Containers off the Port of Montreal run to and from the major ramps, with one coordinator on the whole move. Cost-effective on the long inland lanes, and lower-emission when timing allows.
- Container-on-rail via CN & CP intermodal
- Drayage to and from the ramps, both ends coordinated
- Cost-effective on long-haul and inland lanes
- Lower-emission alternative to over-the-road
Canada-US, end to end.
Truckload and LTL within Canada and across the US border, hauled by our own carrier, Setara Transport, with partner carriers for surge and specialized equipment. Customs is coordinated through our broker partner ahead of the crossing, so loads are not waiting at the bridge.
- FTL & LTL, dry van on Setara Transport's own trucks, reefer and specialized via carrier network
- Bonded partner carriers · customs via our licensed broker partner
- Pre-arrival clearance at major crossings, via our broker partner
- Expedited & team-driver options
Clearance, coordinated.
Classification, valuation, OGD release, and CARM filings are handled by our licensed customs broker partner, worked alongside your freight booking. One workflow, one point of contact, and faster release at the border. Want to plan ahead? Use our free duty calculator to estimate landed cost before you ship, or read our guide on whether you need a customs broker to import to Canada.
- CBSA & CBP clearance
- Tariff classification & duty optimization
- Documentation & compliance management
- C-TPAT / PIP aligned processes
Storage and distribution, arranged.
Sometimes freight needs to pause between legs. We arrange short-term and overflow storage, cross-docking, and transloading through our vetted network of 3PL and warehouse partners near major ports and border crossings. It is booked and coordinated alongside your shipment, so your goods move from container to truck to final mile without you sourcing another vendor.
- Short-term & overflow storage
- Cross-docking & transloading
- Distribution & final-mile coordination
- Vetted 3PL & warehouse partner network
When it won't fit a standard container.
Oversized, overweight, and breakbulk shipments need different equipment and a route planned around them. We coordinate flat-rack and open-top ocean, heavy-haul road, and breakbulk handling through specialized carrier and rigging partners, with permits and surveys arranged before anything moves. A fit for manufacturing and energy shippers, with one coordinator from pickup to delivery.
- Flat-rack, open-top & breakbulk ocean
- Heavy-haul & oversized road moves via partner carriers
- Permits, route surveys & escort coordination
- Lift planning, lashing & cargo insurance