Yes — our Surrey facility is bonded and approved by the Canada Border Services
Agency (CBSA), allowing us to legally receive and hold in-transit cargo under bond. This is
especially important for cross-border and import/export freight requiring customs
clearance or re-manifesting.
We work closely with customs brokers, freight forwarders, and carriers to ensure bonded
freight is handled quickly, compliantly, and with full visibility at every step.
While both services aim to move freight efficiently between modes, they serve slightly
different purposes:
- Transloading involves unloading freight from one mode (like a marine container) and reloading it onto another (like a flat deck or railcar). It often includes re- palletizing, repackaging, or mode-shifting.
- Cross-docking is a more direct transfer — freight arrives and is quickly moved onto outbound trucks with minimal handling or storage.
Cross-docking is a logistics strategy where inbound freight is directly transferred to
outbound transport with little or no storage in between. Near major ports like Vancouver,
this helps reduce:
- Warehousing costs – since freight doesn’t sit idle
- Last-mile delays – by streamlining transfers to regional delivery modes
- Drayage costs – by moving cargo quickly out of high-fee port zones
Container destuffing refers to the process of unloading goods from marine containers upon
arrival at a port or inland terminal. In Vancouver — a major import/export hub — fast and
reliable destuffing is essential to avoid demurrage fees, reduce port congestion, and keep
supply chains flowing.
At Lotus, we specialize in container destuffing for both standard and overdimensional
cargo. Our team ensures freight is safely unloaded, sorted, and reloaded onto the
appropriate mode (flat deck, dry van, etc.), all within our secure, bonded yard readily
accessible to the Port of Vancouver and Deltaport.
