Border Crossing
Our goal is to make your border crossings worry-free. End-to-end visibility, attention-to-detail, and thorough coordination is critical when shipping time-sensitive goods across the border. As an award-winning Landstar agent, we have access to one of the largest transportation networks in North America, making us the perfect fit for your border-crossing needs.
We provide access to van, flatbed, specialized, expedited and rail intermodal capacity providers in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Landstar’s multilingual agents can guide you with door-to-door service for all major border crossings in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Landstar offers secure drops yards at all key border crossings and is C-TPAT, FAST and CSA certified.
As a Landstar agent, we tap into the Landstar network with these key features:
U.S. – CANADA
Landstar has an exclusive network of Canadian independent agents and Canadian owner-operators who are CSA and FAST-certified – and can service all points into, out of and within Canada.
U.S. – MEXICO
Landstar has arranged service into and out of Mexico since 1999, moving more than 130,000 loads annually through 11 gateways.
Landstar’s U.S.-Mexico Logistics Service Center in Laredo, Texas is a highly secured C-TPAT certified site, featuring a 30-bay cross-dock, transload facility and a dedicated platform and heavy/specialized freight area with a custom 120-ton, stand-alone bridge crane. Want to explore more? Read about five benefits of working with Momentum Transportation, an award-winning Landstar agent, for all your cross border needs in this blog post.
Landstar Metro also offers intra-Mexico freight management services with operation centers in Chihuahua, Guadalajara, Monterrey and Estado de Mexico, and headquarters in Mexico City.
Landstar’s U.S. – Mexico Cross-Border Facility
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Customs Brokerage
Landstar Global Logistics acts as a licensed customs broker on behalf of Momentum Transportation, a Landstar agent. Landstar provides access to a network of worldwide personnel experienced in everything related to import/export compliance. The U.S. customs broker services Landstar provides include:
- Arrangement of Customs Surety Bonds – single entry or continuous
- Consultation on import processes and commodity classification
- ISF filing
- Partner government agencies (FDA, USDA, etc.) clearance coordination
- Advance payment of ocean freight charges and import duties
Whether you need help with document preparation/coordination, shipment entry and customs clearance for international freight, Landstar has the expertise and can-do attitude that make customs a breeze.
International Air & Ocean
Whether you need to go by air or ship, we can help. As a Landstar agent, we can move your freight wherever it needs to go – however it needs to be moved – as part of our complete range of friendly, efficient service.
Air cargo and air express
Use Landstar’s international air express and air cargo services when you need door-to-door pickup and delivery you can count on, anywhere around the globe. With access to Landstar air freight forwarder agents, we can deliver cost-effective, secure, expedited air freight cargo services.
Ocean services
We can arrange global ocean freight services at all major ports – and have access to a broad network of fully qualified and approved ocean freight forwarders around the world. Our services include FCL, LCL, special equipment such as reefer, flat rack and open top, and over-dimensional break bulk cargo.
From coordinating import customs clearance and classifications, export customs declarations, local dray and inland point pick-ups to facilitating marine cargo insurance placement with licensed providers, we have you covered.
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I would like to express my utmost satisfaction with the professionalism with which you, your colleagues and all involved in the process of my move handled the operations and details. Everything in the process was perfect and worked seamlessly. I will certainly recommend your quality services to my colleagues
- NATO Representative, Czech Republic
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