Shipping Freight to Canada is
Easy with R+L Carriers

Cross-border Canada Shipping | Less-than-Truckload & Truckload

R+L Carriers hassle-free shipping takes you across the border with unmatched service to and from Canada. Seven U.S. border crossings provide multiple advantages such as minimized handling, reduced exceptions and faster transit times.

Competitive Canada Shipping Rates

With competitive pricing programs to meet your specific business needs, R+L Carriers makes the process of cross-border shipping efficient, simple and cost effective.

Unmatched Canada Freight Services

Take control of your shipments with electronic visibility. R+L Carriers Canada Shipping Specialists make your shipments their highest priority, and eliminate potential delays by monitoring and preventing issues.

Pre-Arrival Review System (PARS), allows importers and brokers to submit Release on Minimum Documentation (RMD), information to Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), for processing, before goods arriving at the border.

Other potential concerns are avoided by our certification and participation in Customs Security Programs including:

• Free and Secure Trade (FAST) Program.
• Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) – facilitated through our Canadian shipping partner, Day & Ross Freight.
• Automated Commercial Environment (ACE).

R+L Carriers In-Cab Scanning Streamlines Cross-border Shipping

The ability to provide real-time solutions is just another reason why R+L Carriers is your trusted partner in cross-border Canada shipping. In-cab scanning technology allows the driver to scan receipts at point of transaction.

Benefits include:

• Faster invoice processings.
• Seamless track and trace shipping management.
• Powers Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), transactions.
• Allows the Pre-Arrival Review System (PARS), to begin at time of pick up and ahead of your shipment reaching the border.

CARM Client Portal Requirement

Effective October 21, 2024, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) will require the importer of record to pay duties and taxes directly to CBSA through a client portal called CARM for all businesses importing commercial shipments to Canada. Each importer is required to register in advance.

Shippers who are importer of records should contact their Canadian customs broker to obtain further guidance of what is needed. Your shipment to Canada will be detained if your registration is not arranged in advance.

How do I involve my broker?

A business relationship can be established between a client (Importer) and its service provider(s) in the CARM Client Portal. Service providers will first be required to set up both individual and business accounts, much like the process their client would follow. Only then will a service provider be able to initiate a business relationship by sending a request to their client. Once established, the business relationship will allow a service provider (customs broker and/or trade consultant) to act on behalf of their client(s) and manage their account(s) within the CARM Client Portal.

Client Support:

Contact the CARM Client Support Helpdesk (CCSH) if you are a current importer, customs broker or trade consultant and need support

Online: https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/services/carm-gcra/start-passer-eng.html#s1

Telephone: 1-800-461-9999   Hours of operation: Monday to Friday, 7 am to 5 pm EST.

For more information, visit the CARM client portal here.