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Ramsay Customs & Logistics Your go-to Canadian Customs Broker for fast, friendly clearance + air, ocean, and truck logistics. Need help importing or exporting? We’ve got you.

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Canadian businesses have a head start most haven't used yet.Vancouver's port reaches Asia-Pacific. Montreal's reaches Eu...
10/07/2026

Canadian businesses have a head start most haven't used yet.

Vancouver's port reaches Asia-Pacific. Montreal's reaches Europe via the St. Lawrence Seaway. Neither is new infrastructure to build, it's access that already exists.

With new U.S. tariffs pushing more businesses to look beyond a single market, the ones getting ahead aren't scrambling to find new routes. They're finally using the ones Canada already has.

Whether you're already exporting and haven't revisited your setup in years, or you're eyeing a market you've never sold into, this is worth a conversation before you need the answer under pressure.

👉 Read the full blog: https://ramsaylogistics.com/blog/blog-customs-broker-vancouver-international-market-expansion-2026/
Questions about any of it? Give us a call.

📲 Calgary & Alberta: 1-587-353-1069
📲 Vancouver & British Columbia: 1-604-242-3493

Calgary businesses have used air cargo for years, usually as the expensive backup plan for the shipment that absolutely ...
09/30/2026

Calgary businesses have used air cargo for years, usually as the expensive backup plan for the shipment that absolutely couldn't wait. That's starting to change.

With cross-border freight facing its second major disruption in under two years, more businesses are asking a fair question: what happens if the truck lane south gets less reliable again?

Air freight is Calgary's most direct way to answer that, faster to set up than switching to ocean, and a real way to test a new market or supplier without betting the whole operation on it.

We broke down what's driving the shift, and what to get right before you make it (the customs side moves faster than people expect).

👉 Read the full blog:https://ramsaylogistics.com/blog/blog-customs-broker-calgary-air-exports-2026/

📲 Calgary & Alberta: 1-587-353-1069
📲 Vancouver & British Columbia: 1-604-242-3493

09/23/2026

Tariffs change. Being ready shouldn't have to.

Save this for your next compliance check-in and if the "once a month" step already has you wondering where your gaps are, that's exactly what we're here for.

👉 Contact Ramsay today to review your customs documentation and reduce the risk of border delays.

📲 Calgary & Alberta: 1-587-353-1069
📲 Vancouver & British Columbia: 1-604-242-3493

Here's a question worth asking before your next shipment: does your freight forwarder automatically insure your goods?Th...
09/16/2026

Here's a question worth asking before your next shipment: does your freight forwarder automatically insure your goods?

The answer is no.

Coverage only happens if you request it in writing, ahead of time. Without it, you're relying on the carrier's liability limit, and that's usually a fraction of what your shipment is actually worth.

If you're not sure whether your goods are covered right now, that's worth a quick call before your next shipment leaves.

📲 Calgary & Alberta: 1-587-353-1069
📲 Vancouver & British Columbia: 1-604-242-3493

Canada's counter-tariffs on select U.S.-manufactured goods are officially in effect as of September 8. If you're importi...
09/09/2026

Canada's counter-tariffs on select U.S.-manufactured goods are officially in effect as of September 8.

If you're importing, here's the part that matters: this targets goods made in the U.S., not everything that simply ships from a U.S. address.

The counter-tariffs span a wide range of sectors, from industrial materials and machinery to consumer goods and agricultural products, with rates from 15% to 50% depending on the product. Goods already in transit before the effective date are exempt.

If your imports fall into these categories, now's the time to know exactly where you stand rather than finding out at the border.

That's exactly what we're here to check. ✅

Questions about any of it? Give us a call.

📲 Calgary & Alberta: 1-587-353-1069
📲 Vancouver & British Columbia: 1-604-242-3493

Your container can arrive completely untouched. Nothing damaged, nothing lost.And you can still owe money.It happened to...
09/02/2026

Your container can arrive completely untouched. Nothing damaged, nothing lost.
And you can still owe money.

It happened to one of our prospects: shipment arrived exactly as planned, and a $5,000 USD bill showed up with his name on it anyway. A storm had knocked containers loose elsewhere on the same vessel. His weren't among them, but that still didn’t matter. The cost still got split across everyone on board.

It's called General Average, and most Vancouver importers don't hear about it until a bill like his shows up.

👉 We break down exactly how it works, and why ocean freight insurance doesn't work the way most people assume, in our latest blog, "Zero Damage, Full Bill: What Vancouver Importers Don't Know About Ocean Freight Insurance"

https://ramsaylogistics.com/blog/blog-customs-broker-vancouver-ocean-freight-insurance/

08/26/2026

Yeah, we're just that good at it. 😌

Customsmaxxing isn't in the job description. It's just what happens when you actually love this stuff, and Jer and Kurt embody this better than anyone!

Real expertise, zero chill. That's kind of our whole thing.

Shipment questions? We got you.

📲 Calgary & Alberta: 1-587-353-1069
📲 Vancouver & British Columbia: 1-604-242-3493

Most importers only think about the "ship it" part.Then a payment penalty shows up they didn't see coming. Or a shipment...
08/19/2026

Most importers only think about the "ship it" part.

Then a payment penalty shows up they didn't see coming. Or a shipment sits at a dock because nobody planned for it. Or insurance turns out to be something nobody actually arranged.

Three moments, one shipment, and usually only one of them gets any attention.

👉 We broke it all down in our latest blog, including what changed with CARM payments that a lot of Calgary importers still haven't caught up on.

https://ramsaylogistics.com/blog/blog-customs-broker-calgary-ship-declare-store-it-2026/

Statement day doesn't wait.CARM penalties and interest are back, no more waiver, no more grace period. And here's the pa...
08/12/2026

Statement day doesn't wait.

CARM penalties and interest are back, no more waiver, no more grace period. And here's the part that catches most Calgary importers off guard: your Statement of Account isn't billing you for one shipment. It's every release since the 18th, bundled into one balance by the 17th, issued on the 25th.

If you're running steady cross-border freight, that balance can climb a lot faster than it looks like it should on any given day.

We broke down exactly how the billing cycle works and what to check before your next statement lands 👉 https://ramsaylogistics.com/blog/blog-carm-payment-penalties-customs-broker-calgary/

📲 Calgary & Alberta: 1-587-353-1069
📲 Vancouver & British Columbia: 1-604-242-3493

08/05/2026

Collecting these like customs forms at this point 😅

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