Minneapolis · International Freight Forwarding

The passage between markets.

Ocean and air freight from China to the United States — booked, cleared, and delivered to your door by one accountable partner. One quote, one contact, one company answerable for the whole move.

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Credentials, Not Claims

Licensed, inspected, insured — we show our papers.

TSA Approved
Indirect Air Carrier — approved by DHS/TSA, security-cleared and site-inspected.
Customs
Entries and ISF filed with licensed customs broker support behind every clearance.
Real Facility
Burnsville, Minnesota office — a real address, a real desk, a person who answers.
Insured Cargo
All-risk cargo coverage arranged through specialist marine insurance brokers.
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How a Strait Shipment Moves

Most importers manage three vendors. You'll manage one conversation.

A forwarder, a customs broker, and a trucker — and when something slips, each points at the other. Strait holds the whole thread, so responsibility never changes hands mid-move.

A
Origin

Pickup & export docs

Collection from your supplier, export clearance, and consolidation before the cargo moves an inch.

B
Transit

Ocean or air booking

FCL, LCL, or air — you pay for the space you use, on the schedule your cargo needs.

C
Border

Customs, filed early

Entries and ISF prepared ahead of arrival with licensed broker support — no preventable holds.

D
Destination

Drayage & delivery

Port drayage and trucking to your door on the same booking. One thread, start to finish.

Hard news delivered fast beats comfortable news delivered late. If a shipment is delayed or a cost changes, you hear it from us first — with the plan already adjusted.
What We Do

The full move, under one roof.

Ocean, air, customs, trucking, documents, warehousing — quoted together, run together, answered for together.

All six services
  • 01Ocean forwardingFCL & shared-container LCL
  • 02Air forwardingTSA-approved Indirect Air Carrier
  • 03Customs clearanceEntries & ISF, licensed support
  • 04Drayage & truckingPort to final door, one booking
  • 05Documents & updatesEvery milestone, in order
  • 06Warehousing & insuranceVetted facilities, all-risk cover
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Where Strait Is Going

Early by design. Not modest in design.

Each stage of the roadmap deepens control over the passage your cargo takes — so service gets faster, cheaper, and more accountable as we grow into it.

Stage 01

Forwarding

Ocean & air, door to door, on the China–US corridor.

Stage 02

Customs & licensing

Licensed brokerage capability and the full regulatory stack.

We are here
Stage 03

Warehouse

Twin Cities facility for cross-dock, consolidation, bonded storage.

Stage 04

Corridor hubs

On-the-ground presence across the Gulf, China, and East Africa.

Stage 05

Owned infrastructure

Containers, equipment, hard assets — control of the passage itself.

The Strait Platform

Track the thread yourself.

Every client gets a login, not just a phone number. Shipments, milestones, documents, and quotes in one place — built multilingual from day one, because our corridors are.

Inside the platform
When you want straight answers, you want Strait.

Tell us what you're moving. An itemized quote and transit options within one business day — no commitment to start the conversation.

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