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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