Strait Trading Company is a freight forwarder and customs brokerage for small and mid-sized importers and exporters — ocean and air freight, customs clearance, and delivery, managed by one accountable partner. When you want straight answers, you want Strait.
Most smaller importers stitch together a forwarder, a customs broker, and a trucker — then chase all three when something goes wrong. Strait is the single point of contact for the whole move, by sea or by air.
Full-container (FCL) bookings for regular shippers and shared-container (LCL) consolidation for smaller loads — so you pay for the space you use.
Air freight for time-sensitive, high-value, or perishable cargo, with standard and expedited options arranged to fit the shipment.
Customs entries and ISF filings prepared with the support of a licensed customs broker, so cargo clears cleanly and avoids preventable holds.
Port drayage and onward US trucking to the final destination, coordinated on the same booking so responsibility never gets handed off mid-move.
Bills of lading, commercial invoices, packing lists, and arrival notices kept in order, with clear status updates at every milestone.
Storage, cross-docking, and all-risk cargo insurance arranged as your shipments require — coordinated through vetted facility partners.
Direct service and partner-facilitated service. Strait handles many shipments directly and arranges others through a network of trusted forwarding partners worldwide. Either way, Strait stays your single point of contact and accountability — and we will always tell you which is which.
Strait moves freight on lanes worldwide. Our operational strength — the relationships, the customs familiarity, the documentation fluency — is concentrated on the China–United States corridor, and we work other lanes through trusted partners with Strait coordinating throughout.
A forwarder spread thinly across the whole map is mediocre everywhere. Strait keeps a clear center of gravity so the lanes we run most are the lanes we run well — and partners extend our reach without pretending otherwise.
Shipping a lane you don't see here? Ask. If Strait can move it well — directly or with a partner — we will say so plainly. If we are not the right fit, we will tell you that too.
You should not need a logistics degree to move cargo across borders. Tell us what you are shipping — we handle the rest and keep you informed.
What you are moving, roughly how much, the origin, and where it needs to go.
An itemized quote within one business day — every line explained, no surprise charges.
Booking, documentation, and customs handled for you, with updates at each milestone.
Drayage and trucking to the door, with one point of contact accountable start to finish.
Quotes are itemized and honest. The price we quote is the price you pay — no padded line items, no interest-based surcharges buried in the invoice.
If a shipment is delayed or a cost changes, you hear it early and directly — no chasing, no vague replies. Hard news delivered fast beats comfortable news delivered late.
We respect the requirements your goods carry — including halal-certified, temperature-sensitive, and other specialized handling needs — and plan the move around them.
Hassan founded Strait after years building and running a profitable services business. He brings operational discipline, cross-cultural fluency across the trade corridors Strait serves, and a long-term approach to building the company the right way.
Strait Trading Company is a Minneapolis-based freight forwarder and customs brokerage. We are early by design — focused, working with a manageable number of customers, and getting every shipment right rather than growing faster than we can serve.
That focus is the offer. When you work with Strait you get a partner that treats a smaller importer's shipment with the same seriousness a large forwarder reserves for its biggest accounts — because that shipment is exactly the kind of business we are built to serve.
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