The hardest part of moving freight across borders often isn't the ocean — it's the paperwork. Customs, documentation and compliance are where a good freight forwarder earns its keep.
What the forwarder manages
- Commercial docs, bills of lading and customs entries
- Duties, classifications and compliance
- Coordination with brokers, carriers and terminals
Why it matters downstream
Clean paperwork means the container clears fast and doesn't sit racking up charges — which keeps the drayage, warehousing and delivery legs on schedule.
Our freight-forwarding partner Platton handles that international and customs coordination into the Ports of Seattle and Tacoma — ocean and air freight, duties and documentation — so the goods clear cleanly and the drayage, warehousing and delivery that follow stay on schedule. We keep the trucks that carry it running. Call (425) 900-6212.
We rely on it firsthand — Platton clears customs and forwards all of our imported machinery and equipment by both ocean and air freight. No shipments stuck at the border, no surprise charges, and it lands ready to put to work.
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