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Vancouver & Lower Mainland

Your Vancouver Customs Broker

温哥华大温地区 · 本地服务 · 双语团队

We're physically here in Richmond, minutes from Deltaport, Centerm, Vanterm, and YVR. For Lower Mainland importers, that means same-day terminal coordination, hands-on exam management, and a broker that knows your local logistics network because we operate in it every day.

Rail & Delivery

Where Your Freight Goes

The CN and CP main lines that bring containers into the province, and the areas around the city we deliver to. Every delivery dot is a city that appears as a Canadian consignee or delivery address on our shipment documents.

Rail networkBritish Columbia
CNCPAbbotsfordVictoriaChilliwackKamloopsNelsonKelownaNanaimoSquamishFurry CreekParksville70 Mile HouseHarrison Hot SpringsInvermereRadium Hot SpringsVernonCranbrookPort AlberniSaanichtonAlberniCourtenayDuncanLake CountryNorth SaanichSalmon ArmWest KelownaWilliams LakeVancouverPrince RupertTerracePrince GeorgeWilliams LakeKamloopsRevelstokeGoldenSquamishJasperAbbotsfordVictoriaNelsonNanaimo70 Mile HouseInvermereVernonCranbrookCourtenay
Delivery areasLower Mainland
10 kmRichmondVancouverSurreyDeltaBurnabyCoquitlamLangleyPort CoquitlamNew WestminsterNorth VancouverPitt MeadowsAldergroveTsawwassenMaple RidgeWest VancouverWhite RockPort MoodyMissionDeltaportCenterm · VantermFraser Surrey DocksCP Pitt MeadowsRichmondVancouverSurreyDeltaBurnabyCoquitlamLangleyPort CoquitlamNew WestminsterNorth VancouverAldergroveTsawwassenMaple RidgeWest VancouverWhite RockMission
CNCPTerminal / portDelivery areaMain lines only, drawn straight between cities. Truck runs are illustrative.
Delivery areas around the cityRichmond · Vancouver · Surrey · Delta · Burnaby · Coquitlam · Langley · Port Coquitlam · New Westminster · North Vancouver · Pitt Meadows · Aldergrove · Tsawwassen · Maple Ridge · West Vancouver · White Rock · Port Moody · Mission
Elsewhere in the provinceAbbotsford · Victoria · Chilliwack · Kamloops · Nelson · Kelowna · Nanaimo · Squamish · Furry Creek · Parksville · 70 Mile House · Harrison Hot Springs · Invermere · Radium Hot Springs · Vernon · Cranbrook · Port Alberni · Saanichton · Alberni · Courtenay · Duncan · Lake Country · North Saanich · Salmon Arm · West Kelowna · Williams Lake
Why Vancouver Importers Choose Sunshine

The Home Market Advantage

Home Market Depth
Our operations base is in Richmond. Fourteen years building relationships with carriers, terminals, and drayage providers across the Lower Mainland — same time zone as your operations, with the local network density that comes from working this gateway every day.
Multi-Modal Gateway
Vancouver is where ocean, rail, air, and intermodal converge. FCL/LCL through Deltaport, Centerm, and Vanterm. CN and CPKC rail to inland Canada. Air via YVR. Lower Mainland drayage. One team coordinates the modes — no handoffs between vendors for each leg.
Lower Mainland Drayage
Same-day pickup from Deltaport and Centerm. Daily turns to Surrey, Burnaby, Coquitlam, and Vancouver proper. CFS transload at Richmond facilities. End-to-end Lower Mainland coverage without long-haul markup.
Direct Ocean Routes

Global Origins to Vancouver

上海 · 宁波 · 深圳 · 天津 · 鹿特丹 · 曼萨尼约
Shanghai → Vancouver
Most Frequent
Transit14–18 days
TerminalDeltaport / Centerm
FrequencyMultiple weekly
ServiceFCL · LCL
Ningbo → Vancouver
Live
Transit15–18 days
TerminalDeltaport
FrequencyMultiple weekly
ServiceFCL · LCL
Shenzhen → Vancouver
Live
Transit16–20 days
TerminalDeltaport / Centerm
FrequencyWeekly+
ServiceFCL · LCL
Guangzhou / Tianjin
Active
Transit16–22 days
TerminalDeltaport / Centerm
FrequencyWeekly
ServiceFCL
From Europe via Montreal
Atlantic
RoutingRotterdam / Antwerp → Montreal → CN
Ocean Transit9–15 days
Rail to Vancouver6–9 days
Total Door-to-Door20–30 days
Manzanillo → Vancouver
Latin America
Transit7–11 days
TerminalDeltaport / Centerm
FrequencyWeekly
ServiceFCL

Indicative ranges only, not live schedules. Actual transit varies with carrier, season and routing, and a CBSA examination or hold can extend it well beyond the range shown. Request a quote for current sailings. Door-to-door totals include port and rail-ramp dwell plus handoff time, so the individual legs may not add up to the total.

Lower Mainland Coverage

Door Delivery Across the Lower Mainland

Vancouver
Richmond
Surrey
Burnaby
Coquitlam
Delta
Langley
North/West Van

CFS transload, container devanning, palletizing, and direct-to-warehouse delivery available across the Lower Mainland.

Local Port Relationships

Every Major Vancouver Terminal

GCT Deltaport
Roberts Bank · Primary China–Vancouver gateway
DP World Centerm
Downtown Vancouver · Quick CBD access
Vanterm
DP World terminal · East Vancouver
Fraser Surrey Docks
Surrey · Specialty break-bulk and bulk
Fairview Prince Rupert
Northern BC · Direct rail to inland Canada
YVR Air Cargo
Vancouver International · Time-sensitive air freight
On-the-Ground Knowledge

What We Watch at the Vancouver Gateway

  • Terminal conditions, daily. Deltaport and Centerm gate conditions, vessel bunching, and rail car supply shift week to week. We time container pickups against free-time clocks so demurrage and detention don't quietly eat your margin.
  • Peak-season prepull strategy. Vancouver moved a record 3.8 million TEUs in 2025 and capacity stays tight until Roberts Bank Terminal 2 opens (2028 at earliest). In peak months we prepull containers to our Richmond yard before terminal dwell builds — a local move that's only practical when your broker is physically here.
  • Exam coordination in person. When CBSA flags a container for examination, it moves to a sufferance warehouse. Being minutes away means we can coordinate offload scheduling and document requests the same day instead of managing it from another time zone.
  • Same-day transload decisions. Container arrives heavier on one SKU than booked? Our Richmond CFS can devan, sort, and re-plan the inland leg the same day — rail to the Prairies, LTL to the Interior, or local delivery.
Vancouver Gateway At a Glance
2025 container volume3.8M TEU
2025 total cargo170.4M t
Largest trading partnerChina — 52.6M t
Container terminalsDeltaport · Centerm · Vanterm
Door-to-door from Europe20–30 days
Our office to Deltaport~30 min
Our office to YVR cargo~10 min
Port figures: Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, 2025 annual results.

Importing into Vancouver?

Get a routing quote, customs estimate, and same-day drayage rate from your local Richmond-based broker.