Customers in the West Who Ship to Canada Get Fast and Easy Service From G.I. Trucking Company and Porter Trucking Company.Business Editors BREA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2001 Services Combine Fast Transport Plus Goods Pre-Clearance at Border West Coast customers who ship to Canada benefit from faster and easier service through California-based G.I. Trucking Company and Canadian-based Porter Trucking Company Ltd., according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Bill Reid William (Bill) Ronald Reid (January 12, 1920 – March 13, 1998) was a Canadian jeweler, sculptor and artist. He was born to a father of European descent and a mother from the Haida (one of the First Nations of the Pacific coast) in Victoria, British Columbia. , G.I. Trucking Company President. "A shipment from Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. to Vancouver, BC is typically delivered by most carriers in four to five days. The interchange system between G.I. Trucking and Porter Trucking can move that same shipment one to two days faster," said Reid. Customers can take advantage of this faster service through a combination of improved transit times and the pre-clearance of their goods at the border, according to Fran Glidewell, Vice President, Sales & Marketing for G.I. Trucking Company. Shipment pre-clearance is available through the Canadian PARS, or Pre-Arrival Review System. PARS facilitates documentation processing and interaction with Canadian customs and border terminals to move goods into Canada more quickly. "Using our own express value-added service A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. can decrease transportation time into Canada," noted Danny Kowarchuk, General Sales Manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → for Porter Trucking. On an annual basis, G.I. Trucking and Porter Trucking have been handling about 4,500 shipments from the U.S. into Western Canada. Porter Trucking Ltd., which began operations in 1963, is a general merchandise transportation company that operates terminals throughout Western Canada including Vancouver, Kelowna, Edmonton, Calgary, Lethbridge, Saskatoon Saskatoon (săskət  n`), city (1991 pop. 186,058), S central Sask., Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. , Regina, and Winnipeg. It also has U.S-based terminals in Seattle and in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. G.I. Trucking provides direct less-than-truckload services to 13 Western and Midwestern states from 55 terminals. It also offers transportation services to every U.S. state and all of Canada through the ExpressLINK(R) North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. services network. |
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