Secure Sufferance Warehouse Solutions in Vancouver

A sufferance warehouse is a privately operated facility licensed by CBSA for short-term control, storage, transfer, and examination of unreleased imported goods until authorized release, transfer, or export.

Sufferance warehousing is a pre-release customs-control stage with short-term storage timelines. Bonded warehousing is generally used for duty/tax deferral inventory programs after entry into bonded controls.

Core services include short-term in-bond storage, controlled transfer handling, deconsolidation support where permitted, examination readiness support, and compliant release/transfer handoff coordination.

The general maximum is 40 days from reporting. Some classes of goods have shorter timelines under CBSA rules (for example perishables and certain prescribed goods), so limits should be confirmed for your specific commodity and shipment profile.

Yes—deconsolidation support can be provided where cargo profile and warehouse type permissions apply. Consolidated freight must remain under CBSA control with proper sub-location coding and reporting.

Core operations include short-term storage, transfer, and examination readiness for unreleased goods under customs control. Certain manipulations/alterations require CBSA authorization and are limited to specific regulatory cases. Goods cannot be treated as unrestricted domestic inventory while unreleased.

Yes. CBSA program requirements still apply, including licensing/security conditions and required reporting/arrival controls for unreleased goods. Importers and operators must maintain compliant records and movement controls.

Importers use sufferance services when cargo has arrived but is not yet released, when examination readiness is needed, or when controlled short-term staging/deconsolidation is required before formal entry or onward movement.

Goods that exceed the prescribed time limit may be moved into CBSA safekeeping, after which additional charges and recovery steps apply before they can be released. The practical cost is loss of control over timing, so release, transfer, or export should be arranged well inside the window. Transpac tracks each consignment against its reporting date and escalates as the deadline approaches.

A sublocation code — also written sub-location — is the identifier CBSA assigns to a specific licensed warehouse, used on cargo control documents so a shipment can be routed to and traced at that exact facility. Brokers and carriers need it to file correctly. CBSA publishes the full list of licensed sufferance warehouse operators and their sublocation codes on its own site. Transpac's sufferance warehouse sublocation code is 6336 and its bonded warehouse sublocation code is 6335, both under CBSA port code 0841, at Unit 101-104, 3225 194 Street, Surrey, BC. A facility holding both licences has a separate code for each, so confirm which one applies before your broker files.