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The latest updates on warehousing, logistics, customs, and supply chain management in Montreal and across Canada.

Reading the Montreal logistics hub growth forecast from the dock
Industry Trends

Reading the Montreal logistics hub growth forecast from the dock

Port of Montreal is forecast to handle more containers, but the bottleneck isn't dock doors—it's drayage window length and sufferance warehouse hold time. We're seeing longer dwells because drayage is slower and carriers are tight on margin, not because the port can't handle volume. If the growth forecast is real, importers need to plan differently: longer lead time for drayage buffers, earlier sufferance bookings, and higher handling costs.

6 min readFENGYE LOGISTICS
Warehouse Inventory Management: Best Practices for Bonded Space
Warehouse Operations

Warehouse Inventory Management: Best Practices for Bonded Space

Inventory management in a sufferance warehouse is different from inbound cross-dock. You've got CBSA reconciliation riding on every cycle count, PARS release timing driving putaway SLAs, and Q4 congestion that turns discipline into survival. We run FIFO hard, count weekly, and rationalize SKUs before they become floor clutter.

7 min readFENGYE LOGISTICS
How the Canada Customs Clearance Process Works on the Dock
Customs & Regulations

How the Canada Customs Clearance Process Works on the Dock

CBSA clearance isn't a 72-hour rubber stamp. From PARS submission to release, there are three gates where your container can stall, and when it does, it's our dock doors and your cross-dock window that pay the cost. We handle exam holds weekly. Here's what actually happens on the receiving end.

6 min readFENGYE LOGISTICS
Port of Montreal Container Handling: What Dwell Really Costs
Trade & Commerce

Port of Montreal Container Handling: What Dwell Really Costs

Container dwell at Port of Montreal is not just a port fee—it cascades through your warehouse dock-to-stock window, drayage coordination, and cross-dock cutoff. Every hour of delay costs real money in missed shipments and overnight holding fees. FENGYE LOGISTICS runs this coordination daily, and the math reveals where the real bottleneck sits.

8 min readFENGYE LOGISTICS
WMS Selection for 3PL Ops: What Actually Matters on the Dock
Technology

WMS Selection for 3PL Ops: What Actually Matters on the Dock

Pick the wrong WMS and you're managing pallets in a spreadsheet while your dock-to-stock cycle time slides to 72 hours. Pick the right one and 48-hour putaway just works without manual handoffs. Most importers and freight forwarders choose a system based on vendor demos, not on whether it actually handles CBSA audit trails, multi-customer segregation, or drayage window coordination the way an in-bond warehouse needs.

8 min readFENGYE LOGISTICS
Warehouse Inventory Management: Receiving SOP Drives Putaway Speed
Warehouse Operations

Warehouse Inventory Management: Receiving SOP Drives Putaway Speed

A receiving error on Tuesday becomes a picking error by Friday. The warehouses that control labor costs and meet dock-to-stock SLAs are not the ones with fancy software—they're the ones that sort before they stock. That discipline compounds across receiving, putaway, and cycle counting.

6 min readFENGYE LOGISTICS
Peak Season Warehouse Capacity: The Q4 Planning Reality
Warehouse Operations

Peak Season Warehouse Capacity: The Q4 Planning Reality

Peak season means October through December, and it hits harder than most importers expect. Warehouse capacity isn't just about square footage; it's dock doors, drayage windows, and how fast CBSA clears containers. Planning starts in April, not September.

8 min readFENGYE LOGISTICS
Warehouse Management System Selection: What Your Dock Needs
Technology

Warehouse Management System Selection: What Your Dock Needs

Most WMS platforms ship with 80% of what your 3PL needs and 20% that slows you down. The gap sits in dock coordination, bonded SKU isolation, and drayage handoff. Picking the right system means asking vendors harder questions than the demo will answer.

8 min readFENGYE LOGISTICS
Import-Export Warehouse in Montreal: Broker Timing, Dock Impact
Trade & Commerce

Import-Export Warehouse in Montreal: Broker Timing, Dock Impact

A 40HC lands at Port of Montreal at 2 PM Tuesday, but your customs broker's release doesn't arrive until 2:30 PM Wednesday. Your drayage window closed an hour ago. The container sits at the terminal overnight, detention fees start, and your warehouse dock-to-stock SLA becomes fiction.

7 min readFENGYE LOGISTICS
Warehouse Inventory Management: The Dock-to-Stock Trade-Off
Warehouse Operations

Warehouse Inventory Management: The Dock-to-Stock Trade-Off

Inventory management in a warehouse isn't about maximizing turns or following a 'best practices' playbook. At FENGYE LOGISTICS, the real tension is between dock velocity, drayage windows, and working capital. Every decision (cross-dock or racking, in-bond or cleared, CHEP pallet rental or internal pool) hinges on cash flow.

7 min readFENGYE LOGISTICS
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