Cross-border trucking software
Every border document ready before the truck reaches the bridge.
Roadmark builds the PARS or PAPS number, the ACE or ACI eManifest data and the commercial invoice packet from the load itself, and sends them to your customs broker for filing. Nobody re-types a load into a separate border system.
The whole border checklist for one load, on one screen.
- Mon 16:00Load bookedPAPS ASHG0048213 labelled; packet sent to the customs broker
- Tue 05:12ACE eManifest acceptedSent through your eManifest provider
- Tue 05:15Broker confirms releaseNorthshore Customs Brokers
- Tue 06:12Picked upSeal SL-88213 recorded; plates match the manifest
- Tue 08:50At the Blue Water Bridge, FAST laneR. Diaz: FAST card and passport valid
- Tue 09:05ClearedUS Customs primary inspection at Port Huron
The broker packet
Your customs broker gets a complete packet, ready to file.
Filing a customs entry is a licensed customs broker's job, not ours. Roadmark drafts the packet a broker needs to file it (the PARS or PAPS number, the commercial invoice, shipper and consignee, pieces and weight) from the load itself, and a person approves it before it's sent.
- The commercial invoice comes from the shipper, not the freight bill; Roadmark attaches it to the right load.
- Nothing is filed with CBP or CBSA from Roadmark. Your broker's own system does that, with what we send it.
To entry@northshorecustoms.exampleSubject PAPS ASHG0048213 · load 48213 · Mississauga ON → Joliet IL
"Attached: commercial invoice CI-88213PF and the PAPS label. Shipper: Prairie Foods, Mississauga ON. Consignee: Heartland Foods Distribution, Joliet IL. 26 pallets, 37,860 lb. Trailer TRL 5317, seal SL-88213. Crossing at the Blue Water Bridge, ETA Tuesday 08:45 ET. Please confirm you're ready to file."
The plan picks the crossing. A person can always move it.
- Chosen for 48213Blue Water BridgeSarnia ON – Port Huron MI
Typical FAST wait10–20 min
Best for I-94 to Chicago and Joliet - Ambassador BridgeWindsor ON – Detroit MI
Typical FAST wait15–30 min
Best for Detroit and Ohio drops - Peace BridgeFort Erie ON – Buffalo NY
Typical FAST wait15–25 min
Best for Upstate New York and New England
Wait scale 0 to 40 minutes. Typical figures shown for illustration; the plan uses current waits on the day.
Cabotage and drivers
The plan won't offer a move that puts a driver's authority in question.
A Canadian carrier generally can't pick up and deliver freight entirely within the US on its own authority. Roadmark treats a fully domestic US backhaul as a flag, not a default, and looks for a load that crosses the border instead. Document expiries are tracked the same way as any other compliance date.
- This isn't legal advice. The flag points a dispatcher at the question; your compliance rules decide the answer.
Backhaul not offeredJoliet IL → Chicago IL is entirely inside the US. R. Diaz runs under Ashgrove Freight's Canadian authority, so planning looks for a load that starts or ends in Canada instead.Cabotage risk
FAST card expiringA. Brandt · expires November 3 · renewal appointment not bookedRenew by Nov 3
One load, billed in USD, paid in CAD.
Rate used: 1.00 USD = 1.3720 CAD · September 29, 2026
Ashgrove Logistics can invoice a customer in either currency (the contract sets which) and settle the carrier the same way.
Questions
Questions before the load crosses.
Does Roadmark file customs entries directly?
No. Filing a customs entry is a licensed customs broker's job. Roadmark drafts the packet a broker needs to file it, the PARS or PAPS number, the commercial invoice, shipper and consignee, pieces and weight, from the load itself, and a person approves it before it's sent; nothing is filed with CBP or CBSA from Roadmark.
How does Roadmark build the PARS or PAPS number and eManifest?
As soon as a US-bound load is booked, Roadmark builds the PAPS or PARS number and the ACE or ACI eManifest data from the load, and tracks broker sign-off, current documents, the seal and the plates on the manifest so everything is ready by the bridge.
How does Roadmark choose which border crossing to use?
It picks the crossing that best matches the destination and its typical wait, such as the Blue Water Bridge for I-94 traffic to Chicago and Joliet, though a person can always move the load to a different crossing.
Does Roadmark flag cabotage risk?
Yes. A fully domestic US backhaul for a Canadian carrier is treated as a flag, not a default, so planning looks for a load that crosses the border instead. This isn't legal advice: the flag points a dispatcher at the question, and your own compliance rules decide the answer.
How does Roadmark handle billing across two currencies?
It keeps both views of the same load, the customer invoiced in the currency their contract sets, the driver paid in the currency they run under, converted at the rate used that day.
Thirteen modes, one platform.
Every mode runs on the same customers, loads and invoices, so a company that runs more than one sees them together.
Bring this week's border loads. We'll build the packets live.
Send us a week of Canada–US loads. In the call, you'll see the PARS or PAPS numbers and broker packets Roadmark would have built, next to what your team sent by hand.
- Your lanes, crossings and broker
- Beside your current TMS
- What it would cost for your fleet