The leadership and vision casting for Blackshark comes from Blackshark Founder and Owner Carlos Hinkson. Carlos is a lifelong vehicle enthusiast with a passion for the rare and unique hidden gem. He has applied the skills and experience that he has learned dealing in high end service based sales industries over the years to serve car collectors across Western Canada and the USA, giving an unparalleled level of service to deliver his clients dreams of exotic and collectible car ownership.
We are proud to have up to date information of policy and procedure at the border and great support for our clients who ship their vehicles to the USA for the winter and return home to Canada in the spring.
Navigating across Canada and the Western United States can be quite a challenging task during the winter. Western Canada is well known for its high mountain passes like the Coquihalla Summit, Rogers Pass, Crowsnest Pass, Kicking Horse Pass and the Duffy Lake road. Here are a few trips on navigating winter highways from our world class drivers.
The Coquihalla, formerly a fast moving four lane highway is now operating at a fraction of its old capacity as a two lane passageway through the British Columbia mountains. However meager it’s opening may be, we are so thankful to be able to use this major route once again to deliver the exotic cars you’ve been dreaming of.
The following is a short overview of the highway events we are following and links to some of the resources we like to use to keep updated on the realtime highway conditions in BC. You’re welcome!
Our Exotic Vehicle Escorts have travelled these highways a few times since the initial closures and will continue to do so in order to deliver the high level of service you’ve come to expect with Team Blackshark without risking the safety of the drivers, equipment or cargo.
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The Coquihalla, formerly a fast moving four lane highway is now operating at a fraction of its old capacity as a two lane passageway through the British Columbia mountains. However meager it’s opening may be, we are so thankful to be able to use this major route once again to deliver the exotic cars you’ve been dreaming of.
Read MoreIn this post, we will go over each part of the US Customs and Border Patrol form 3299 - Declaration for Free Entry of Unaccompanied Articles. We’ll explain what each section is asking for, define some terms, and help you finish this paperwork as quickly as possible.
Form 3299 must be completed for all items you are bringing into the United States using a carrier. In the case of auto shipping, your 3299 is a full record of the vehicle and all of its contents, along with information about yourself and your trip to allow the border agent to determine whether the vehicle and items in it will be permitted entry.
Read MoreWe know that shipping a car across the border from Canada to the United States can seem complicated. At Blackshark Enclosed Transport, we routinely move vehicles from cities and towns across British Columbia and Alberta down into the Western US. This has given us some valuable experience in auto hauling across the border, and we’d like to share what we’ve learned with you.
In this article we will dive into the process for transporting a Canadian-registered vehicle into the United States temporarily (less than one year). This is sometimes referred to as a 3299 entry.
Read MoreThe process to ship a car across the border from Canada to the United States can be confusing to say the least. In this article we break down key elements of the cross-border vehicle shipping process for you, to save you time and money! We will introduce the main information you need to select the best auto shipper to get your car from Western Canada into the States.
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