PARS Tracking · CBSA FPOA 0303
Live RNS status, broker cargo feed, and wait-time data for Canada-bound PARS loads crossing Calais, ME → St. Stephen, NB.
St. Stephen-Calais is the primary commercial crossing between New Brunswick and Maine, and the main truck route between the Maritimes and the US East Coast. Freight is heavily weighted toward seafood, pulp and paper, and retail freight moving between the Saint John-Fredericton-Moncton corridor and the Portland-Boston markets via I-95.
PARS clears at CBSA FPOA 0303. Saint John brokers handle a large share of cargo filings. Seafood and perishables dominate — ensure accurate temperature and species data in the cargo filing.
Weekday morning US-bound and afternoon Canada-bound peaks. Lobster season (fall and spring) produces surges in seafood freight volume, sometimes enough to add 30+ minutes to peak wait.
St. Stephen-Calais operates across three separate bridges (Ferry Point, Milltown, and the Commercial Vehicle Bridge). Commercial trucks are restricted to the Commercial Vehicle Bridge — do not route trucks via GPS to the other two spans.
PARS for St. Stephen-Calais is typically filed by brokers in Saint John, Fredericton, St. Stephen, Calais, Bangor. BorderPro pulls RNS updates directly from CBSA and correlates them with your broker's cargo feed — so "sent but not matched" situations are visible in real time, not discovered at the booth.
CBSA FPOA 0303 (St. Stephen). Your broker transmits cargo data to this office.
No. St. Stephen-Calais does not operate a FAST commercial lane.