make 100% sure that the bike are free of any soil. Soil importation is forbidden and if your bikes are dirty they could refuse entry.
They might want to inspect the bike so if you do crates it could be a good idea to make the top easily removable (and instructions saying so) and load the bikes at the door of the container.
I suggest you contact container terminals in Vancouver and ask them directly if it's possbile to uncrate on the terminal. My guess is they won't allow it and you would have to use a bonded warehouse in the region.
I've seen a lot of people having lot s of trouble and ending up paying way more because they did not know. But then again I have also seen people with brokers having trouble. But less likely with a broker.
Neverthless you can do it yourself but makes sure that it's clean and don't wait for people to call you up, you have to keep track of everything that's happening with your stuff.
Good luck !
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