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Staff at Ship 49, in Blaine Wash., have a front row seat to the activity at the Canada-U.S. Pacific Highway border crossing.

Or lately, the lack of activity at the border.

“So right now, we’re at a plateau at 60 per cent down revenue,” Josie Frodert, manager of the parcel service told Global News.

“We’re getting less than 30 packages, 30 to 40 packages a day. That’s down from 150 to 200. It is our slow season already, so it does slow down, but this is very, very slow.”

Frodert said as a result, they have reduced the hours of operation. She is leaving the lights and the heat off as much as possible to save any money they can.

“We want to stay in business,” she said.

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“We love our customers. The owner’s Canadian.”

Frodert said they used to have 45 to 60 customers a day come in but now it has dropped significantly.

She said they are also hearing …

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