Looking for good carriers to Western Canada.

[Montrealfreightbroker]

Hi everyone. I am a freight broker from Montreal QC and have had a tough time finding reliable service to Western Canada for large partial shipments or FTLs. Schroeder Freight have often done a great job for me, but they are not always available. I would love to hear your recommendations on some good companies shipping from Montreal and Toronto, heading to Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. Thanks to everyone in advance.

 

[lowmiler88]

Trans X, not the cheapest but they get the job done whether by rail or road FTL or LTL.

 

[Nawk]

We're a mostly a broker with a few company trucks (8).

We broker lots of freight to the west. Mostly Smaller LTL's (5 Skids and under). The majority of our LTL's to the west move intermodaly. Consolidated Fast Frate, CCT Logistics, Quik X etc. I've found that once the freight gets up above 5 Skids it gets really expensive until you can commit to a full container. At which point IM Xpress or Quik Trax becomes more cost effective.

Road Service to the west lately is a crap shoot... rates are up and down depending on the amount of equipment available that particular day.

I've tried to educate my shippers on this and the savvy ones are shipping earlier to take advantage of the rate stability of the rail.

 

[noproblembuddy]

I recommend Eric Transport. Has scheduled over the road service. Give Vitran a try too.

 

[drob]

Direct Right does a good job too.. moves via the rail

 

[Roca]

Transfrt McNamara

 

[Notorious]

If you want to move by rail choose TransX, but if you want to move by trucks, i have a guy in need of a regular run from toronto on, to Manitoba, SK, AB and BC.
Send me a PM.

 

[noproblembuddy]

Nawk, Eric's rates from Mississauga are good and not sure how much more it is from Montreal but I think it will be competitive.

 

[noproblembuddy]

And yes, Transfrt McNamara is great. I do know they are in Montreal regularly and do have terminals out west. I used Rosedale to the west and it was a miserable experience for the record.

 

[lbrodrecht]

Jaguar Mfg goes to the Western Canada
(AB,SK & MB not BC) they just dont
do Montreal. Give them a ring.

 

[Montrealfreightbroker]

Thanks for all the responses everyone. This will be extremely useful for myself going forward. I appreciate the help.

 

[Kaitlyn]

G&S Direct Ltd. brampton, ON 905-458-4788 talk to dispatch
they service SK and AB.