Canadian General Freight Index

Trucks moving freight across the Canada-US border. With the Sir Adam Beck Power Generating Station in the foreground, and, Lake Ontario on the horizon.

Nate Tabak Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Analysis: Vaccine mandate or not, US-Canada cross-border freight rates poised to rise

While vaccine mandates prompt real fears of a cross-border capacity crunch, the cost of moving freight between the U.S. and Canada has been underpriced for too long.

A tractor-trailer in British Columbia, Canada. (Photo: B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure/Flickr)

Nate Tabak Thursday, February 27, 2020

Cross-border U.S.-to-Canada LTL freight rates heat up

Continued strength in northbound less-than-truckload pricing helps drive Canadian shippers’ freight costs in December, the latest results from the Canadian General Freight Index show.