Across Canada

Canadian ports and rail ramps. Wherever the freight goes next.

We're based in Nanaimo and Vancouver Island is our specialty, but the freight we coordinate starts all over Canada: at a port, an intermodal rail ramp or a shipper's dock, and sometimes across the border.

How it works when your freight isn't on the Island

Tell us where the freight is: the port, the rail ramp, or the address. We plan the pickup around the facility's own rules and appointment windows, line up the right equipment for the load, and build every leg backward from how the receiver needs it. One contact for the whole move.

Port logistics across Canada

From five Vancouver-area port facilities to the ports of Montreal, Halifax and Saint John, Kattz coordinates freight pickup, delivery and the transportation each shipment needs next. Every facility has its own reservation system, free time and dwell rules; planning around them is how a container avoids becoming a storage bill.

Rail connections across Canada

From British Columbia to Atlantic Canada, we coordinate freight moving through major Canadian intermodal rail ramps: the pickup at the ramp and the move to the receiver, or on to the coast and across to the Island.

Rail stops at the Mainland

There is no freight rail service on Vancouver Island. Rail freight bound for the Island comes off the railway at a Mainland ramp and finishes the trip by barge and road. The closest ramps we work with are in Surrey and Pitt Meadows; from there the freight moves by road to the barge terminal and across.

Across the border

Freight that starts or finishes in the United States is coordinated the same way: one plan, one point of contact, the right carrier for each leg. Tell us both ends and we'll work out the middle.

Where we pick up

Vancouver Island has no freight rail; Island freight crosses by commercial barge.

Ports

VancouverFive port facilities · British Columbia
MontrealQuebec
HalifaxNova Scotia
Saint JohnNew Brunswick

Intermodal rail ramps

SurreyBritish Columbia
Pitt MeadowsBritish Columbia
CalgaryAlberta
EdmontonAlberta
SaskatoonSaskatchewan
ReginaSaskatchewan
WinnipegManitoba
TorontoOntario
MontrealQuebec
Saint JohnNew Brunswick
HalifaxNova Scotia

The work

Ports, ramps, receivers.

A blue shipping container lifted off a chassis by a crane truck on a quiet residential street, with a worker guiding it — Off the chassis, onto the ground.

Two tractors and a boom truck under the roof of a large steel warehouse, one tractor coupled to a green container — Under cover, equipment lined up.

A tractor and container parked on a downtown street lined with heritage buildings, red lanterns and cherry blossoms — A container, delivered downtown.

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FAQ

Across Canada, answered

Is Kattz Logistics only for Vancouver Island freight?

No. Kattz is based in Nanaimo and specializes in Vancouver Island, and also coordinates freight from Canadian ports and intermodal rail ramps to receivers across the country, plus cross-border moves into the United States.

Which ports do you pick up from?

The five Vancouver-area port facilities, and the ports of Montreal, Halifax and Saint John. Tell us the facility, the container number and the release, and we'll plan the pickup inside its window.

Which rail ramps do you work with?

Surrey, BC; Pitt Meadows, BC; Calgary, AB; Edmonton, AB; Saskatoon, SK; Regina, SK; Winnipeg, MB; Toronto, ON; Montreal, QC; Saint John, NB; Halifax, NS. Tell us the ramp, the container number and the release, and we'll plan the pickup and the delivery around your receiver.

Can freight go by rail to Vancouver Island?

No. There is no freight rail service on Vancouver Island. Rail freight bound for the Island comes off the railway at a Mainland ramp and finishes the trip by barge and road.

Do you own the terminals or the rail ramps?

No. Kattz coordinates pickups and deliveries at facilities run by ports, railways and terminal operators. Each move is planned around that facility's own rules.

Can you move freight to or from the United States?

We coordinate cross-border moves: tell us where it starts, where it needs to go and what it is, and we'll put the plan together.

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Have freight to move?

Wherever it is, whatever it needs. Tell us where the freight is.

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