Every mode, every milestone, one team.
Truckload, LTL, flatbed, reefer, expedited, drayage, intermodal, air, ocean, cross-border and warehousing — priced by people who run the freight, not a queue that hands you off at every leg.
One freight partner instead of six.
Most shipping programs grow by accident. A truckload broker gets added for the big lanes, an LTL provider for the small stuff, a customs broker for the border, a forwarder for the overseas containers, and a 3PL for the pallets that need storing. Each one is competent in isolation. Together they produce five sets of paperwork, five reference numbers, and nobody who can answer where the freight is without calling somebody else first.
Qeep Logistics is built to collapse that. Every service on this page is run by the same operations team, on the same systems, under one point of contact who knows your freight by name rather than by ticket number. When an ocean container needs to become a dray, a transload and a final-mile truckload, it stays with the same person the whole way through.
We are a non-asset broker by design. We do not own trailers, which means we are never trying to fill our own equipment at your expense — we source the right carrier for the lane from a vetted network, and we tell you when a cheaper mode would serve you better than the one you asked for.
Trucking
Every road load answers two questions, once each. Shipment size: a full truckload is a trailer of your own, LTL shares the trailer and is priced on pallets, class and density, and parcel covers boxes too small for a pallet. Trailer type follows from the freight: a dry van for anything that needs a roof and a dock, a flatbed for freight craned on or too big for a door, a reefer for anything that has to hold temperature. An LTL shipment still rides in one of those trailers, so you choose one of each.
Full Truckload (FTL)
Dedicated trailer, one shipper, point to point — the fastest road transit.
Less-than-Truckload (LTL)
Shared trailer space for one to ten pallets, at predictable published rates.
Parcel
Small package, domestic and cross-border, rate-shopped across carriers.
Dry Van
Enclosed 53 and 28 foot vans for palletized, boxed and floor-loaded freight.
Flatbed
Open deck for oversize, machinery, steel and building materials.
Temperature Controlled
Reefer FTL and LTL with continuous logging — frozen, chilled or multi-temp.
Ocean and air
Ocean freight is sized the same way. FCL is a container of your own, sealed at origin and priced as one unit; LCL shares a container and is priced per cubic metre. Air freight is for what cannot wait for a vessel. China to Canada and freight forwarding put the origin pickup, the main leg, customs and the final delivery on one file.
Full Container Load (FCL)
A whole container on a fixed sailing, sealed at your supplier.
Less than Container Load (LCL)
A few pallets by sea, paying for your share of the container.
Ocean Freight
FCL and LCL worldwide, port to port or full door to door with drayage.
Air Freight
Airport to airport or door to door — standard, express and next flight out.
China to Canada
Door to door from China by ocean or air — FCL, LCL and final-mile delivery.
Freight Forwarding
Air and ocean freight, customs and inland delivery arranged under one file.
Cross-border and customs
Freight that crosses a border fails on paperwork far more often than it fails on the road. Canada-US and Mexico loads move with the entry filed ahead of the truck. Customs entries are filed by our partner licensed brokers and coordinated by Qeep, so the carrier, the broker and the driver hold the same documents before the freight moves.
Intermodal and drayage
The container leg. Drayage moves boxes between the terminal and the door, and it is where demurrage and per diem are won or lost. Intermodal puts the long haul on rail and keeps trucks on both ends, which lowers cost and carbon on lanes long enough to absorb the ramp time. Transloading is the join between those two worlds: an ocean container stripped into a domestic 53-foot trailer, rail to truck, bulk to packaged.
Warehousing and 3PL
What happens when freight is not moving, and the programmes that run around it. Bonded and ambient storage with pick and pack for B2B and direct-to-consumer orders. Cross-docking for freight sorted against outbound orders and shipped the same day without ever taking a pallet position. Consolidation for several LTL shipments, or several suppliers, bought at the full-load rate. Managed transportation for when you would rather hand over the desk than book it lane by lane.
Warehousing
Bonded and ambient storage, pick and pack, B2B and DTC fulfilment.
Cross-Docking
Received, sorted against outbound orders and shipped the same day.
Freight Consolidation
Several LTL shipments into one truckload, at the full-load rate.
Managed Transportation
Your freight program, run by us: procurement, tendering and reporting.
Specialized freight
Loads that need more than a standard trailer or a standard process. Expedited keeps a sprinter, a straight truck or a team of drivers moving until the freight arrives. White glove adds inside delivery, placement and debris removal. Heavy haul and project logistics cover oversize moves with permits, escorts and route surveys, and produce keeps the cold chain unbroken from field to receiver.
Expedited
Sprinter, straight truck and team-driver expedites, covered within the hour.
White Glove
Inside delivery, placement, unpacking and debris removal by a two-person crew.
Heavy Haul
Oversize and overweight loads with permits, escorts and a route survey.
Project Logistics
Heavy lift, breakbulk and out-of-gauge cargo, engineered move by move.
Produce
Produce trucking under CFIA and USDA protocols, cold chain unbroken.
Which freight mode fits your shipment?
A quick reference for the decision most shippers are actually making. Transit figures are typical North American planning numbers, not guarantees — your lane, season and appointment requirements move all of them.
| Mode | Best for | Typical transit | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full truckload (FTL) | 10+ pallets, fragile or high-value freight, tight delivery windows | ~500–600 miles per day, direct | You pay for the whole trailer whether or not you fill it |
| Less-than-truckload (LTL) | 1–6 pallets of packaged, palletized freight | Add 1–3 days for terminal handling | Freight class and re-weigh adjustments change the invoice |
| Expedited | Line-down, recovery loads, missed appointments | Straight through with team drivers | Highest cost per mile of any surface mode |
| Intermodal | Long-haul, non-urgent, cost-sensitive freight over ~700 miles | Typically 2–4 days longer than truck | Ramp availability and dray on both ends drive the real transit |
| Flatbed / step deck | Steel, lumber, machinery, anything loaded by crane or forklift from the side | Comparable to FTL | Tarping, permits and over-dimension routing add days and cost |
| Temperature controlled | Food, beverage, pharma, and any load with a temperature on the BOL | Comparable to FTL | Continuous temperature records matter more than the trailer type |
| Ocean freight | Overseas volume where 25–40 days transit is acceptable | Port to port plus dray on both ends | Demurrage and per-diem, not ocean rate, is where budgets break |
| Air freight | Overseas freight that cannot wait for a vessel | 1–5 days airport to airport | Chargeable weight is volumetric — density decides the price |
Freight service questions, answered straight.
What freight services does Qeep Logistics offer?
Qeep Logistics offers 27 freight services across North America: full truckload, dry van, less-than-truckload, flatbed, temperature-controlled, produce, expedited, white glove, heavy haul, project logistics, parcel, Canada-US cross-border, Mexico cross-border, customs brokerage, China-to-Canada, ocean freight, air freight, drayage, intermodal, transloading, warehousing and managed transportation. All of them are run by one team under one point of contact rather than being brokered out to separate providers.
How do I know which freight mode I need?
Start with volume, then speed, then commodity. One to six pallets of packaged goods is usually LTL. Ten or more pallets, fragile freight, or a tight delivery window points to full truckload. Anything over roughly 700 miles that is not time-sensitive is worth pricing as intermodal. Freight that cannot be loaded through a rear door needs flatbed or step deck, and anything with a temperature on the bill of lading needs a reefer. If you are not sure, send the dimensions, weight, pickup and delivery postal codes and the required delivery date and we will price the two or three modes that actually fit.
How fast can I get a freight quote?
Most quotes come back in about ten minutes during business hours. Truckload and LTL quotes on established lanes are usually fastest; cross-border, project and over-dimensional freight take longer because they require permit, routing or customs checks before a number is worth quoting.
Do you handle cross-border freight into Canada and Mexico?
Yes. Canada-US cross-border and Mexico cross-border are dedicated service lines, not an add-on. We work with your customs broker on PAPS, PARS and ACE filings, verify the commercial invoice and certificate of origin before the driver reaches the crossing, and coordinate with carriers who are already bonded and familiar with the port of entry on your lane.
Can Qeep Logistics manage more than one mode on the same shipment?
Yes, and it is common. A typical China-to-Canada move is ocean freight, port drayage, transloading into a domestic trailer, and final-mile truckload — four services on one shipment with one reference number and one specialist accountable for all of it. That single-owner model is the main reason shippers consolidate modes with us instead of running a different broker per leg.
Is there a minimum shipment size?
No. We move single parcels through multi-trailer project freight. Below about one pallet, parcel is almost always the right answer and we will tell you so rather than quoting an LTL shipment you do not need.
What does a freight quote need to include?
Pickup and delivery postal codes, pallet or piece count, dimensions, total weight, commodity description, whether either location needs a liftgate or an appointment, and the required delivery date. For cross-border freight add the commercial value and country of origin. With those details a quote is a firm number rather than an estimate that changes after pickup.
Do you serve shippers outside of Ontario?
Yes. Qeep Logistics is based in Ontario but operates across all ten Canadian provinces, the continental United States and Mexico. Coverage is carrier-based rather than terminal-based, so a lane does not need to touch our home market to be served well.
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