Vancouver · Transloading
Transloading in Vancouver
Transloading between marine containers and domestic trailers, 4 minutes from the Trans-Canada and about 14 from GCT Vanterm.
3200 E Broadway, Vancouver, BC V5M 1Z8
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Transloading in Vancouver at a glance
Transloading between marine containers and domestic trailers, 4 minutes from the Trans-Canada and about 14 from GCT Vanterm. The legs are short. The container comes off the port or the ramp on our chassis, the product moves to a domestic trailer here, and the box goes back before demurrage starts. Most of the value is in time. Demurrage runs while the box sits at the terminal and detention runs while you hold the chassis, so what matters is how quickly the container is stripped and returned. Because we run the drayage, the dock and the onward truck, there's no second company to wait on between those steps.
Capabilities
Our transloading capabilities
- Marine container to domestic trailer transloading
- Rail ramp transload off the CN and CP ramps, daily
- Repalletising and load consolidation during the transfer
- Cross-dock straight back out when the load does not need to stop
- Onward line haul on our own equipment, including the Calgary lane six days a week
- Container return handled by us
- Storage on the same site when the load needs to wait
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Get a transloading quote in Vancouver.
Tell us the volumes and the timeline, and we'll send a real number back within 48 hours.
Vancouver facility
- Facility size
- 200,000+ sq ft
- Clear height
- 12 to 20 feet
- Loading
- 20 dock doors + 1 drive-in door
- Sprinklers
- ESFR
- Racking
- Engineered racking installed
- Power
- 2,000 amp, 600 volt service
- Available footprints
- 1,000 to 25,000+ sq ft
- Security
- 24/7 CCTV and overnight security
- On-site climate
- Ambient and heated
- Chilled and frozen
- Rolls Right Cold Storage, Vancouver
- Highway access
- 4 minutes to the Trans-Canada
- Port access
- 14 minutes to GCT Vanterm
- Operating since
- 1976 (Coquitlam), Vancouver expansion following
How onboarding works
From first call to first pallet.
Same process whichever service you start with.
Tell us what you move
Send the pallet count, how often it turns, what's in it and where it ships. That's five minutes on the form or ten on the phone.
Day 0
We quote it
The quote lists storage, handling in and out, container work and freight as separate lines. If the building doesn't fit your product, we tell you at this stage.
Within 48 hours
Walk the floor
Come and see the building. A site tour is the fastest way to know whether it works for you, and we'd like you to see it before you sign.
Your schedule
Credit and agreement
A standard credit check and a signed agreement.
2–3 days
First receipt
A supervisor walks your first inbound, and after that it's routine.
Within days
FAQ
Questions about transloading in Vancouver
Why transload instead of shipping the container inland?
It is usually cheaper and faster, and it gets the container back before demurrage starts. If it isn't worth it for your lane, we'll tell you.
Can you transload out of a marine container?
Yes. Transloading between container and domestic trailer is routine here, and the yard and dock capacity are set up for it.
Do you need a rail siding for the rail work?
No. We run drayage and transload off the CN and CP ramps daily on our own chassis, so your rail freight still reaches this building.
What happens if the container lands before the onward truck is ready?
It waits here, which costs less than waiting at the terminal. The product comes off, the box goes back, and the freight sits on our floor until the domestic leg is ready.
How much product fits from one container?
It depends on how the box was loaded and what the domestic trailer can legally carry, so we work from the packing list. Floor-loaded freight usually repalletises into fewer positions than people expect.
Worth reading first
Tell us what you move.
Send the pallet count, how often it turns and where it ships. You'll get a real number back inside 48 hours, and a straight answer about whether we're the right building.