Maritime Ontario

Company History:
Established in 1962, M-O (Maritime-Ontario Freight Lines Limited) is a fully integrated transportation company providing multi-modal services, including intermodal, over- the- road and dedicated services. M-O services are performed through an extensive and efficient network of terminals, COAST TO COAST throughout Canada. With an active client base of more than 5,000 customers, M-O has a solid reputation for providing innovative solutions to meet customer needs, each and every day including the unique FreightWORKS system of loading palletized freight. This system enables higher load factors and virtually eliminates shipment damages and shortages, translating into higher efficiencies for our customers. M-O has also created multiple operating divisions which are complimentary to one another. Our five operating divisions include M-O FreightWORKS, M-O COLDChain, M-O DedicatedWORKS, M-O LogisticWORKS, and M-O BULK Services.

M-O is proud of its rich history and excited about the key role the company has played in the Canadian transportation industry, having become a leading freight transportation, distribution and logistics provider. Our brand is strong and the corner stone to our success is our commitment to innovation and customer

Facilities & Equipment

Maritime-Ontario's state-of-the-art facility in Brampton, Ontario is the flagship of the network. It features, 96 truck level doors and 3 drive in doors, located on a 65 acre site adjacent to CN's Intermodal, and in close proximity to CP's Vaughan Intermodal Terminal. The dock is 127,000 ft long by 170 ft wide, an innovation enabling 53 ft trailers to be offload simultaneously allowing efficient load sequencing to maximize the cube of each trailer.The high security yard has parking capacity for more that 400 trailers.The facility also contains 42,000 sq ft of office space, home to our head office functions.

Maritime-Ontario (M-O) is consistently updating and increasing its fleet with late model trailers and intermodal containers. Today we operate one of the youngest fleets in the industry, a commitment maintained by the company to provide its customers with some of the best handling equipment in the industry today. Unique in today’s industry, M-O have also equipped its entire fleet of trailers and intermodal equipment with our FreightWORKS captive beam system, allowing double and triple stacking of palletized freight to maximize unit capacity while virtually eliminating damage. The M-O fleet is comprised of 53 foot high cube trailers and intermodal containers, with the vast majority of them equipped with reefers and or heated units. All units are equipped with high-tech advances in satellite, wireless and other communication technologies including ibright telematics used on the M-O reefer fleet.

Brief History: Canada is a North American country stretching from the U.S. in the south to the Arctic Circle in the north. Major cities include massive Toronto, west coast film centre Vancouver, French-speaking Montréal and Québec City, and capital city Ottawa. Canada's vast swaths of wilderness include lake-filled Banff National Park in the Rocky Mountains. It's also home to Niagara Falls, a famous group of massive waterfalls.