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Toronto and the GTA

Container drayage across Toronto and the GTA.

We pull import and export containers off CN Brampton and CPKC Vaughan and deliver across the GTA and the rest of Ontario.

White truck hauling a shipping container at an intermodal terminal
The ramps
CN Brampton and CPKC VaughanPeel Region and York Region
Containers
Marine and domestic20, 40 and 45 foot, plus 53 foot domestic and reefers
Delivery
The GTA and OntarioPeel, York, Halton, Toronto, Durham and beyond
Equipment

What we move.

20, 40 and 45 foot

Marine containers

Import and export boxes off both ramps.

53 foot

Domestic containers

Domestic boxes off both ramps.

Temperature controlled

Refrigerated containers

The set point comes from you on the tender.

Coverage

Where we deliver.

Delivery runs across Peel, York, Halton, Toronto and Durham, and out into the rest of Ontario. Ontario to Quebec lanes run from the same desk.

In Toronto that is Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough, East York and York. In Peel and Halton, Mississauga, Brampton, Bolton, Caledon, Milton, Oakville and Burlington. In York and Durham, Vaughan, Woodbridge, Concord, Maple, Markham, Richmond Hill, Ajax, Pickering and Oshawa.

Beyond the GTA we deliver to Hamilton, Cambridge, Kitchener, Guelph, London, Barrie, Kingston and Ottawa. One desk covers both ramps.

Delivery regions
  • Peel
  • York
  • Halton
  • Toronto
  • Durham
  • Rest of Ontario
  • Ontario to Quebec
At your dock

What delivery into a GTA yard actually involves.

The drive is the easy part. What decides whether a container turns in an hour or ties up a truck for half a day is what happens once it is on your property.

Live unload means the driver stays with the container while you strip it. It suits a single box and a free dock, and it ends the job in one visit. It also means the clock is running on a truck, so a slow door is expensive.

A drop means we leave the container with you and collect it later. It frees the truck and gives you time, but it needs yard space, a way to park a chassis safely, and an understanding that the line's per diem is still running the whole time it sits.

Tell us which you want at tender. Deciding at the gate is how a container becomes two trips.

Tell us at tender
  • Live unload or drop
  • Appointment required, and the window
  • Dock, or ground level with no dock
  • Forklift and crew available
  • Access limits: height, turning, time of day

Distribution centres across the GTA run on booked windows. A container without an appointment does not jump the queue, it waits for the next one.

Our lanes

What we run, and what we do not.

Setara Transport runs
  • Container drayage off CN Brampton and CPKC Vaughan
  • Pickup and delivery across the Greater Toronto Area
  • Ontario lanes and Ontario to Quebec
  • Truckload on the same lanes
Lanes we do not run
  • Cross-border into the United States
  • Long haul beyond Ontario and Quebec
  • Port of Montreal container moves

Setara Transport does not run these. Customs is arranged through a licensed customs broker partner.

Booking

How to book a container.

1

Send us the details

The ramp, the container size and count, and the delivery address. Add the set point if it is a reefer.

2

Reach dispatch

Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 18:00 Eastern.

Questions

Before you book.

Do you pull from CN Brampton and CPKC Vaughan?
Yes. Import and export containers off both ramps, on one desk.
Do you handle refrigerated containers?
Yes. Send the set point with the tender.
Who moves the container?
A load accepted by Setara Transport is not passed to another carrier without your written consent. We do not re-broker. If we cannot cover a load, we say so when it is tendered.
Keep going

More drayage and capacity.

Container drayage

Both ramps, GTA and Ontario

CN Brampton

The ramp in Peel Region

CPKC Vaughan

The ramp in York Region

Reefer drayage

Refrigerated containers

For shippers

Set us up as a vendor

Truckload (FTL)

Ontario and Quebec lanes

Request GTA drayage capacity.

Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 18:00 ET.