SERVICE
Container Drayage
Import and export containers moved between CN, CPKC and port terminals and your dock, with the empty returned inside free time.
WOODBRIDGE OFFICE · BOLTON YARD · CVOR 198-447-050
Container drayage, transloading and storage across the GTA
Jaden Express Ltd pulls containers from the GTA's rail terminals and ports and delivers them to your dock. When your dock isn't ready, the container comes to our yard in Bolton for storage, transloading or a lift onto the ground. One dispatch desk handles the whole move.
- CVOR 198-447-050
- MC 1043524
- Woodbridge & Bolton, ON
WHAT WE DO
Everything a container needs between the terminal and your door
SERVICE
GTA Intermodal Terminals
Pickups from the Brampton and Vaughan rail ramps every working day. We track last free day so storage charges don't surprise you.
SERVICE
Transloading & Warehousing
Container freight moved onto pallets and into a 53' trailer or straight truck, or held in the warehouse until you need it.
SERVICE
Container Loading & Unloading
Floor-loaded and palletized containers unloaded, counted and photographed. Export boxes loaded and braced.
SERVICE
Palletizing & Shrink Wrapping
Loose cartons stacked on pallets, wrapped and labelled to your receiver's rules.
SERVICE
Container Storage
Loaded or empty containers stored in our Bolton yard by the day, then delivered when you call.
RAIL TERMINALS
Our office sits between the two busiest container ramps in the GTA
Highway 50 runs along the line between Brampton and Vaughan, and our office is on it. That keeps our tractors close to CN's Brampton Intermodal Terminal and CPKC's Vaughan Intermodal Terminal, where most ocean containers for the Toronto area come off the train. A shorter run to the ramp means a faster pull and fewer chassis days on your invoice.
- CN Brampton Intermodal Terminal, Brampton · [about __ min from our office]
- CPKC Vaughan Intermodal Terminal, Vaughan · [about __ min]
- CN Malport, Milton · [about __ min, confirm we serve it]
- Port of Toronto, Toronto · [about __ min, confirm]
HOW IT WORKS
From the ramp to your receiving door in four steps
- 1
Send the container details
Container number, terminal, release status and the delivery address. Email it or call dispatch.
- 2
We pull it on time
We book the terminal appointment and pull the box before free time runs out, on a chassis rated for the weight.
- 3
Deliver, store or transload
Straight to your dock, dropped on a chassis, set on the ground, or brought to our Bolton yard.
- 4
Empty back, paperwork sent
The empty goes back to the shipping line's depot. You get the gate receipts, the signed POD and photos.
12597 The Gore Road, BoltonOUR YARD
A yard in Bolton for the days your dock isn't ready
Our site at 12597 The Gore Road in Bolton is where containers wait when the terminal clock and your receiving schedule don't line up. We pull the box before storage charges start at the ramp, lift it off the chassis, stack it, and bring it to you on the day you pick.
- Pre-pull before last free day
- Container stacking with our [lift equipment, e.g. reach stacker]
- Lift on and lift off at a posted rate
- Storage by the day, loaded or empty
EQUIPMENT
Tractors and chassis for every size of box
We match the chassis to the container and the weight, so heavy 20-footers ride legally on Ontario roads and 40' and 45' boxes move without a wait for equipment.
FLEET
Lift equipment
[equipment type] at the Bolton yard for lifting, stacking and grounding containers.
WHO WE WORK FOR
Built for shippers who move containers every week
Importers and distributors
Containers pulled, delivered or stored until your warehouse has room.
Freight forwarders and NVOCCs
A GTA drayage partner that sends gate receipts and PODs without being asked.
Customs brokers
Containers moved the day CBSA releases them.
Manufacturers and exporters
Empties positioned at your plant and loaded boxes delivered to the ramp before cut-off.
Retail and e-commerce brands
Floor-loaded freight palletized, labelled and delivered to DCs.
3PLs and warehouses
Overflow storage and transloading when your own dock is full.
WHY JADEN EXPRESS
Fewer hand-offs between the ramp and your dock
Licensed in Canada and the U.S.
Ontario CVOR 198-447-050 and U.S. MC 1043524.
Our own yard
Containers wait at 12597 The Gore Road, Bolton, not at the terminal running up storage.
One dispatch desk
The person who quotes your move is the person who books it. Call 647-693-3360 ext. 1002.
Itemized quotes
Base rate, fuel, chassis, waiting time and storage on separate lines. [confirm this is how Jaden quotes]
Photos on every move
Seal, doors and load photographed before delivery. [confirm]
Close to both GTA rail ramps
Our Highway 50 office sits between CN Brampton and CPKC Vaughan, so pulls are short and chassis days stay low.
DRAYAGE TERMS
The words on your drayage invoice, in plain English
Container moves come with their own vocabulary. Here is what each term means and where it can cost you money.
- Drayage
- The short truck move that takes a shipping container between a rail terminal or port and a warehouse.
- Last free day
- The last day a container can stay at the terminal before storage charges start.
- Per diem
- The daily charge a shipping line bills while its container is out, until the empty is returned.
- Pre-pull
- Picking a container up from the terminal early and holding it in a yard until the delivery day.
- Chassis days
- Days a container stays on a chassis at your site. Billed instead of driver waiting time on a drop.
- Live unload
- The truck waits at your dock while you unload, then leaves with the empty in the same trip.
- Drop and pick
- The container is left on a chassis at your site and the empty is collected later.
- Grounded
- The container is lifted off the chassis and set on the ground.
- Lift on / lift off
- Moving a container between a chassis and the ground or a stack with lift equipment.
- Transload
- Moving freight out of an ocean container and into a domestic trailer or truck.
- Gate receipt
- The terminal or depot's record of a container going in or out. Proof the empty was returned.
- POD
- Proof of delivery: the receiver's signed confirmation that the freight arrived.
SERVICE AREA
Container delivery across the GTA and Southern Ontario
Daily deliveries across Toronto, Peel, York, Halton and Durham. Longer runs into Southern Ontario on request.
Cities served: Toronto, Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough, Vaughan, Woodbridge, Concord, Brampton, Bolton, Caledon, Mississauga, Markham, Richmond Hill, Oakville, Milton, Burlington, Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa, Hamilton, Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph, Barrie, Newmarket, St. Catharines, Niagara, London, Peterborough.
FAQ
Questions shippers ask us
What is container drayage?
Drayage is the short truck move that takes a shipping container between a rail terminal or port and a warehouse. Most ocean containers bound for the GTA arrive by train at CN Brampton or CPKC Vaughan, and a drayage carrier like Jaden Express handles the last leg to your dock.
Which terminals do you pull containers from?
CN Brampton Intermodal Terminal and CPKC Vaughan Intermodal Terminal every working day, plus [CN Malport in Milton and the Port of Toronto]. Empties go back to the depot the shipping line assigns.
Can you store my container if my dock isn't ready?
Yes. We pull the container before last free day and hold it in our Bolton yard, billed by the day. Storage is [$__ per container per day]. Tell us the delivery date and it arrives that morning.
Where are you located?
Our office is at 9701 Highway 50 in Woodbridge, Ontario. Our yard is at 12597 The Gore Road, Bolton, ON L7E 0W6.
How do I get a quote?
Fill in the quote form or call 1-866-235-4790. Send the container size, terminal, delivery city and cargo weight and dispatch will come back with a price and a pull date.
SHIPPER GUIDES
Plain answers to the questions importers ask
GUIDE
What is drayage? A plain guide for GTA importers
What drayage means, how a container gets from CN Brampton or CPKC Vaughan to your dock, and what goes into the price. A plain guide for GTA importers.
GUIDE
Last free day, per diem and demurrage: what they cost and how to avoid them
How terminal storage, per diem and demurrage charges work on GTA containers, and the practical ways to avoid them: pre-pull, yard storage and transloading.
GUIDE
Transloading vs. drayage straight to your dock: which is cheaper?
When it costs less to deliver a container straight to your dock, and when transloading into 53' trailers or straight trucks saves money near Toronto.
LET'S MOVE IT
Have a container landing soon?
Send the container number and delivery address. Dispatch replies with a price and a pull date.