Freight Broker for Canada & the USA
We run scheduled cross-border LTL on our own fleet and work with carrier partners for additional routes, departures and equipment. Book with Moto and you’ll have one team to call from pickup to delivery.
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Our trucks. A wider network when you need it.
We run scheduled cross-border LTL on our own fleet. Need a different departure, a lane outside our schedule or specialized equipment? We’ll check what our carrier partners can offer and tell you what timing to plan around before you book.
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What a partner carrier means for your shipment.
A partner carrier might handle pickup, final delivery or the whole move. Moto takes care of the booking, paperwork and invoice. If you need an update or the delivery instructions change, call us. We’ll coordinate with whoever has your freight.
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Cross-border freight. Customs coordinated.
We’ll work with your customs broker or arrange clearance through our licensed brokerage partner, even when another carrier moves your freight. Moto is a bonded highway carrier in Canada. If your shipment needs to move in bond, tell us when you request a quote.
Before you send us a lane.
Broker, carrier or both
Is Moto a freight broker or a carrier?
Both, and the distinction matters when you are deciding who to call.
We run scheduled cross-border LTL on our own fleet, under our own authority. When a lane, a departure or a piece of equipment falls outside what we run, we arrange it through our carrier partners. You book one move either way, and you deal with us for the whole of it.
If you want to know which applies to a particular shipment, how partner carriers work explains it, and the quickest answer is to send us the two postal codes.
I am not sure what a broker does, or whether I need one.
Worth reading before you decide: what a Canadian freight broker does covers the role and how it differs from a carrier, and working with a freight broker covers what to expect once you have one.
This page is about what you get when the broker is us. If you already know what you need moved, skip both and send the shipment.
Working with us
What operating authority and identifiers does Moto hold?
We are a bonded highway carrier with the Canada Border Services Agency, which is what lets freight move in bond to an inland Canadian destination rather than clearing at the border.
- SCAC MTVW — what you need to set us up in your own TMS
- CBSA carrier code 218Y
- FMCSA motor carrier number 783779
- US DOT 2295367
- Canadian National Safety Code 202006882
More on what the bonded part means in practice: what being a bonded carrier means.
Can you handle the customs side as well as the freight?
Yes. Clearance is arranged through our licensed customs brokerage partner, and we coordinate the documents and the follow-up through to release. Book the transportation with us as well and the freight and the clearance appear on one invoice.
It also works the other way: you can ask us about customs clearance on a shipment somebody else is hauling.
What freight do you not handle?
We handle dry freight. Refrigerated and heated transportation are outside our scope, so if your goods have a temperature requirement we are not the right carrier for them — better known now than at pickup.
Tell us up front if freight is oversized, heavy, fragile, high-value, non-stackable or hazardous. Those affect whether we can accept it and what equipment it needs, and they are easier to work around when they arrive with the quote request.
Rates and booking
What does a freight broker charge?
You are quoted a rate for the move. What sits behind that rate — the carrier’s charge and the broker’s margin — is the broker’s business, and a quoted rate is the number you should be able to hold them to.
What is worth asking about separately is accessorials: the charges that apply when a delivery needs an appointment, a liftgate, a residential address or a driver waiting. Ours are published with their amounts on the accessorial pricing page rather than explained after the fact.
What do you need to quote a shipment?
Both addresses with postal or ZIP codes, what the freight is, its packed dimensions and weight, and the date it is ready. Say whether either end is residential, has no dock or forklift, or cannot take a large truck.
If it is crossing the border, say who the importer is and whether they already have a customs broker. Request a quote with that and you get a number rather than a conversation about what you meant.