Fisher Transport Limited,

What Fisher Transport Limited, does

Fisher Transport Limited is a family-owned bulk liquid transportation carrier headquartered in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia, operating primarily across Atlantic Canada with extensions into Quebec and Ontario and US/Canadian dual carrier status. Founded in 1962 by Curtis E. Fisher as a single-truck milk hauler, the company was purchased in 1992 by Ken MacDonald and grown to a fleet of 120+ pieces of equipment and 80+ employees, hauling approximately 217.35 million litres of milk annually. The company is led by Ken MacDonald (CEO & Chair), Jordan MacDonald (President), and Charlie Eisener (CFO), all Chartered Professional Accountants, indicating a professionally managed second-generation family business.

The company's core technology is its specialized fleet: 40+ sanitary tankers for dairy, food, and beverage commodities (raw milk, liquid sucrose, edible oils, potable water), and 30+ TC-407 chemical tankers certified for dangerous goods including corrosive class 8 and flammable class 3 products, with B620 certifications and in-transit heat capabilities. Supporting offerings include power-only truck-and-driver services and a tanker leasing program (quad, tridem, and tandem TC-407 configurations), with secondary equipment sales of used power units. The technology stack is purely physical and operational; no AI, software platform, or digital product capabilities are present.

Revenue is generated through three streams: (1) transaction-fee bulk liquid transport services priced on a quote basis for enterprise commercial customers; (2) recurring subscription revenue from short- and long-term tanker leases; and (3) one-time equipment sales of used power units. The go-to-market motion is direct sales through phone, toll-free number, email, website request-a-quote, and Facebook. Customer segments are vertically organized into food and beverage (primary, including dairy), chemical, and energy (CNG), with named enterprise customers including Amalgamated Dairy, Eastward Energy, Big 8 Beverages, and Mirror Nova Scotia.

Name

Fisher Transport Limited,

Legal name

Fisher Transport Inc.

Website

https://fishertransport.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1962

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fisher Transport is a family-owned Atlantic Canada bulk liquid carrier founded in 1962, hauling raw milk, chemicals, and CNG via a 120-piece specialized fleet across three Maritime Provinces and into Quebec and Ontario.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Bulk Liquid Transport Services

NAICS

Dairy Product (except Dried or Canned) Merchant Wholesalers (424430)

SIC

Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials (5150)

akta.pro primary industry

Tanker (Liquid Bulk) TL Carriers (TLADADAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Food-Grade Liquid Bulk Transport (Milk/Juice/Edible Oils/Syrups) (TLADALAD), Specialty Liquid Bulk (Latex/Resins/Paints/Adhesives) Transport (TLADALAJ)

Keywords

• Bulk liquid transport
• Tanker trucking services
• Food grade logistics
• Chemical freight transport
• Tanker equipment leasing

Headquarters

HQ city

Piqua

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Liquid Bulk Transport Services: Core revenue from transporting bulk liquids including raw milk, edible oils, chemicals, CNG, and other commodities for commercial customers. Services include food grade, chemical, and non-food grade transport.
2. Equipment Sales: Sale of power units including trucks such as Peterbilt 567. Revenue from selling company equipment no longer needed in fleet.
3. Equipment Leasing: Short and long term lease options for TC-407 chemical tankers and sanitary tankers, including quad, tridem, and tandem configurations. Units available for use as storage or to service specific projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Fisher Transport is a bulk liquid tanker carrier providing specialized transport of food-grade commodities (raw milk, edible oils, liquid sucrose, potable water) via sanitary tankers and dangerous/non-dangerous chemicals via B620-certified TC-407 tankers. The company also offers truck-and-driver power-only services and short/long-term leasing of sanitary and chemical tankers in quad, tridem, and tandem configurations to commercial customers across Atlantic Canada, Quebec, and Ontario.

Product overview

Fisher Transport operates as a single unified liquid bulk transport service rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The company's core offerings include a modern fleet of 120+ pieces of equipment comprising Sanitary Trailers for dairy and food-grade products (raw milk, edible oils, liquid sucrose, potable water), Non-Sanitary/Chemical TC-407 Trailers for dangerous goods and waste products, Power-Only Services for hot-shot and contract work, and Tanker Leasing (short and long-term) for both sanitary and chemical tankers. These services are offered across three Maritime Provinces (Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick) with operations extending to Quebec and Ontario. The equipment portfolio includes TC-407 Tremcar trailers available in quad, tridem, and tandem configurations for lease, plus a 2017 Peterbilt 567 power unit available for sale.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sanitary Bulk Liquid Transport (Food Grade)

Quantifiable outcome

• 217,350,000 litres of milk hauled annually
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Bison Transport: Major Canadian truckload carrier with cross-border US/Canada operations and specialized capacity. Comparable on cross-border carrier credentials and equipment scale, though not focused on liquid bulk tank work.
• Day & Ross: Major Canadian truckload, LTL, and logistics provider with bulk and specialized capabilities across Eastern Canada. Comparable in Atlantic Canada geography but operates a much broader portfolio of services beyond bulk liquid.
• TFI International: Large publicly traded Canadian transportation and logistics conglomerate with multiple trucking and specialized carriage subsidiaries. Indirect comparable as a potential strategic acquirer or benchmark for fleet economics in Canadian tank/bulk.

Others

• Gordon Food Service: Large North American food distribution and foodservice company. Adjacent rather than competing — represents the type of food/beverage shipper that Fisher serves, and useful for benchmarking shipper-side scale and contract dynamics.

Direct peers

• Manitoulin Transport: Canadian carrier with dedicated bulk liquid and food-grade divisions operating sanitary and chemical tankers nationally. Directly comparable service lines (raw milk, food-grade liquids, chemicals) with a similar multi-vertical liquid bulk model.
• Trimac Transportation: One of Canada's largest bulk carriers operating tank trucks across chemicals, food-grade, and petroleum across North America. Highly comparable on liquid bulk tanker operations, B620/TC-407 certification, and food-grade safety practices, but at significantly larger scale.
• Symbion: North American bulk liquid and chemical transport specialist operating B620-certified equipment. Closely comparable on hazardous and food-grade liquid tank operations, particularly relevant for benchmarking Fisher's TC-407 chemical business.
• Bruce R. Smith & Sons Trucking: Atlantic Canada-based liquid bulk carrier serving dairy and industrial customers in the Maritime provinces. Closely comparable regional peer operating sanitary and chemical tankers in the same geography as Fisher.
• Tandet Group: Ontario-based Canadian bulk liquid transportation specialist with a similar fleet of sanitary and chemical tankers serving food, beverage, and chemical customers. Closest direct peer to Fisher in business model, equipment mix, and customer verticals.

Regional players

• Midland Transport: Atlantic Canada-based carrier headquartered in New Brunswick with overlapping LTL, TL, and logistics operations. Geographic peer serving many of the same Maritime shippers as Fisher, though broader in service mix and less specialized in liquid bulk.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/p/Fisher-Transport-Ltd-100057505386761
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fisher-transport-ltd

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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