Rohde & Liesenfeld Canada

What Rohde & Liesenfeld Canada does

Rohde & Liesenfeld Canada Inc., operating under the RoliProjects brand, is a Calgary-headquartered project freight forwarder specializing in the movement of oversized, heavy-lift, and complex cargo for capital-intensive industries including power generation, oil & gas, mining, and renewable energy. Founded as a Canadian entity in 2001 and tracing its brand lineage to a 1954 Hamburg-based network, the company became 100% Canadian-owned in 2015 after acquiring Geodis Wilson's 50% stake. It serves enterprise customers through direct engagement by senior project managers across offices in Calgary, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Houston, Las Vegas, Madrid, and Shanghai, supplemented by an approved agent network spanning more than 50 countries and 140 ports.

The company's service portfolio covers the full project logistics lifecycle: ocean, air, rail, truck, and barge transport; vessel chartering; customs clearance with AEO accreditation; marine insurance brokerage; and international VAT consulting. Operational technology includes the Descartes shipment tracking portal for customer visibility, PayCargo for online payments, and the owned Combilift Slip Sheet Machine for 5-minute container stuffing cycles at project sites. Windrose Line, an FMC-licensed NVOCC division, issues its own bill of lading as a common carrier, while strategic JVs (Hansa Meyer RoliProjects) and First Nations partnerships (Kyah, Keda) extend coverage into US industrial markets and indigenous territories in BC.

Revenue is generated primarily through per-project transaction fees on freight forwarding and vessel chartering, commission on marine insurance, and professional services fees for customs and VAT consulting. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales targeting EPC contractors, project owners, and industrial suppliers, supported by quote-based pricing, trade show presence (e.g., POWERGEN International 2026), motorsport sponsorships as a B2B relationship platform, and the March 2025-launched Racing Lines Group motorsport logistics division.

Name

Rohde & Liesenfeld Canada

Legal name

Rohde & Liesenfeld Canada Inc.

Website

https://roliprojects.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Rohde & Liesenfeld Canada (RoliProjects) is a Calgary-headquartered project freight forwarder specializing in oversized, heavy-lift cargo for power, oil & gas, mining, and renewable energy clients across 50+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Project Freight Forwarding and Heavy-Lift Logistics

NAICS

Support Activities for Transportation (488), Marine Cargo Handling (48832), Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance (48423), Deep Sea Freight Transportation (483111)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731), Deep Sea Foreign Transportation Of Freight (4412), Trucking (No Local) (4213), Trucking & Courier Services (No Air) (4210)

akta.pro primary industry

Chartering & Heavy-Lift Vessel / Barge / RoRo Solutions (TLACAIAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Ro-Ro Terminal Operations (Berth, Yard & Vessel Loading/Discharge) (TLAHACAA), Ro-Ro Terminal Equipment & Systems (Ramps, Mafi Trailers, Yard Tractors, Lashing Gear) (TLAHACAJ), High & Heavy / Project Ro-Ro Handling (Construction, Mining & Oversize Equipment) (TLAHACAI)

Keywords

• Project freight forwarding
• Heavy lift logistics
• Vessel chartering
• Customs clearance services
• Marine insurance brokerage

Headquarters

HQ city

Calgary

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Project Freight Forwarding Services: Core revenue stream encompassing the full spectrum of project logistics: ocean freight, air freight, inland transport (rail, truck, barge), vessel chartering, and customs clearance. Services are tailored to each project's specific requirements and priced on a per-project basis.
2. Vessel Chartering Operations: Revenue generated from chartering vessels for full or partial cargo shipments. The company negotiates freight rates and terms directly with ship owners on behalf of clients, earning fees for arranging and managing charter operations.
3. VAT Consulting & Management Services: Fees for specialist international VAT services including registration, return filing, reclaim, EC sales, Intrastat, fiscal representation, and OSS/IOSS filings across multiple jurisdictions.
4. Marine Insurance Agency: Commission-based revenue from arranging marine insurance coverage for cargo movements (sea, air, land), including individual shipment coverage and open marine cover policies for regular shippers.
5. Air Freight Forwarding: Revenue from comprehensive air freight services including consolidation, scheduled flights, and full air charter services for oversized, heavy, volumetric, or urgent shipments.
6. Customs Clearance Services: Fees for customs clearance solutions at major global ports, including consultancy for identifying optimal customs regimes, AEO accreditation support, duty management, and tariff classification services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Rohde & Liesenfeld Canada (RoliProjects) is an enterprise project freight forwarder that plans and executes multimodal transportation of oversized, heavy-lift, and project cargo across ocean, air, rail, truck, and barge for industrial clients. It also provides vessel chartering, customs clearance, marine insurance, and VAT consulting as a single-source logistics provider with global coverage through 50+ countries.

Product overview

RoliProjects is a comprehensive project logistics and freight forwarding platform providing end-to-end services across ocean, air, rail, truck, and barge transportation modes. The core offering includes Project Freight Forwarding as the primary service, supplemented by specialized inland movements, container operations, air freight, vessel chartering, customs clearance, marine insurance, and VAT consulting. Key sub-brands include Racing Lines Group (motorsport logistics division) and Windrose Line (NVOCC ocean transportation). The company also operates Hansa Meyer RoliProjects JV for North American market expansion. Services are delivered through a global network spanning 50+ countries with strategic offices in Calgary, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Houston, Las Vegas, Madrid, and Shanghai.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Racing Lines Group: Specialized shipping service division of Rohde & Liesenfeld (USA) Inc. tailored for the motorsport industry, providing logistics management for race cars and pit gear.
• Windrose Line

Products and services

• Project Freight Forwarding Core service providing forwarding and logistics support for movement of materials and oversized equipment across power, oil & gas, mining, renewable energy, and bulk industries, covering preliminary freight services through destination services for enterprise project clients.
• Over Dimensional Inland Movements Transportation of heavy and over-dimensional equipment via rail, truck, and barges with detailed planning, heavy lift engineering, and comprehensive project management for industrial customers.
• Early Logistics Engineering and Modularization Support Independent logistics engineering consulting combining operational experience with engineering expertise, focused on early-stage project risk reduction through route studies, modularization analysis, and constructability validation in partnership with Greenfield Logistics.
• Project Freight Budgets Estimating Budget estimation service for project freight forwarding providing extensive planning, feasibility studies, logistics research, and schedule preparation during initial project phases.
• Single Source Logistics Provider End-to-end supply chain management combining logistics expertise with freight forwarding, including customized logistics strategy, consolidation services, and web-based tracking for enterprise clients.
• Container Shipping Operations Worldwide container shipping services to major global ports covering 20', 40', 48', and 53' containers including full container loads and less than container loads, with Combilift Slip Sheet Machine for efficient loading/unloading.
• Worldwide Forwarder Logic Personalized worldwide forwarding services for shipments regardless of size or destination, including project cargo, ocean freight, air freight, barge services, freight consolidation, and web-based documentation.
• Vessel Chartering Operations Vessel chartering services working with ship owners to arrange full or partial cargo transportation, including voyage estimation, compliance monitoring, and demurrage calculations for enterprise clients.
• Air Freight Forwarding Services Integrated import and export air freight forwarding with permanent space on carriers, airline pallet optimization, aircraft chartering (including Antonov AN-124), and customs clearance for oversized, heavy, volumetric, or urgent shipments.
• Inland Freight LTL / FTL Supply chain solution for inland freight needs including full truckload, less-than-truckload, intermodal rail, break bulk, drayage, reefer, hazardous materials, and specialized freight transport.
• Marine Insurance Agent Marine insurance coverage service for cargo movements by sea, air, or land, including individual shipments or open marine cover with claims handling support for international shippers.
• Arranging Customs Clearance Customs clearance solutions at major ports worldwide including AEO accreditation support, duty management, tariff classification, and import/export clearances with transit warehouses globally.
• VAT Consulting International VAT management services including multi-country VAT registration, return filing, EC sales, Intrastat filing, fiscal representation, and OSS/IOSS registration for global compliance.
• Racing Lines Group Specialized motorsport shipping service handling race cars and pit gear transport worldwide, managed by accomplished racing drivers with world-class shipping capabilities, operated as a division of Rohde & Liesenfeld (USA) Inc.
• Windrose Line FMC-licensed NVOCC ocean transportation intermediary division providing international freight forwarding, warehouse storage, and supply chain logistics services with its own bill of lading.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5-minute cycle time for container stuffing/destuffing operations using Combilift Slip Sheet Machine
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, minor and core.

• Racing Lines Group (Internal Division)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 March 2025Racing Lines Group, a division of Rohde & Liesenfeld (USA) Inc., launched March 21, 2025, providing specialized shipping services for motorsport teams. Managed by racing car drivers in leadership roles, combining Rohde & Liesenfeld's global logistics network with motorsport-specific expertise. Operations handled by Rohde & Liesenfeld (USA) Inc. and Login Logistics (airfreight division), licensed under IATA, FMC, and FMCSA.
• E46 Race Series Sponsors (BBC Chartering, Marshall Logistics, Berg Racing)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024E46 Race Series 2024 sponsors include BBC Chartering (Leer, Germany - global market leader in ocean transportation of heavy lifts and project cargo), Marshall Global Logistics (Istanbul, Türkiye - freight forwarding and logistics solutions), and Berg Racing (Salinas, CA - professional racecar driver Alex Berg's racing team).
• Hansa Meyer Global Transport / Hansa Meyer RoliProjects JVcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 June 2022Hansa Meyer RoliProjects LLC established June 7, 2022 as a joint venture between Hansa Meyer Global Transport and Rohde & Liesenfeld (USA) Inc. to serve the North American project logistics market. Based in Houston TX, the JV combines Hansa Meyer Group's 40-year global reputation as 'Transport Architect' with R&L's 20+ years of US project logistics experience. JV business development led by Julie Shafer with 25+ years of global project logistics leadership.
• E46 Race Series Sponsors (OXBO, FLS Projects, FreightPal, Western Dimensional, SB Warehouse)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2021E46 Race Series sponsors include OXBO MegaTransport (Oregon), FLS Projects Asia, FreightPal (Los Angeles), Western Dimensional (Toronto), and SB Warehouse (Washington State). Sponsors supported the RL61 race car competing in the AREA27 GTU series, with cross-promotional visibility among corporate owners and industry decision-makers in Western Canada and Northwest US.
• Keda Logistics Ltd. / C-Force TransportcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership between RoliProjects, Keda Logistics Ltd. (100% Tahltan-owned company in Dease Lake, BC), and C-Force Transport for delivering exceptional project transportation expertise for critical industries in Northern British Columbia. Keda Logistics evolved from Keda Propane Ltd., owned by Ken and Gerri Cook, with a fleet built for all industrial requirements in Northwest BC (Tahltan Territory). Partnership combines Keda's local knowledge, RoliProjects' 40+ years in international freight forwarding, and C-Force's in-B.C. service proximity.
• Witset First Nations / Kyah Resources Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKyah Resources Inc. (representing Witset First Nations) entered into Kyah Rohde & Liesenfeld Logistics Inc. as majority equity partners. This First Nations joint venture offers comprehensive transportation and logistics services for companies developing LNG, pipelines, mining, wind energy, hydro power, transmission lines, infrastructure, oil & gas, and pulp & paper projects on BC's west coast. Represents 100% Tahltan-owned enterprise structure.
• Windrose Line (Internal Division)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWindrose Line is a division of Rohde & Liesenfeld, Inc., licensed by the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) as an Ocean Transportation Intermediary (OTI). Operates as a common carrier issuing its own bill of lading and as a fully bonded and certified NVOCC. Provides competitive shipping rates for major ocean carriers globally, including ocean freight consolidations.
• Greenfield LogisticscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Greenfield Logistics combining operational experience with independent logistics engineering. Greenfield provides embedded logistics engineering expertise for early-phase (FEL-1 to FEL-3) involvement, translating constraints into design inputs. Together they offer a full range of logistics engineering from route studies to execution readiness validation, bringing logistics engineering forward before risk is locked in.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• DSV: Global transport and logistics incumbent with DSV Projects / Panalpina heritage covering project cargo, oil & gas, mining, and renewables. Larger scale, broader service portfolio, and stronger digital tooling than mid-sized specialists like RoliProjects.
• CEVA Logistics: Global logistics incumbent owned by CMA CGM with project logistics, energy, and industrial vertical capabilities. Competes for the same heavy-lift and over-dimensional project forwarding work but operates at meaningfully larger scale than RoliProjects.
• DHL Global Forwarding: Global freight forwarding incumbent with DHL Industrial Projects unit providing heavy-lift and project cargo services for energy, mining, and industrial customers. Much larger balance sheet and digital capabilities, competing in the same enterprise project logistics RFPs.
• C.H. Robinson: Large North American freight forwarder with project logistics capability serving industrial and energy customers. Competes in project forwarding and over-dimensional transport but is broader and less specialized in heavy-lift than RoliProjects.
• Kuehne+Nagel: Global logistics incumbent with a dedicated Project Logistics division covering heavy-lift, oil & gas, mining, and renewables forwarding. Significantly larger scale and global reach than RoliProjects, but competes for the same enterprise project contracts.

Direct peers

• BBC Chartering: Leer, Germany-headquartered global market leader in ocean transportation of heavy lifts and project cargo, listed as a 2024 E46 Race Series sponsor. Operates the largest fleet of multipurpose heavy-lift vessels and is a key carrier/competitor in the same project cargo market.
• Bertling Logistics: UK-headquartered project freight forwarder and supply chain manager focused on energy, oil & gas, mining, and renewables project logistics. Comparable in size and service mix to RoliProjects, including vessel chartering, customs, and marine insurance.
• FLS Projects: Asia-based project freight forwarder specializing in heavy lift and project cargo, identified as a sponsor partner in the E46 Race Series alongside RoliProjects. Comparable in focus on over-dimensional industrial project logistics.
• Hansa Meyer Global Transport: Global project freight forwarder and 50% JV partner in Hansa Meyer RoliProjects LLC (Houston). Both firms specialize in heavy-lift, over-dimensional, and project cargo forwarding for energy and industrial customers, operating through the same agent network model.
• deugro: Hamburg-headquartered project freight forwarder specializing in heavy-lift, over-dimensional, and turnkey industrial project logistics for power, oil & gas, mining, and renewables. Operates as a direct competitor in the same enterprise project logistics segment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ROLI_Projects
• Facebookfacebook.com/rohde.liesenfeld
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rohde-liesenfeld-canada-inc

Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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