Ready to Load Logistics

Name

Ready to Load Logistics

Legal name

Kriska Transportation Group

Website

https://shiprtl.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ready to Load Logistics (now Mill Creek) is an asset-based B2B trucking and logistics provider under Kriska Transportation Group, offering cross-border truckload, LTL, JIT automotive, warehousing, and cross-docking services across Canada, the USA, and Mexico.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trucking and Freight Transportation Services

NAICS

Freight Transportation Arrangement (4885), Freight Transportation Arrangement (488510), General Freight Trucking (4841)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731), Trucking & Courier Services (No Air) (4210)

akta.pro primary industry

Cross-Border LTL (US-MX/US-CA) (TLADAEAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

National/Regional LTL General Freight Carriers (TLADAEAA), Interregional/Long-Haul LTL Network Carriers (TLADAEAC), Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) / Groupage Forwarding (TLACACAB)

Keywords

• Cross-border trucking
• Less-than-truckload shipping
• Warehousing cross-docking
• Automotive logistics
• Freight management services

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Truckload Shipping Services: Full truckload (FTL) transportation services for shipments requiring dedicated trailer capacity, providing direct point-to-point delivery across Canada, USA, and Mexico.
2. LTL (Less-than-Truckload) Services: Shared truckload services for smaller shipments combining multiple customers' freight in a single trailer, offering cost-effective cross-border shipping solutions.
3. Warehousing and Cross-docking: Storage and cross-docking services enabling consolidation and deconsolidation of shipments, supporting just-in-time delivery requirements for manufacturing and automotive customers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Ready to Load Logistics (now operating as Mill Creek) provides asset-based truckload and less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation across Canada, the United States, and Mexico, with a focus on cross-border shipping in the Great Lakes region. The company offers specialized automotive logistics and just-in-time (JIT) shipping for manufacturing supply chains, cross-border Canada-Mexico transportation, warehousing and cross-docking, and logistics/carrier management services supported by an online FreightAssist tracking portal.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Truckload & LTL Freight Services Asset-based full truckload (FTL) and less-than-truckload (LTL) freight services providing direct point-to-point and shared-trailer delivery across Canada, the United States, and Mexico, with specialized cross-border expertise throughout the Great Lakes region. Targeted at businesses requiring reliable cross-border freight transportation.
• Automotive Logistics / Just-in-Time Shipping Specialized logistics and just-in-time (JIT) shipping services for automotive manufacturers and parts suppliers, supporting manufacturing supply chains with time-sensitive parts flows across the Great Lakes region and North America.
• Canada-Mexico Cross-Border Transportation Cross-border freight transportation services between Canada and Mexico, integrated with the company's broader North American truckload and LTL network. Targeted at businesses shipping between Canadian and Mexican points requiring single-provider coordination.
• Warehousing and Cross-Docking Storage and cross-docking services enabling consolidation and deconsolidation of shipments, supporting just-in-time delivery requirements for manufacturing and automotive customers. Capabilities expanded following the merger between RTL and Mill Creek Motor Freight.
• Logistics and Carrier Management Logistics coordination and carrier management services enabling shippers to access a broader carrier network beyond the company-owned fleet, supported by Mill Creek's logistics platform. Targeted at businesses seeking managed transportation services across North America.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Kriska Transportation GroupcoreOthersReady to Load Logistics (now Mill Creek) operates as part of the Kriska Transportation Group. This is a parent company relationship providing organizational structure and resources. The group includes multiple transportation and logistics companies including Mill Creek Motor Freight, with which RTL merged.

Scale indicators3 records

Broad incumbents

• Estes Express Lines: Largest privately-held US LTL carrier with extensive terminal network and significant manufacturing vertical exposure. Comparable asset-based LTL and JIT orientation.
• J.B. Hunt Transport Services: Major North American intermodal and dedicated trucking provider with significant automotive and cross-border exposure. Overlaps with Mill Creek's JIT and carrier-management offerings.
• Schneider National: Large North American truckload, intermodal, and logistics provider with cross-border and automotive logistics capabilities. Comparable tri-modal service breadth and end-market mix.
• Old Dominion Freight Line: Largest US LTL carrier with premium service levels and superior margins. Comparable LTL economic model and JIT/automotive vertical exposure, though at much greater scale.
• Saia: US-focused LTL carrier serving industrial and manufacturing customers with similar asset-based model and customer vertical mix, though geographically focused on US markets.
• Kriska Transportation Group: The parent organization itself, also a broader asset-based Canadian trucking, logistics, and warehousing provider. Comparable end-to-end North American service portfolio.

Direct peers

• Purolator: Canada's largest domestic parcel and LTL carrier with cross-border capability. Competes head-to-head for Canadian shipper freight with similar Great Lakes distribution intensity.
• Canpar Express: Canadian LTL and parcel carrier (owned by TFI) serving cross-border North American lanes. Comparable asset-based truckload/LTL operating model and customer verticals.
• Day & Ross Freight: Major Canadian LTL and truckload carrier with strong cross-border US-Canada service in the Great Lakes corridor. Directly comparable geography, service mix, and customer base as Mill Creek.
• TForce Freight: Canadian LTL carrier (formerly TFLC/CF) with cross-border and intra-Canada LTL coverage, including Great Lakes lanes. Closely aligned asset-based LTL model and vertical mix.

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Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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