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Late Night Save by CS-1

A lot can go wrong in Transportation, especially after regular business hours or on the weekend.

One of our clients contacted us on a Friday night, around 7:30pm in a panic because a carrier had bailed. They required a round trip from Rochester, NY to Detroit, MI for a loading the next day, Saturday at 8am.  Read more

Case Study – The Quote

The challenge

Our Logistics team received a unique request to submit a quote (1) one month in advance. The requirements to submit the quote were quite extensive. Requesting information from the driver license number down to their eye and hair colour. Most importantly, we needed to ensure that the driver had a crystal-clear criminal driver record.   Learn More

Social Responsibility - McMaster Sickkids with CS-1 Transportation in Burlington, Ontario.

February Donations – McMaster SickKids

In February, our Dispatch – Team 2 selected the McMaster SickKids

McMaster SickKids aims to raise funds for the SickKids Foundation and The Hospital for Sick Children through fundraising and charity events. More

News - Case Study Underestimating the Size with CS-1 Transportation in Burlington, Ontario.

Case Study – Underestimating the Size

The challenge

A client in world class architectural design required our services to ship their product from Las Vegas to Salt Lake City to the NBA All-Star 2023 Utah event.  Originally the client requested one 26’ straight truck. However, upon arrival they realized that the truck requested would not be large enough for their product.

The strategy

CS-1 Transportation analyzed the situation and determined they would need to find a different sized truck to accommodate the client’s product and provide a reasonable economical solution.  Learn More

News - January Donations, The Burlington Food Bank with CS-1 Transportation.

January Donations – The Burlington Food Bank

Every month we randomly choose a department within the Company to select a charity for donation.

In January, our Customer Service Department choose The Burlington Food Bank.

The Burlington Food Bank is a non-profit organization in Burlington providing food and personal care items for low-income households in Halton Region. The Burlington food bank provides fresh produce, meat, non-perishables, dairy, baby products, pet food and seasonally available locally grown produce from community gardens and trees. Since COVID, the local need has increased 60% in 2020 and has continued to increase 20% per year since...More

Celebrating 15 years Logo - CS-1 Transportation

CS-1 Transportation is proud to be celebrating 15 Years

CS-1 Transportation is proud to be celebrating 15 years in the transportation industry. In October 2008, Steve Cooper, General Manager of CS-1 started CS-1 Transportation believing customer service, customer satisfaction, and communication, were all undervalued assets in the freight brokerage industry. The vision for CS-1 Transportation was to provide the highest level of customer service in the transportation industry. So firm was Steve’s belief that customer service was a key differentiator customers would appreciate, that he named the company Customer Service First Transportation, CS-1 for short. CS-1 also represented other guiding principles that have shaped the company today – Customer Service, Customer Satisfaction, Communication, Common Sense, Critical Solution, Cargo Solutions, and Call Steve 1st amongst them…More

CS-1 Transportation is proud to be celebrating 10 Years

CS-1 Transportation is proud to be celebrating 10 years in the transportation industry. In October 2008, Steve Cooper, General Manager of CS-1 started CS-1 Transportation believing customer service, customer satisfaction, and communication, were all undervalued assets in the freight brokerage industry. The vision for CS-1 Transportation was to provide the highest level of customer service in the transportation industry. So firm was Steve’s belief that customer service was a key differentiator customers would appreciate, that he named the company Customer Service First Transportation, CS-1 for short. CS-1 also represented other guiding principles that have shaped the company today – Customer Service, Customer Satisfaction, Communication, Common Sense, Critical Solution, Cargo Solutions, and Call Steve 1st amongst them…More

2020 - Profit 500, Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies with CS-1 Transportation.

Growth 500 Media Release – CS-1 Transportation Ranks 218 on 2018 Growth 500

Burlington, ON (September 13, 2018) Canadian Business and Maclean’s today ranked CS-1 Transportation number 218 on the 30th annual Growth 500, the definitive ranking of Canada’s Fastest-Growing  Companies. Produced by Canada’s premier business and current affairs media brands, the Growth 500 ranks Canadian businesses on five-year revenue growth. Growth 500 winners are profiled in a special print issue of Canadian Business published with Maclean’s magazine and online at CanadianBusiness.com and Growth500.ca…More

Automotive Shipping - Services with CS-1 Transportation in Burlington, Ontario.

Above and Beyond – An Automotive Industry Case Study

A thriving automotive company approached CS-1 Transportation to assist in their time sensitive shipments delivering into a major OEM in South West, Ontario. The company was struggling to find enough drivers to pick up and deliver their cross border freight. They could not find enough cross border carriers to fulfill their daily runs. Pick up points varied across southern USA.  In addition, the newly implemented ELD’s team drivers were sometimes required to ensure there would be no down time. Due to the large amount of pick ups, all deliveries were being run direct and costing the company a ton of money…More

News - 2019 Profit 500, Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies with CS-1 Transportation.

Third Time is a Charm

For a third straight year, CS-1 Transportation is proud to announce being recognized in Growth 2019 by Canadian Magazine as one of the Fastest Growing Companies in Canada.  This accomplishment follows being awarded this honour in both 2017 & 2018.  CS-1 was listed as the 173rd fastest growing company in Canada with a 5 year growth percentage of over 500%.

Additionally, CS-1 was cited in two other respected publications.  First,  CS-1 was named in the Financial Times 2020 as one of the FT America’s Fastest Growing Companies.  Secondly, in the Globe and Mail – Canada’s Top Growing Companies 2019.

From all team members at CS-1 we would like to thank all employee’s, vendors and customers for helping us continue to grow and provide a top level of customer service for the 3PL Industry.

For any questions or inquiries please call us at 905-829-2255.

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