Logistics companies store and transport inventory of goods and materials, establishing and maintaining plans and sequences that ensure that products arrive on time and without damage. Every supply chain relies on logistics professionals to facilitate distribution after production, and the Canadian logistics market is responsible for the movement of industrial and consumer goods within the country — as well as internationally. Here are the companies keeping goods moving over land, sea and air.
Logistics Companies in Ottawa
- Renaissance Network Reinvent
- Alstom
- Wills Transfer Limited
- Canada Post
- Ottawa Logistics Fulfillment
Logistics Companies in Ottawa to Know
Agility is an infrastructure and logistics company headquartered in Kuwait, with operations around the world. Its business model is based on the strategic purchase and holding of smaller companies in the supply chain and logistics industry. The company then coheres those businesses into its comprehensive networks that function locally, regionally and globally.
Turkish Cargo is the air cargo division of Turkish Airlines. Operating from Istanbul with the explicit goal of turning the city into a global air logistics center, the company runs a fleet of 23 air freighters, which are planes designed to carry cargo rather than passengers. It has a niche specialty in managing logistics and transport for cargo with unique needs, such as live animals and flowers.
Honeywell is an engineering and technology enterprise with diversified operations across industrial safety, aerospace, defense and building technologies. It offers a full spectrum of logistics services with a focus on warehousing and supply chain optimization. Honeywell leverages its R&D in robotics to equip warehouses with robot unloaders that handle retrieving goods and materials from cargo vehicles and containers.
Renaissance Network Reinvent is an end-to-end supply chain management company that works with shipping and distribution networks to plan, execute and track complex multi-sequence supply chain processes. It offers 5PL service, which pairs the logistics and transport elements of third-party logistics with the supply chain optimization of 4PL.
Cloud technology provider Amazon Web Services offers logistics services, building on its parent company’s expertise in delivery and transportation of consumer goods. AWS logistics uses the formidable AWS cloud to power supply chain management, manage freight transport and protect shipping documents with blockchain.
Ottawa Logistics Fulfillment is a Canadian logistics company that provides global supply chain services through its network of international partners. The company specializes in serving e-commerce clients with options including warehouse management systems, Shopify fulfillment, D2C and MLM fulfillment, zone skipping and customs clearing.
Alstom is a rail transport company in the mobility and logistics sector. It creates products for railroad signaling and infrastructure, including rolling stock like locomotives, which are used to carry freight. Railways are important parts of the Canadian supply chain, and Alstrom railway infrastructure is developed in accordance with sustainability initiatives.
General Dynamics is an aerospace and defense company that specializes in engineering and manufacturing military and private civilian aircraft as well as combat equipment and electronic mission systems. Its logistics division is geared toward managing sourcing, procurement and risk across the supply chain. General Dynamics services over 400 global delivery destinations.
Wills Transfer Limited is a logistics management service, providing third-party logistics, warehousing, distribution and fulfillment. Its teams work with client companies to provide the services they need to get their goods into consumers’ hands — from pick-and-pack services and kitting to container de-stuffing and inventory management. Wills Transfer manages logistics for clients across Ontario.
Canada Post is the national postal service of the Canadian government and a Crown corporation. It is the main postal provider in the country and offers mailing and shipping services in addition to a coast-to-coast supply chain and logistics network. Through its subsidiary SCI Logistics, Canada Post serves the retail, technology and healthcare sectors with a full suite of logistics management services.
