If your fleet runs trailers and intermodal chassis in B.C., staying buttoned-up on inspections and paperwork isn’t optional—it’s the difference between clean turns and costly downtime at a scale or roadside check. This 2025 guide distills what you actually need for CVI (Commercial Vehicle Inspection), registration/insurance, daily trip inspections, and winter chain season—plus a simple, […]
How to keep turns up when vessels bunch, gates fill, and rail cutoffs loom. Peak season around the Port of Vancouver is a game of minutes: a vessel arrives early, a rail window tightens, and a perfectly planned day turns into detention, storage, or a missed cutoff. 2025 is especially unforgiving because volumes are up […]
Tri-axle chassis spread weight across three axles, giving you more legal payload headroom, less risk of roadside re-work, and smoother turns on heavy 40s — especially in the Lower Mainland dray lanes. BC Laws If you routinely touch overweight 40’ containers (rail pulls near 60–65k lb cargo) or run steep grades, tri-axles reduce fines, tire/brake […]
If you’re running freight across the Lower Mainland, Fraser Valley, or up through the Coquihalla, a smart dry-van leasing plan can make the difference between smooth peak-season turns and costly downtime. This 2025 playbook covers how to pick the right 53′ dry-van spec, what B.C. compliance you actually need, and how to structure leases so […]
A message from Mainland Truck and Trailer Sales & Leasing September 11, 2001 changed the course of history. Twenty-four years later, the images of that morning remain vivid: lives cut short, families forever altered, and first responders running toward danger with courage that still humbles us. Today, we pause to remember the nearly 3,000 souls […]
If your boxes touch Vancouver or Prince Rupert in 2025, you don’t just need more chassis—you need the right chassis strategy. Freight is recovering, railroads are investing, and the Port of Vancouver’s next big expansion is officially moving through procurement. But the next two to three years will still be defined by variability—vessel bunching, seasonal […]
Surrey, BC – In a significant escalation of trade tensions, the U.S. government implemented 35% tariffs on Canadian goods as of August 1, 2025, triggering steep cost increases for imported trucks, trailers, heavy equipment, and associated components. Portions of goods flagged as transshipped may incur duties as high as 40%, even when originating from Canada. […]
In 2025, intermodal freight has become the most essential—but also the most unpredictable—segment of Canada’s logistics industry. With record container imports, shifting trade routes, infrastructure bottlenecks, and chassis shortages sweeping ports from Vancouver to Halifax, the only constant is change. For fleet operators in Surrey, British Columbia—a key logistics hub near the Port of Vancouver […]
As the freight industry moves toward lower emissions and fuel efficiency in 2025, electric trucks are gaining serious ground—but they’re not the only solution. In rugged, long-haul environments like British Columbia, fully electric powertrains still face challenges with range, charging infrastructure, and payload capacity. Enter diesel-electric hybrid trucks—the pragmatic middle ground that offers real sustainability […]
The shift toward zero-emission freight solutions is accelerating across Canada in 2025, and nowhere is this more evident than in the growing adoption of electric yard tractors and terminal vehicles. These machines—once seen as niche innovations—have rapidly become a go-to solution for fleets operating in dense logistics corridors like Surrey, Delta, and Vancouver. Whether you’re […]