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TransportNewsCA · US · MX corridorFreight markets and cross-border tradeWednesday, November 4, 2026
Cross-Border

Roadrunner opens outbound Canada-to-U.S. LTL lanes, sets 5.9% GRI for Nov. 2

The Chicago-area LTL carrier now moves freight from Canada into 40-plus U.S. metros over the road only, and is raising base rates on its RDFS 501 and RDFS 1000 tariffs.

By Transport News Staff ·
Trucks crossing the Blue Water Bridge toward the border inspection plaza in Port Huron, Michigan
Photo: Donna Burt, U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Public domain

Roadrunner, the U.S. less-than-truckload carrier, has launched its first outbound Canada-to-United States LTL service and announced an overall general rate increase of 5.9%, effective November 2, 2026.

The company announced both moves in an October 23 release. It said the Canada service was available immediately.

The new cross-border lanes

Roadrunner already moved freight into Canada. It said that inbound service reaches customers across the provinces, from Toronto and Montreal in the east to Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton in the west. The new service runs the other way, giving Canadian shippers direct access to the carrier's long-haul network of more than 40 U.S. metropolitan areas.

The company says the network is 100% over the road, with no freight moved on rail, and is built on direct metro-to-metro routing to cut handling points and transfers.

"For years, cross-border LTL shipping has involved too many handoffs, limited visibility, and the unspoken assumption that this is just how it works," said Dave Black, Roadrunner's VP of Strategic Sales. He said the company had focused on its U.S. network first and took time "to establish the right processes to serve Canadian shippers facing numerous challenges with cross-border shipments."

The rate increase

The 5.9% GRI applies to Roadrunner's RDFS 501 and RDFS 1000 base rates. The company said it addresses higher costs driven by market conditions and will fund further network investment. Updates to the Roadrunner 100 Rules Tariff will come with it.

Thu Vu, Roadrunner's Director of Pricing and Costing, said the 5.9% is an overall figure, not a flat change on every shipment. "Each customer's increase depends on the lanes they ship and their freight characteristics," Vu said, adding that customers can ask their account executive how it applies to their lanes.

Nathalie de Champlain, Chief Transformational Officer, tied the all-truck model to current market costs: "As many carriers opt for cheaper modes of transport in the face of skyrocketing truckload cost increases, we're reinforcing our commitment to direct long-haul routing."

What to watch

For Canadian shippers sending LTL freight south, the launch adds one more carrier option with its own network on both sides of the move. Shippers on the RDFS tariffs should check their lane-level impact before November 2.

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