Scope of Operations Canada

Trimac Transportation Services Limited Partnership, by it’s managing general partner, Trimac Transportation Services Inc. (“Trimac”), is the business unit responsible for Trimac Transportation System’s Canadian based operations.  Headquartered in Calgary, AB,  Trimac consists of two (2) operating divisions:

With sixty three (63) branches throughout Canada, Trimac is uniquely qualified and positioned to respond to most service demands in our nation's key bulk commodity shipping locations and traffic lanes.

In Canada, Trimac operates over 900 tractors and 1,600 bulk trailers.  Over 380 of these trailers are of the MC-307/DOT-407, stainless steel variety, and more than 500 haul various dry bulk commodities including cement, fly ash, wood chips, lime and dry plastics.  Trimac utilizes both independent contractor and company drivers.  The current ratio of independent contractor to company equipment is approximately 1.6 to 1. All independent contractors’ equipment is operated under the same stringent maintenance and safety program that company equipment is subject to. Drivers for independent contractors are also subject to the same hiring, safety and performance requirements as company drivers. 

Eighteen percent (18%) of Trimac’s trucking revenue comes from its liquid chemical hauling in Central and Western Canada.  Forty-four percent (44%) of its trucking revenue is dry shipments, predominantly servicing the forest, construction and manufacturing industries throughout Canada. The remaining thirty-eight percent (38%) focuses on petroleum based products throughout Canada.

Trimac’s revenue for 2008 is budgeted at $339 million (CDN).

We employ 1,926 full and part-time people, including 570 company drivers; it has 564 independent contractors under lease; they, in turn, employ an additional 156 drivers.

We operate 18 maintenance shops, including an ASME-certified shop in Edmonton, AB, as well as 9 washracks.

Trimac also has a twenty-nine percent (29%) ownership position in Northern Resource Trucking Limited Partnership, a Saskatoon based hauler with annual revenues of $19 million CDN.