MSM Canadian Transport growin’ fast down south

SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. — MSM Canadian Transport has been named one of the 100 fastest growing private companies in Los Angeles, according to an annual survey by the Los Angeles Business Journal.

The list, published in the newspaper’s Nov. 20 edition, ranks companies according to revenue growth from 2003 to 2005. MSM Canadian Transport was 51st, with revenue increasing 69.5 percent during the three-year period.

Based in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., MSM Canadian Transport provides daily scheduled freight transportation to Canada from the Los Angeles area. It is affiliated with the MSM Group of Companies of Bolton, Ont., a leading Canadian provider of transborder LTL and expedited transportation. It is responsible for moving more than 50,000 LTL shipments a year between Canada and the U.S.

“We’ve established ourselves as the Canadian LTL specialist in southern California,” said John Abate, vice-president of operations at MSM Canadian Transport. “Our only focus is to move products in the most efficient and expedited manner from this marketplace to points in Canada.”