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Los Angeles, CA to London, ON freight

Los Angeles, CA to London, ON freight

The Los Angeles to London corridor runs north across the U.S.–Canada border.

Direction

U.S. to Canada

Equipment on this lane

Dry van-led corridor

Carrier availability

Vetted carriers cover this corridor

Marketplace activity

Posted by brokers on the Cargado marketplace

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This corridor connects the Los Angeles market (Los Angeles, Compton, Commerce, Vernon, Carson, and Torrance) with the London market (London, Tillsonburg, Woodstock, Stratford, Simcoe, and St. Thomas), running north across the U.S.–Canada border. Brokers post this corridor to the Cargado marketplace.

What ships from Los Angeles

Freight out of the Los Angeles market leans toward automotive parts, plastics and packaging and food and beverage based on what brokers actually post there. You can read more on the freight types pages.

Equipment on this corridor

Dry van-led corridor. Browse equipment definitions in the glossary if a term is unfamiliar.

Where this lane picks up

Carriers on this lane pick up across the Los Angeles area: Los Angeles, Compton, Commerce, Vernon, Carson, Torrance, Santa Fe Springs, and City Of Industry. Nearby markets that feed it include Long Beach, Ontario, Santa Barbara, Palm Springs, Bakersfield, and San Diego.

Where this lane delivers

Carriers on this lane deliver across the London area: London, Tillsonburg, Woodstock, Stratford, Simcoe, St. Thomas, Ingersoll, and Strathroy. It also reaches nearby markets like Sarnia, Port Huron, Erie, Windsor, Detroit, and Toronto.

Customs on the U.S.–Canada leg

Entries are pre-filed electronically and cleared before arrival, and drivers need documentation in order at the booth.

Brokers post corridors like this to Cargado's marketplace, where vetted Mexico and Canada carriers bid and every counterparty is vetted before the first load moves.

More lanes from these markets

Every lane guide for London, ON is listed on its lane hub, by direction and destination country.

The markets on this lane

Origin market

Los Angeles, CA

The Los Angeles market is built around the San Pedro Bay ports. The two ports together hold 31% of U.S. containerized waterborne trade, and the Port of Los Angeles alone handled 10.2 million TEUs in 2025. Its top imports were furniture, auto parts, plastic products, apparel and electronics. From the ports, freight moves by on-dock rail, the 20-mile Alameda Corridor and near-dock rail yards, or by truck to warehouses around the harbor and inland. Mexico freight leaves the region by highway toward the Otay Mesa border crossing at San Diego.

Industries: Imported consumer goods, auto parts and electronics, recycled paper and agricultural exports, apparel and textiles, air cargo

  • Seaport: Two adjacent container ports in San Pedro Bay. 10.2 million TEUs at the Port of Los Angeles in 2025; the two ports together hold 31% of U.S. containerized waterborne trade (operating). Source
  • On-dock rail: One near-dock rail yard and five on-dock rail yards serve the seven container terminals at the Port of Los Angeles. More than 65 miles of on-dock track (operating). Source
  • Rail expressway: Alameda Corridor, a below-grade freight line from the ports to the downtown rail yards. 20 miles, built for 150 trains a day (operating). Source
  • Class I intermodal yards: Five off-dock mainline rail yards, three operated by Union Pacific and two by BNSF; the Hobart/Commerce and East Los Angeles yards near downtown Los Angeles handle the majority of intermodal cargo. About 24 miles north of the ports (operating). Source
  • Rail yard expansion: On-dock rail yard at the Port of Long Beach growing from 82 to 171 acres for 10,000-foot trains, with completion set for 2032. $1.8 billion program (under construction). Source
  • Foreign-trade zone: Foreign-Trade Zone 202 magnet site in Carson. 353.6 acres, 2.11 acres activated (operating). Source
  • Airport: Los Angeles International Airport air cargo (operating). Source

Distribution: Warehouses and cross-docks around the harbor, in Carson's foreign-trade zone and in Vernon, an industrial city of 5.2 square miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles.

Destination market

Industries:

Distribution:

Market profiles describe industries and facility types from public government, industry, port, railroad and industrial-park sources. They name no shippers, manufacturers, retailers or logistics companies.

Common questions about this lane

How do I find carriers for Los Angeles to London?

On Cargado, brokers post the corridor and vetted carriers bid on it. Every carrier is verified before it can bid, which replaces cold-calling unknown carriers.

What equipment is available on the Los Angeles to London corridor?

Postings here are mostly dry van. If you need a type you do not see, post the load anyway. Carriers with matching equipment get notified automatically.

How does freight on this lane clear the border?

Entries are pre-filed and cleared before arrival; carriers bid with customs and the cross-border leg already priced in.

Moving freight on this lane?

Post it to 2,400+ vetted Mexico and Canada carriers, or check market rates built from real carrier bids before you quote.

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