The Challenger Group of Companies

Located in London, Ontario, Elgin Motor Freight's primary focus is to service automotive parts manufacturers in southwestern Ontario and Ohio, Michigan and Indiana.

With over 170 drivers, Elgin Motor Freight has a fleet of 175 late model Volvo and Freightliner highway tractors and over 350 dry vans, the majority of which are 53 foot air ride units. As part of our inter-company operating procedures, Elgin Motor Freight routinely interchange trailers with Challenger Motor Freight, which effectively gives them access to another 1800 vans.

The terminal features complete maintenance and fueling facilities, as well as dispatch, customer service, administration and sales departments.

90% of Elgin loads are trans-border, primarily at Detroit and Port Huron gateways. They are fully compliant on all Canadian and US border requirements.

Since its inception in 1975, Challenger Motor Freight Inc. has continually set new standards of quality and performance. Challenger's unwavering commitment has earned us some of the highest accolades in the transportation industry and an impressive record of customer satisfaction.

With a full range of transportation, warehousing and logistics services, Challenger can meet your requirements and transport your goods between Canada and anywhere in North America.

Its modern fleet serves truckload, less-than-truckload, special commodities and expedite needs. A team of professionally trained drivers and state-of-the-art electronic monitoring and on-board tracking systems help ensure highest quality standards and timely arrivals.

Leading the Way. Challenger Motor Freight is a company that shares your drive to outperform the competition.

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Motor City Express, Inc. is a joint venture between James Group International and Challenger Motor Freight, established in 2002 to provide truckload transportation services for the North American Automotive Industry.

Motor City Express specializes in providing dedicated round trip truckload, milk runs, and expedited services for automotive manufactures in the United States and Canada on a Just-In-Time (JIT) basis.

MCX was recognized by General Motor Corporation, in 2006 and 2007 as General Motors Supplier of the Year for Inbound Truckload Services.  MCX demonstrated world class performance that exceeded General Motors expectations in the areas of quality, service, technology and competitive pricing.

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Founded in 1941 by Cliff Lodwick Sr., Lodwick Transport is a third generation continent-wide trucking company, highly respected within the trucking industry. Sharing Challenger’s dedication to excellence in their employees, safety, and technology, Lodwick was the first Canadian carrier to offer remote temperature monitoring of freight on trailers for their customers.

Lodwick Transport offers truckload or less than truckload service of temperature controlled or dry freight to 48 US states and Canada.

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Operating out of Newmarket, Ontario, Cam Hiltz Trucking Inc. is a solid waste hauler moving household wastes from Metro Toronto area to landfills in Michigan, US.