Garner Enterprises started with two people who knew food cold. Malcolm and Lynda Garner each spent more than thirty years making and moving it before founding the company in 2000 on one idea: combine rail, road and water well and take cost off every load. Their daughter Hilary came home in 2007 to help run it and never left, adding two decades of her own on the freight side and creating the carbon-reduction reporting that set the business apart.
Garner Enterprises · Since 2000
Ship smart for the planet.
An international transportation company with over five decades of combined know-how in shipping temperature-controlled perishables utilizing the best the rail networks have to offer. Whether moving boxcars or containers, crossing borders, countries or an ocean, Garner Enterprises seeks maximum fuel efficiency every leg of the journey.
What we offer
The freight, done right.
Temperature Controlled Logistics
Cross-border temperature-controlled logistics with a heavy focus on rail networks, specializing in perishable food.
Ship Smart for the Planet
Rail is the heart of how we ship. CO2 is reduced on every load, and reduction reports aligned to EPA SmartWay practices are available.
For Operators and Partners
Good freight moves on trust as much as on rail. Over two decades we have built lanes with the people who make a supply chain work: Class I railroads, drayage and long-haul carriers, terminal and warehouse operators, customs brokers, and the food producers and buyers on either end. We treat a partner's reputation as carefully as our own.
Origin Story
Two people who knew food cold.
Malcolm Garner
MBA · Founder
Lynda Garner
In Loving Memory · 2019
Our Services
The right mode for every load.
Multi-Modal
The right mode, or mix of modes, for the commodity. Never a one-size box.
Cold Chain & Cross-Border
Perishable food, moved across borders without breaking the chain.
Consulting
Technology and viability review from people who run the freight, not just advise on it.
Insights & Controls
Full visibility on where your freight is, and what it cost the planet to move it.
X-ARC
Hilary Garner's years inside this business led to X-ARC, a patented intermodal-transfer technology she invented. It stands on its own, and is available for license or acquisition.