Yanke Group goes Global

Written by Alison Withers and Kevin Patey


Yanke Group of Companies (Yanke), Canada, started business 30 years ago with just two trucks. It now has a fleet of more than 400.

Established in 1968, Yanke has grown to be an industry and community leader providing unequalled transportation solutions in partnership with customers across North America and around the globe. Yanke offers a full range of services for their customers and is very proud of the safety record of it's hundreds of Professional Transport Operators (PTO's).

Yanke offers 6 different business units that provide a complete source of transportation services:

Yanke Expedited Services (Y.E.S.) - premier just in time North American wide service providing expedited transportation services to the courier and LTL industries.

Yanke International Van Division - single dry van service throughout North America, servicing Fortune 500 companies with their over the road transportation needs.

Yanke Multimodal Services - an asset based intermodal division, with contracts with both of Canada's national railways, linking the Pan Asian gateway, through Ocean ports, and Trans load of goods, to an ever expanding customer base.

Yanke Logistics - providing elasticity to Yanke's customer base handling volume spikes and managing emergency needs that arise from operational challenges across the country.
Container Port - with a slogan of "Local Focus, Global Reach", Container Port provides the ability to manage export and import movements of goods through multiple ports to dozens of countries around the globe.

Aero Delivery - specialized provider of refrigerated storage and delivery of products throughout Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Manitoba.

Yanke is currently in it's nine consecutive year as one of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies and has achieved Platinum Status in that award program for the past 3 years. It has been one of Canada's Top 100 Employers for 4 of the last 6 years and has also been inducted into the Saskatchewan Transportation Association (STA) Hall of Fame, the Saskatoon Achievement in Business Excellence (SABEX) Hall of Fame, the Saskatoon Junior Achievement Hall of Fame, and the Saskatchewan Achievement in Business Excellence (ABEX) Hall of Fame in 2007.


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