About
Bill Yarn
More than 35 years keeping freight moving, out of the Greater Toronto Area.
Bill Yarn has spent his working life moving other people’s goods. Since May 1989 he has founded and co-founded four freight companies, each one reaching a little further than the last. It began as a two-man operation with one straight truck and one dock door, grew into a less-than-truckload and rail intermodal network serving Western Canada, and carries on today in the third-party logistics company he still runs.
The thread through all of it is simple. Do what you said you would. Move what you were trusted to move. It is the same standard in the yard as on paper, and it is why the work has lasted.
The record
Four companies, 1989 to today
01 · 1989
Veritas Distribution
Founder
Founded in May 1989 with partner Nolly Kramer: a third-party logistics company running less-than-truckload distribution across Western Canada, started with one straight truck and one dock door.
02 · 1991
National Fast Freight
Founder
Veritas grew into National Fast Freight, started in late 1991 and incorporated in January 1992, with CP Rail as its linehaul provider loading boxcars bound for Western Canada.
03 · 2005
Fast Freight International
Co-Founder
Back to third-party logistics. Incorporated in 2005 with Ray Ash after Bill sold his shares in National Fast Freight.
04 · 2005 to today
Fast Links
Founder
Established in 2005 and still on the road: third-party logistics across Canada and throughout the USA, plus intermodal service from Monterrey, Mexico to Canada.
35 years, one standard
From one straight truck to freight moving across Canada, the USA and Mexico, the work grew, but the way it was done never changed. Show up, keep your word, move the load.
Off the road
An eye for the well-built thing.
Away from freight, the same care shows up in what he keeps around him: a lasting weakness for a well-painted classic car, and an appreciation for craft you can see in the details.
Dedication, honesty, and an eye for the work. The same in the yard as on the wall of his office.
