Our History

King City North America

Michel Berard and Lloyd Lovett are the proud owners of King City/Northway Forwarding Limited.

Michel Berard and Lloyd Lovett partnered with Michael Hilburn to establish King City Forwarding USA, Inc. A domestic and international freight forwarding company, King City/Northway Forwarding Limited has been in business for over 30 years.

Michel and Lloyd recognize that their success is in part due to their dedicated staff – including Bruna Romano and Johanne Zizian, who have been with the company from the very beginning. It is long-standing relationships like these that have culminated in a team of professionals with an unsurpassed level of diverse and exceptional knowledge in the field.

JOURNEY BEGINS

  • THE BEGINNING OF THE JOURNEY

    C.M. Containers Ltd., was founded by Marc Berard to specialize in container stuffing of hardwood lumber and logs.

  • GERRY MEETS MARC

    Gerry Gamache came on board in partnership with Marc Berard.

  • NORTHWAY FORWARDING ESTABLISHED

    Northway Forwarding is founded in Montreal, to service Eastern Canada and northern eastern U.S. customers.

  • KING CITY CONTAINERS IS ESTABLISHED

    They soon recognized a demand for service in Ontario and founded King City Containers Ltd. This division was to support the industry in Ontario, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Indiana and western New York. Lloyd Lovett moved from Montreal to King City and was appointed to operate this new Ontario-based location.

  • AMALGAMATION

    Gerry Gamache along with Michel Berard (Marc's brother) purchased the partnership from Marc Berard. They amalgamated the two companies and renamed them King City/Northway Forwarding Limited.

  • KING CITY CONTAINERS OWNERSHIP TRANSITION

    Mr. Lovett purchased the terminal in King City from Gerry and Michel and renamed it King City Containers

  • CONSOLIDATION

    In May 2002, after more than 30 years in the industry, Gerry Gamache decided to retire and sold his shares in King City/Northway Forwarding Limited to Lloyd Lovett, making him and Michel the principal owners.

  • KING CITY FORWARDING USA, INC ESTABLISHED

    Michel Berard and Lloyd Lovett partnered with Michael Hilburn to establish King City Forwarding USA, Inc.

Michel and Lloyd greatly appreciate the loyalty of their clients over these past forty years and look forward to many more years of success in the industry.

HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?

We’ve been in business since 1977.

Our reliable customer service team can help answer all your questions and will save you time, trouble and unnecessary expense while getting your product to its destination in an efficient and timely manner.

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