• Who is Searail?
• The Shipping process - from start to finish.
• How much does shipping a vehicle cost?
• Get a quote.

Who is Searail?

SEARAIL is a Canadian-owned company with over 20 years of experience and expertise in handling cars, trucks and other vehicles. Our service is fast, highly efficient and insured. We have seven offices across Canada to serve you best.

Our partnership with Searail “the careful car movers” allows you the option of buying or selling your car from coast to coast. This increases your market from your neighbourhood to the whole country. This can also be included as an added incentive for the buyer to purchase your car if you include the cost of door to door transportation.

Pick up and Delivery Service

With our optional door to door valet service, you can leave everything to us and enjoy complete peace of mind, while we take care of the details. We will pick up your vehicle from wherever you tell us, be it home, place of work, or any other location. Then we ship it via Canadian National Railway and deliver to your precise chosen location.

CN Rail

SEARAIL works with CN. We use only professional loading crews and the most modern technology. Enclosed rail cars, with sophisticated tie-down systems to secure the ride, protect your vehicle from vandalism, the elements and accidental damage. CN's EDI monitoring and tracing systems help ensure reliable, on time delivery.

The Shipping process - from start to finish

Here is how we take care of your car from start to finish.

The start of our engagement with you begins with a complete survey of the vehicle. The survey is done so both parties are aware of the condition of the vehicle at origin. Our qualified surveyors generally take five minutes to complete the process.

If we are providing door to door service, the vehicle is then carefully driven onto a flatbed tow truck, for transportation to our rail depot.

The vehicles are then driven up specially designed ramps into the CN railcars. The ramps and railcars are designed so that no damages can occur during the loading process.

The vehicle is then fastened into the CN railcar so that the vehicle freely rides on its own suspension. This process ensures no damages may occur while your vehicle is in transit. Most newly manufactured cars are distributed across North America with these exact railcars.

At the destination depot, the vehicles are driven down the ramps and placed in Searail's secured compound. Your car is now ready for pickup or delivery to you.

Without knowing all the details of your particular move here are some sample rail rates from a few major centres in Canada. We service all areas in Canada and for a nominal charge we have door- to–door service to give you further peace of mind. Please call or request a quote to obtain the most competitive 2005 pricing possible.

Sample Rates

The following are samples rates for average vehicles.