Truckload · LTL · Warehousing

Freight that moves the way
your business needs it to.

Family-run carrier based in Portland, Oregon. Dry van, temperature-controlled and flatbed service across the Pacific Northwest and Northern California — with the same dispatcher answering the phone for 27 years.

What we haul, and how

Regional truckload is our core. Everything around it — cross-docking, short-term storage, final-mile — we run from two terminals in Portland and Pasco.

Dry van truckload

53' air-ride vans, 24–48 hour regional turns between Portland, Seattle, Spokane, Boise and Sacramento.

Temperature controlled

Reefer trailers with continuous monitoring from −10 °F to 55 °F. Produce, dairy, seafood and confectionery.

Warehousing & cross-dock

96,000 sq ft of racked space in Portland, 14 dock doors, same-day transload and inventory reporting.

Drop trailer programs

Dedicated trailers parked at your dock, swapped on your schedule — no waiting on a live load.

LTL consolidation

Pallet-level freight consolidated at our Portland dock and moved on scheduled lanes twice weekly.

Expedited & hot shot

Sprinter vans and team drivers for the freight that cannot wait until Monday. 24/7 dispatch line.

128power units
340trailers in service
99.2%on-time, trailing 12 mo.
0.38DOT accident rate

Started with one truck in 1998

Cascade Freight Lines was founded by Ray and Donna Whitlock with a single Kenworth and a route between Portland and Yakima. Three decades later the family still signs the paychecks, and the dispatch desk is still in the same building on NE Columbia Blvd.

  • DOT #874213 · MC #412908 · fully insured, $2M auto liability
  • SmartWay certified; 2024 fleet average 7.9 mpg
  • In-house maintenance shop — trucks are not rented, they are ours
  • Drivers home weekly; 71% have been with us over five years
  • EDI and API integration for tender, track and POD

Terminal & authority

Two yards, one dispatch desk. We answer the phone — no call centre, no ticket queue.

Main terminalPortland, OR
Second yardPasco, WA
Operating statesOR · WA · ID · CA · NV
Dispatch hours24 / 7
Dock appointments05:00 – 22:00 PT

What shippers say

A carrier is only as good as its last load. These are our two longest-running accounts.

“We moved our entire Northwest produce program to Cascade in 2016. In eight seasons we have had two late deliveries, both weather. Try finding that with a broker.”

— Operations Director, fresh produce distributor · Yakima, WA

“Drop trailers at three of our plants, and their dock crew loads us overnight. It removed an entire shift from our warehouse.”

Tell us what you ship

Rates back within two business hours. No account required for a first quote.