Courier & freight delivery service · based in Los Angeles
Every package has a deadline.
Get a real ballpark in seconds — a real person answers, day or night. Same-day couriers, refrigerated and food loads, palletized freight, flatbed, hazmat and long-haul across 11 western states.
- States covered
- 11
- Vehicle classes
- 5
- Live dispatch
- 24/7
- Years in trucking
- 30+
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The fleet
Right-sized for the load.
Nothing oversized, nothing overcharged. A sedan when a sedan is right; twelve pallets and a liftgate when that is what the job needs.
Standard Sedan
Documents, small parcels, medical samples and legal filings — fast, discreet, expedited courier runs across the basin.
- Best for
- Parcels & documents
- Capacity
- Up to ~200 lbs
- Range
- Local & regional
Mercedes Sprinter
Long-wheelbase, high-roof cargo van for medium loads and efficient multi-stop routes — the workhorse of the fleet.
- Best for
- Medium / multi-stop
- Payload
- 4,860 lbs
- Capacity
- ~4 pallets
26ft Box Truck
Enclosed 26ft box with a liftgate and a pallet jack on board as standard — the right truck for palletized freight going anywhere without a dock.
- Payload
- ~10,000 lbs
- Pallets
- 12 standard 48x40
- Box length
- 26 ft enclosed
26ft Flatbed, Sleeper Cab
Open 26ft deck with a sleeper cab — machinery, steel, building materials, and multi-day long hauls that run without a forced overnight stop.
- Capacity
- ~14,000 lbs
- Deck
- 26 ft open
- Equipment
- Sleeper cab, straps, chains, tarps
What we haul
If it has to be somewhere, it goes on a truck.
Thirty years of Los Angeles freight means the list is long and specific. Every one of these is work the fleet does regularly, with the equipment and the endorsements it actually requires.
Services
Built for every kind of delivery.
From a single legal filing to twelve pallets crossing three states — one carrier, one call, one invoice.
Courier
Same-Day Courier
Picked up within the hour, delivered the same day, tracked by a dispatcher who answers the phone himself.
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Freight
LTL & Palletized Freight
One to twelve pallets, liftgate and pallet jack on every truck, and no terminal in the middle losing your freight.
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Freight
Flatbed & Open-Deck
Twenty-six feet of open deck for the loads that will never fit through a roll-up door.
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Freight
Expedited Freight
A truck assigned now, driven straight there, because the line is down and the arithmetic has changed.
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Specialized
Refrigerated & Temperature-Controlled
Pre-cooled before loading, held at the temperature on the bill, and recorded the whole way so nobody has to take your word for it.
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Gateway
Port Drayage
TWIC-carded drivers, terminal appointments kept, and your freight on its way to the dock instead of sitting in a yard.
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Courier · Freight · Specialized · Ports & Airports
Ports, airports & rail
We work the gates every day.
Drayage and recovery is a scheduling discipline before it is a trucking job. These are the gateways the fleet runs to, and the credentials each one actually needs.
seaport
Port of Los Angeles
TWIC-carded drivers, drayage and transload
seaport
Port of Long Beach
TWIC-carded drivers, drayage and transload
airport
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
air-freight recovery and tender, all cargo buildings
airport
Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR)
air-freight recovery and tender
airport
Ontario International Airport (ONT)
air-freight recovery and tender
airport
Long Beach Airport (LGB)
air-freight recovery and tender
airport
Van Nuys Airport (VNY)
general-aviation and charter freight
rail
BNSF Hobart Yard, Commerce
rail ramp pulls and deliveries
rail
Union Pacific ICTF, Long Beach
rail ramp pulls and deliveries
Service area
The whole western U.S.
Based in Los Angeles, running expedited and long-haul routes across 11 western states — and every part of the basin, which is not one freight market but about eight.
Across Los Angeles
Long-haul lanes
- California
- Nevada
- Arizona
- Utah
- Oregon
- Washington
- Idaho
- Montana
- Wyoming
- New Mexico
- Colorado
Who we are
An American family business.
Cargo Taxi Deliveries treats every customer’s freight like it is the only job that matters. No call centres, no runaround — experienced drivers, a well-kept fleet, and a family that answers the phone itself.
Thirty years in, the thing that separates a carrier here is not equipment. It is knowing which gate, which window, which credential, and being willing to say no to a load that cannot be run properly. A booking that fails at a dock costs you a day and costs us a customer.
Arman Muradyan
Owner & Lead Dispatcher
Knowledge
How this actually works.
Written for anyone shipping freight out of Los Angeles, whether or not they ever call us. If an article here saves you a demurrage charge or a rejected load, it has done its job.
Company
Thirty Years Hauling Freight Out of Los Angeles
What does a Los Angeles freight carrier learn in thirty years?
Choosing a carrier
What Does It Cost to Ship Freight From Los Angeles?
How much does it cost to ship freight out of Los Angeles?
How freight works
Why Refrigerated Loads Get Rejected at the Door
Why do refrigerated shipments get rejected on arrival?
Compliance
Shipping Lithium Batteries by Road: The Three Cases
How do I ship lithium batteries by truck legally?
Compliance
TWIC, Hazmat Endorsements and Port Access Explained
What is a TWIC card and does my carrier need one?
Los Angeles
LAX Air Freight Recovery: How It Actually Works
How do I pick up air freight from LAX?
Common questions
Asked and answered.
What areas does Cargo Taxi Deliveries serve?
Greater Los Angeles is home — the basin, Orange, Ventura, San Bernardino and Riverside counties — and long-haul lanes run across 11 western states: California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, New Mexico, Colorado.
How fast can you pick up in Los Angeles?
Typically 60 to 90 minutes from a confirmed booking anywhere in the LA basin, and faster in the central corridors. Trucks are based in Los Angeles rather than dispatched in from another market, which is what makes that window realistic.
What kinds of freight do you haul?
Same-day courier, palletized LTL, refrigerated and frozen food, dry goods, government and defense freight, automotive and manufacturing parts, lithium batteries, semiconductors and electronics, high-value cargo, hazmat, flatbed and open-deck, and port and airport drayage.
Are you a licensed and insured carrier?
Yes. Cargo Taxi Deliveries operates under US DOT 2339618, MC 798866 and CA 431775, and carries cargo and liability insurance with a certificate available on request.
Do you answer the phone at night and on weekends?
Yes. Dispatch is staffed 24 hours a day, every day, and a person answers rather than a call centre or an answering service. Weekend, overnight and holiday runs are routine.
How much does freight cost from Los Angeles?
Price comes from four things: the vehicle class the job needs, the distance on a declining per-mile curve, the service speed, and any accessorials such as a liftgate or inside delivery. The online estimator gives a real range in seconds.
Get in touch
Ready when you are.
Every package has a deadline. Call, email, or send a quote request — a real person answers, and we respond fast, usually within the hour.