{"id":167,"date":"2012-02-05T15:18:49","date_gmt":"2012-02-05T15:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.axissolutions.ca\/forCHAD2\/?page_id=167"},"modified":"2012-05-07T22:44:00","modified_gmt":"2012-05-07T22:44:00","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.empiretrans.com\/?page_id=167","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Empire Float & Crane Service began moving heavy and challenging loads in the 1940’s. In 1975 Empire became a division of Kingma Movers and Contractors Ltd. which was founded 15 years earlier and specialized in the moving of buildings.<\/p>\n

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In 1985 the two companies merged under the name Empire Transportation Ltd. and has established a reputation for exceptional skills in handling extraordinary moving jobs that is unsurpassed in the industry.<\/p>\n

Empire is constantly upgrading and adding to it’s extensive line of transportation equipment and currently operates approximately 95 power units and over 400 flatbed and specialized pieces of trailing equipment.<\/p>\n

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Wainfleet Yard, 1975<\/p><\/div>

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Grimsby Yard, 1986<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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Empire Transportation Ltd.<\/a> is located in Grimsby, Ontario
on 15 acres along the Q.E.W. Highway.<\/p>\n

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Grimsby Yard, 2000<\/p><\/div>\n