Our Core Services
Project Cargo
Project Cargo Project freight services Heavy / Out of Gauge Cargo Management and Handling Crating and packing Break Bulk Prep Flat rack and open top loading Specialized Cargo World Trade Distribution offers all the project cargo management and handling capabilities, versatility and expertise you need for project freight of any… Read More »
Trucking, Drayage & Delivery
Container Drayage, Trucking & Intermodal Delivery Freight Services Licenses, endorsements, and permits include: TWIC HAZMAT TABC Super Heavy Weight Permitted World Trade Distribution offers integrated container trucking and container drayage services. Our trucking fleet has been handling drayage needs for Houston’s Marine Terminals and rail ways for the past 30… Read More »
Export Freight Management
Export Freight Management Services for export CFS include: Freight Consolidation LCL and FCL loads Transloading Break Bulk Logistics Container Drayage Export Packing Crating, skidding, blocking and bracing NCB (National Cargo Bureau) Inspections Loading over 7000 containers of consolidated export freight a year, World Trade Distribution’s CFS is the Gulf Coast’s… Read More »
Freight Management
Houston International Container Freight Management Our services include: Export container freight management Imports container freight management Transloading Cross-docking Freight consolidation & deconsolidation Container packing and unpacking Customs bonded warehouse storage Intermodal LTL and LCL freight services Break bulk handling, storage, preparation, consolidation CES exams GO (General Order Storage) Container drayage… Read More »
Centralized Examination Station
Houston Centralized Examination Station- US Customs CES US Customs clearance, customs compliance, and exam related import services. Our CES is a designated warehousing operation equipped to unload and handle imported cargo under the supervision of US Government personnel. World Trade Distribution has decades of experience with government freight inspections. For… Read More »
Customs Bonded Warehousing
Advantages of Using our Customs Bonded Warehouse / Yard World Trade Distribution’s bonded warehouse and yard help our clients meet customs requirements at our facility, ready to process at our CFS or provide storage as needed, and transport to other bonded warehouses of your choosing. Our facility helps save time,… Read More »
A Full Service Import, Export Container Terminal
For over 35 years World Trade Distribution, Inc has provided logistics, warehousing, and shipping services at their container freight station in Houston, Texas.
From cotton distribution in the early 1900s, to international and domestic distribution for the last 50 years, World Trade Distribution’s CFS has continued to provide the most complete line of Houston – based, high quality, international freight handling, storage and transportation services to Houston’s import export community.
World Trade Distribution is renowned for simplifying complicated trans -loads and high volume freight consolidations. We have been managing various import & export logistics and various cargo and container freight management services for over 30 years. Our reputation for providing quality logistics services in the Houston and the greater Texas Gulf region is endorsed by some of the largest NVOCCs (non-vessel operator common carrier), freight forwarders, and freight owners in the country.
- Export Consolidation
- Haz-Mat Handling and Storage
- Import Deconsolidation
- CES Services
- Project Cargo Services
- Bonded Warehousing
- High Value Commodity Storage
- Distribution Packing & Crating
- Featherweight Trucking
Over 90 Years and 4 Generations of Industry Experience
In addition to export management services, our import services provide seamless and cost effective solutions for whatever import needs our customers may require. Our on-site centralized examination station (CES) provides timely solutions for every import headache that can occur and our expert customer service staff is experienced in working through customs issues.
- 4th Generation family owned business
- Average employee retention is 18 years
- Fully insured and bonded
- Asset based
- Oldest CES facility in the country
- Non union labor
Container Freight Services
Providing the most complete line of international container & cargo freight management, handling, delivery, and pick-up services.
World Trade’s Houston container freight station is strategically located less than 30 minutes from any of Houston’s container terminals or rail ramps. Our local drayage and intermodal transport and trucking services throughout the Houston area are always on time and competitively priced. All of our drivers are Hazmat and TWIC certified. Heavy haul services for out of gauge cargo, overweight containers, and breakbulk cargos are also available. World Trade Distribution provides the most complete line of international container & cargo freight management, handling, delivery, and pick-up services.
Whether you are an import broker, freight forwarder, steamship line, or N.V.O.C.C., we are the strongest link in your transportation chain. Let our container freight management experts take care of all your inspections, loading and unloading, consolidation, and transportation needs.
Our Core Services
CFS Tracking System
Our CFS export tracking system has the ability to track and document every piece of freight that comes through…
NTEP Certified Dimensioning and Weighing System
We use Cargo Spectre’s automated dimensioning and weighing systems to feed our export tracking system…
Customer Accessible Camera Surveillance System
World Trade uses over 120 cameras spread throughout the complex. Footage is saved for 30 days in HD quality…