Our Core Services

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A Full Service Import Export Container Terminal

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Over 90 Years and 4 Generations of Industry Experience

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Container Services

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Project Cargo

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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 301

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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 301 home

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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 »

International Container Freight Management Services

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Efficient & Reliable Freight Management Solutions 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… Read More »

Centralized Examination Station (CES) in Houston, TX

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October 13, 2026 To all the Our Customers and the Shipping Community. I have tried to address the misleading wording of the recent TIN’s [Trade Information Notice] with CBP, to no avail. So it has now become necessary for you to “hear it straight from the horse’s mouth” with a… Read More »

U.S. Customs Bonded Warehousing

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Save Time, Money and Avoid Complications At Our U.S. Customs Bonded Warehouse / Yard World Trade Distribution’s bonded warehouse and yard help organizations meet customs requirements, and process storage at our CFS, including transportation to other bonded warehouses of your choosing. Our facility is designed to save time, money, and… 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.

Services

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CFS Tracking System

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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

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We use Cargo Spectre’s automated dimensioning and weighing systems to feed our export tracking system…

Customer Accessible Camera Surveillance System

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World Trade uses over 120 cameras spread throughout the complex. Footage is saved for 30 days in HD quality…

October 13, 2026

To all the Our Customers and the Shipping Community.

I have tried to address the misleading wording of the recent TIN’s [Trade Information Notice] with CBP, to no avail. So it has now become necessary for you to “hear it straight from the horse’s mouth” with a clear understanding of what is actually going on.

  • World Trade Distribution, Inc. has been in business for 43 years [since 1983]
  • Retaining the CES contract for nearly 37 of those years.

The Houston Port Director, at the time, determined that there was no longer a need for 3 CES exam stations in the Houston Port District and World Trade Distribution, Inc was not awarded the contract during the last solicitation of 2025 to continue its service to CBP and the community.

World Trade Distribution’s then active CES contract ended on January 9th, 2024 expecting a continuance on a monthly basis as CBP has request over the last 23 months.

World Trade Distribution, Inc. Is NOT closing its doors. The Facility is NOT closing. The CES contract is simply coming to an end. THAT IS ALL. It is our intention to file application to continue the services of our CES should a new solicitation be distributed by CBP, which I am told may be forth coming.

Our CFS, Bonded Warehousing, General Order, all Import and Export operations, and other services currently provided will continue to be offered to the community as they always have.

We have enjoyed your support for decades, with gratitude and appreciation for each and every one of you, and hope to continue that support into the future.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.

Thank you,
Brenda Reichert, President
World Trade Distribution, Inc.
2222 N. Wayside Dr.
Houston, TX 77020
Email: brendar@wtcfs.com

If We Can’t Containerize It, It Can’t Be Containerized

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50000lb

in-house fork lifting capacity

200000

square feet of warehousing

150+

loading docs, pickups & deliveries

12 acre

concrete storage yard

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