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Southwest Freight

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Our Company Overview

Southwest Freight Inc is a well-established, family owned and operated, supply chain management company serving the needs of the Gulf Coast Community since 1967. “We have come a long way and things have certainly changed from our beginning.” We understand the magnitude of our clients’ needs and pride ourselves on engaging with the best practices and smart business solutions to accommodate continued growth. Our focus is an approach that starts with listening to our customer needs, strategizing within our various departments, implementing a plan of action, and commencing with impeccable delivery of quality customer service. We currently have two locations in Houston, as well as facilities in San Antonio and New Orleans. We are U.S. Customs Boded and have become a leader in the industry.

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Southwest Freight Inc is a well-established, family owned and operated, supply chain management company serving the needs of the Gulf Coast Community since 1967. “We have come a long way and things have certainly changed from our beginning.” We understand the magnitude of our clients’ needs and pride ourselves on engaging with the best practices and smart business solutions to accommodate continued growth. Our focus is an approach that starts with listening to our customer needs, strategizing within our various departments, implementing a plan of action, and commencing with impeccable delivery of quality customer service.

We currently have two locations in Houston, as well as facilities in San Antonio and New Orleans. We are U.S. Customs Bonded and have become a leader in the industry, offering services such as:

Houston Yard 1/Corporate Offices/Main Warehouse

U.S. CUSTOMS BONDED TRUCKING

U.S. CUSTOMS BONDED CONTAINER FREIGHT STATION (CFS)

WAREHOUSE ENTRY & G.O. CARGO

WEB TRACKING FOR CFS CARGO

104,000 SQ. FT. WAREHOUSE

24/7 SURVEILLANCE & SECURITY SYSTEMS

HEAVY LIFT UP TO 20,000 LBS.

HAZMAT CERTIFIED TRUCKING & WAREHOUSING

T.A.B.C. CERTIFIED TRUCKING

EXPORT/IMPORT CONTAINER LOADING/UNLOADING

STORAGE & DISTRIBUTION

TRANSLOADING

SHIFTED LOAD REWORKS

BLOCKING & BRACING

PALLETIZING & STRETCH-WRAPPING

Houston Yard 2/Project Yard/Container Yard/Pipe Yard

11 ACRES

HEAVY LIFT UP TO 30,000 LBS.

PROJECT CARGO HANDLING

LOADING/UNLOADING OF FLATRACKS & OPEN TOPS

CRANE SERVICES AVAILABLE

CONTAINER STORAGE, MOUNTING, AND DISMOUNTING

PIPE HANDLING & STORAGE
Our San Antonio Location was originally established in 1979 as an extension of the Houston operation. Now, it serves as a leading CFS and CES, as well as the preferred vendor for transloading or shifted load reworks

The Southwest Freight San Antonio location specializes in these areas:

COMMERCIAL VEHICLE PARKING (Book Online)

U.S. CUSTOMS BONDED TRUCKING

U.S. CUSTOMS BONDED CONTAINER FREIGHT STATION (CFS)

U.S. CUSTOMS CENTRAL EXAM STATION (CES)

WAREHOUSE ENTRY, G.O., & SEIZURE CARGO

HAZMAT CERTIFIED TRUCKING & WAREHOUSING

T.A.B.C. CERTIFIED TRUCKING

EXPORT/IMPORT CONTAINER LOADING/UNLOADING

STORAGE & DISTRIBUTION

TRANSLOADING

SHIFTED LOAD REWORKS

BLOCKING & BRACING

PALLETIZING & STRETCH-WRAPPING

15 ACRE YARD

CONTAINER STORAGE, MOUNTING, & DISMOUNTING

CONTAINER STACKER WITH 36,000 LBS. CAPACITY

24/7 SURVEILLANCE & SECURITY SYSTEMS
Southwest Freight Inc New Orleans, established in 1998, began much like our San Antonio operations, as an extension of the Houston location to accommodate the massive volume of InBond freight moving from Houston to New Orleans. Incidentally, New Orleans SFI has also become The CFS for this southern port city, accommodating IPI freight from both the East and West Coast. The expert services offered in New Orleans include:

U.S. CUSTOMS BONDED CONTAINER FREIGHT STATION (CFS)

HAZMAT CERTIFIED

EXPORT/IMPORT CONTAINER LOADING/UNLOADING

TRANSLOADING

BLOCKING & BRACING

PALLETIZING & STRETCH-WRAPPING

24/7 SURVEILLANCE & SECURITY SYSTEMS
Southwest Freight Logistics LLC was established in 2011 by our parent company, Southwest Freight Inc, to meet the continuous needs of our ever growing customer base importing and exporting in the Houston, TX, San Antonio, TX, and New Orleans, LA, areas. In addition to the Container Freight Station services offered by Southwest Freight, we are able to offer a myriad of transportation services nationwide that include FTL/FCL, LTL/LCL, and Project Cargo.

We pride ourselves on being able to offer competitive pricing and innovative solutions as a result of our vendor selection process. We strive to exceed the expectations on a daily basis by relying on the knowledge and drive of our Team of Logistics Experts who have over 100 years of combined experience.

Give us the opportunity to earn your business! We have the expertise and capabilities of handling shipments of all types, big or small, easy or complicated, all over the nation.

Some of our most common shipments include:

LTL/LCL

Intermodal

HAZMAT

Flatbed

Dry Van

Refer

Hot Shot

Bonded Transportation

Warehousing

Heavy Haul-Step Deck, Double Drop, RGN, Double Drop Stretch

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