Houston, TX — Hermann Services has partnered with Ports America to provide transload warehouse services at its Port of Houston container freight station. The 50,000 square foot, rail-sided transload facility is based on a twelve acre concrete yard, capable of handing any type of cargo for import and export through the port. The partnership promises to cost-effectively manage a shipper’s total supply chain needs through the Port of Houston.

“Hermann Services Southwest has long provided the region with exceptional warehousing, transportation, and third party logistics,” said Chris Lewis, Ports America Operations Manager Texas. “We’re proud to partner with one of the most respected names in the industry to bring a higher level of service to our customers.”

Headquartered in Dayton, NJ, Hermann Services Southwest is supporting its port transload services with a 300,000 square foot, 10 acre rail-sided warehouse based in La Porte, Texas. The facility offers transportation services through a dedicated fleet of tractor trailers and third party logistics services.

“Strategic partnerships are essential to providing economies of scale to shippers in order to streamline their supply chain and lower costs,” said Jeffrey Hermann, who spearheads the Hermann Services Southwest regional facility. “Now with one call, importers, exporters, and freight forwarders can conduct all logistics for the transportation of freight from the point of origin to its final destination through the Port of Houston. We look forward to providing our total distribution services to current Ports America customers as well as bringing our comprehensive container freight handling services to new clients interested in streamlining their operations.”

Hermann’s transload capabilities include onsite and offsite container staging, container stuffing and stripping, direct discharge container transload, and refrigerated transfer with plug-in capability. Rail-sided within the port gates, the facility can accommodate hopper car, conveyor, and bulk truck transloading as well as outsize storage and oversize cargo handling.

The facility’s unlimited materials handling capabilities include all commodities, steel, paper, plastics, palletized cargo, bags, box containers, retail merchandise, forest products, temperature controlled products, rolling stock, conveyor products, military and heavy lift cargo.

For more information about Hermann Services Southwest, please contact Jeffrey Hermann at (713) 674-0805 ext. 207 or by email at jmhermann@hermanntds.com.