GWSI Warehousing Inc. is a 750,000 square foot warehousing and distribution center located on 52 acres in Chester, PA, 10 miles from the Port of Philadelphia. It has direct rail access via CSX and Norfolk Southern railroads and is located along major highway corridors. GWSI offers warehousing, distribution, transloading, and transportation services to a variety of industries in the dense Philadelphia region.
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Positioned in the Delaware Valley
Region in the middle of the
densest population center in the
United States.
Located 10 miles from the Port of
Philadelphia and both CSX and
Norfolk Southern regional
intermodal transfer facilities.
U.S Customs Bonded (CFS)
Container Freight Station .
750,000 sq. ft’ indoor warehousing
and distribution center located on
52 acres.
Rail served direct by both CSX and
Norfolk Southern.
Asset based container drayage
services.
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Located on 52 acres with direct access to I-
95 and I-76 only 10 miles from the Port of
Philadelphia, PA.
Centrally positioned only 90 miles from New
York and the DC Metro corridor, GWSI
customers find our location ideal to service
their clients.
The Port of Philadelphia is served by three
of the largest container shipping companies
in the world; (Maersk Line), (Mediterranean
Shipping Company) and (CMA-CGM).
Additional ocean carrier services are
provided by (CSAV), (Hapag Lloyd),
(Horizon Lines), and( Hamburg Sud).
Direct rail service provided by class 1 rail
companies (CSX) and (Norfolk Southern).
State of the art (WMS) Warehouse
Management System offering customers
complete visibility into all of their daily supply
chain activities.
4. Flexible Solutions For Your Business Needs
While you focus on your core competencies, we will concentrate on your
supply chain program formulating solutions tailored to your individual
businesses needs.
As your complete supply chain solutions provider our operations team takes a
collaborative approach assuring you and your valued customers receive the
services you count on from your logistics partner.
In the Philadelphia region GWSI provides trans load services for heavy ocean
containers (containers weighing more than US legal limits).
GWSI Transportation Team is an asset based, bonded container drayman and
can coordinate all Import and Export container drayage as well as manage all
outbound customer deliveries.
GWSI has the ability to provide commercial and public warehousing services
that will satisfy the requirements of almost any type of business.
Our goal as your supply chain partner is to increase your effectiveness and
enhance your profitability.
6. Industries Served
Food Products
Building Materials
Paper Products
Machinery
Metals
Consumer Products
Automotive
Agricultural Products
Bulk Materials
7. Building Materials
With over 30 years of experience
in the warehousing and
distribution industry GWSI is well
equipped to handle any oversized
or specialty cargo requests.
GWSI handles over 300 cars a
year of various sizes of lumber,
plywood, gypsum for area building
material dealers in the Greater
Philadelphia Market.
Equipped with 10 rail car spots
and multiple dock doors GWSI is
capable of handling a high volume
of inbound and outbound traffic.
Various railcar equipment such as
center beam or A Frames cars are
unloaded and can be immediately
transloaded onto GWSI flatbeds
for area delivery.
13. Shared Assets / Competitive Advantages
GWSI customers have dramatically reduced freight
costs utilizing direct rail services. Located on
“Shared Assets” freight arrives via CSX and Norfolk
Southern both Class 1 railroads.
A diverse mix of commodities originating throughout
the USA and Canada start off on rail lines operated
by BNSF, Union Pacific, Canadian National, and
Canadian Pacific. All have access to GWSI through
reciprocal rail switch with CSX and Norfolk
Southern.
With strong relationships with all Class 1 Rail
Companies in the United States GWSI has the
ability to provide essential data such as transit time
and operating expenses for evaluation.
GWSI is fully capable of receiving 50’ and 60’
boxcar for various commodities with additional rail
spurs to receive and unload Gondola, Flatcar,
Center Beam Flatcar, Bottom Dump, Rotary Dump,
Open Top and Covered Hoppers.
Equipped with 50 rail car spots, multiple dock
doors, and a mobile track mobile GWSI receives
and positions all railcars on site.
For intermodol transport GWSI is located 10 miles
from both the CSX and Norfolk Southern regional
intermodal transfer facilities.
16. Outside Trans Loading and Storage
52 acres of outside storage space 24/7
round-the-clock security monitoring
services
Containers, bulk cargo, steel, forest
products, specialized cargoes, heavy
equipment.
Trans loading for any inbound or
outbound international or domestic
shipments.
Located within 10 miles of the Ports of
Philadelphia, Chester, and Wilmington,
Delaware.
Located directly on the I-95 corridor
and easy access to I-76 over the road
shipments can roughly travel 500
miles in one day in compliance with
federal regulations delivering to
destinations as far as Charlotte, NC /
Cleveland, OH / Eastern Canada /
and all New England states.
19. A New Day For The Port of Philadelphia
The Port of Philadelphia is the #1
perishables port in the USA and the
Greater Philadelphia area ports are #1 in
the USA for cocoa.
The ports of the Delaware River rank #3
in the USA for steel imports, and are
among the nation’s key entry points for
forest products.
Philadelphia has grown over 20% in
container throughput for three years in a
row.
Located in the Delaware Valley region
the port and GWSI are positioned in the
densest population center in the USA
making the region ideal as a launching
pad for distribution activity serving
regional business.