TRANS WORLD SHIPMENT Inc

1969Established in Hamburg, Germany and Toronto, Ont./ Canada by Peter K. Laser and managed and operated by the founder since then, in private ownership. Commencement of services for Break Bulk / Charter and 20-ft., 35-ft., 40-ft. in transatlantic trade from Hamburg / Bremerhaven westbound to Montreal / Toronto / New York and eastbound from there to Bremerhaven / Hamburg. 1975 Established TRANSWORLD SHIPPING (USA) Inc. Commencement of NVO/NVOCC services from Le Havre/Hamburg-Range to Houston, TX / Los Angeles, CA / Oakland, CA / Seattle, WA / Vancouver, BC. Eastbound traffic from US west-coast ports and the US gulf to Bremerhaven / Hamburg. TWS is a pioneer for lump-sum / flat rates in container door-to-door services from Europe to the US west coast. TWS is one of carriers to offer through bills of lading for transport chains, i.e. rail / seagoing vessel / barge / heavy loads / vehicles on a door-to-door basis. 1985 Established SEAGATE CONTAINER LINE Inc. Commencement of eastbound services from Tokyo / Kobe to Los Angeles, CA / Oakland, CA / Seattle, WA / Vancouver, BC. Maxi-Bridge Services from Seattle, WA, by rail to Chicago, IL, and New York, NY. Canadian Gateway Services from Vancouver, BC, by rail to Chicago, IL / Detroit, MI. TWS is NVO carrier to offer reefer services in combined transportation from Vancouver, BC, and Seattle, WA. Maxi-Bridge Express Service via Montreal, PQ, to Bremerhaven / Rotterdam. 20-ft., 40-ft., 40 HC reefer container. 2000 Established TWS DRAGON CONTAINER LINE Eastbound container traffic from Shanghai / Qingdao to Los Angeles, CA / Vancouver, BC and Antwerp/Hamburg-Range. Blocktrain feeder services to the Czech Republic / Austria / Hungary and eastern European distribution centers. 2007 Established TRANSWORLD SHIPPING (ASIA) LTD. Commencement of NVO/NVOCC services from China to Canada-USA-Mexico West Coast Ports. Connecting rail-/motor MAXI-Bridge services to Chicago,IL and New York,N.Y. Intermodal services to all major U.S. destinations rail ramp/motor door deliveries. Distribution Terminals: Seattle,WA.,Oakland,CA,Long Beach,CA.,San Diego,CA. Multiple weekly sailings from Guangzhou,Shanghai,Shenzhen,Qingdao to Le Havre-Hamburg-Range connecting feeder Scandinavian Ports St. Petersburg and Moscow Distribution Terminals:Antwerp, Rotterdam,Bremen, Hamburg, Vienna