The Watco Difference
We are a full-service supply chain solutions company. Watco moves commodities and products. We go anywhere in the U.S. and to multiple international destinations. But there’s more to our transportation story. We own and operate a diverse network of short line railroads, terminals, ports, and mechanical shops. Our depth and breadth of integrated services are unmatched in the industry.
We solve supply chain challenges. Watco simplifies the complex. We are uniquely equipped to serve any market and solve any challenge. Our team takes pride in finding you the safest, fastest, most economical flow of freight from origination to destination.
• Customer First Your satisfaction is our goal. We offer a more comprehensive array of services than anyone else out there. We address complex supply chain issues with flexibility and adaptability. Our team members customize and mobilize the resources needed to serve your best interests — it’s how we’ve done business since 1983.
• Integrated Watco gives you single-point access to virtually any mode of transport — truck, train, barge, ship, even plane. We integrate every aspect of the supply chain to deliver what you need safely, effectively, and fast. You get a seamless experience, start to finish. One source. One invoice. One Watco.
• Entrepreneurial As an asset-based company, we can give you options and solutions other companies can't offer. Our ability to quickly react to customers' needs has earned us a loyal and valued following. When others say it can't be done, we say it can. At Watco, if a solution doesn’t exist, we’ll create it.
• Safe When it comes to safety, consistency, and efficiency, our people are the best in the industry. Safety is at the center of everything Watco does. We look out for our team members’ safety and overall well-being while meeting deadlines.
We have your best interests at heart.
Any mode, any material, and any market
Watco meets all your transportation and supply chain needs
Our customers’ needs drive our business model. It’s how we grew from one locomotive into a leading transportation services company. We can serve any market and solve any supply chain challenge.
Our comprehensive and integrated portfolio gives you single-source access to:
Rail
Our team has decades of rail experience handling diverse commodities and developing custom solutions. Whether it’s moving or storing commodities, or switching, storing, or repairing railcars, Watco can deliver.
Logistics
Transloading
We’re experts in material handling, whether it’s at our terminals or at facilities belonging to our customers or Class I partners. Our transloading experience with all shipping modes and commodities helps us achieve cost and time efficiencies.
Logistics
Watco Logistics is a 3PL that listens and advocates for our customers’ needs. Every day, we manage barges, railcars, intermodal, truckloads, small packages and everything in between.
If supply chain problems are holding your company back from realizing its potential or meeting demand, partner with us.
We can help you transform your business.
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Short line rail with connections to Class I partners
Watco gives you access to the entire rail network
Our team has decades of rail experience handling diverse commodities and developing custom solutions.
• Short Lines: Watco owns and operates short line railroads in North America and Australia. Our North American short line network interchanges with all Class I railroads.
• Industrial Switching: Using your locomotives or our own, Watco provides switching services at maanufacturing facilities.
• SIT Yards: Watco offers storage in transit of individual cars, blocks of cars, and unit trains.
• Railcar Storage: Safely house railcars across our nationwide network of short line railroads and terminals.
• Railcar Repair and Maintenance: Watco provides inspection, cleaning, painting, and repair for railcars at our repair terminals. We also provide mobile and dedicated repair services.
When rail is your mode of choice, Watco should be your only choice.
Watco loads, unloads, and stores
Transloading
Terminals and ports across the U.S.
Watco can handle and store for a seamless experience
Watco owns and operates terminals and ports across North America.
• Marine Terminals: Our strategically located blue-water and brown-water marine terminals and ports give customers immediate access to major U.S. waterways and the world.
• Transload Terminals: Our numerous truck-to-rail transload terminals provide the convenience of trucks with the cost and efficiency of rail.
• Dedicated Terminals: Watco supports our customers’ critical yet non-core material handling needs with customized operations, complete with Watco equipment, infrastructure, labor and management.
• Material Handling: Watco loads, unloads, and handles any material, commodity, or product.
• Storage and Distribution: Watco’s numerous and customized storage solutions let you expand your market reach and forward-position inventory for lower freight costs and efficient distribution.
Our solutions give you a competitive edge.
Watco optimizes and executes
Logistics Logistics
Unbiased, comprehensive third-party logistics
Watco is your advocate in the industry
Our logistics experts are unbiased advocates who manage barges, vessels, railcars, intermodal, truckloads, small packages and everything in between.
• Highway: Watco provides trucking capacity that customers need, through our access to thousands of motor carriers and equipment of all types and sizes.
• Retail: Our customizable solutions include warehouse management, e-commerce fulfillment services, kit and consolidation, project distribution and rollout, and expedited delivery programs to meet your first- and finalmile requirements.
• Intermodal: As a leading IMC with direct Class I relationships driven by a deeply experienced team, we provide a competitive alternative to truck, flexible capacity options, and a sustainable solution for your door-to-door domestic and cross-border intermodal needs.
• Rail: Whether it’s a full-service rail solution, proactive railcar fleet tracking, operational exception management, reporting, or demurrage mitigation, we scale the service to the customer need.
• Barge: Our barge solutions give customers access to all major U.S. coastal and inland waterways.
• Ocean and Air: Watco Logistics operates as a Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC) and an Indirect Air Carrier (IAC). We can book space for any type of shipment on all major ocean carriers or arrange for air transportation of your cargo.
If you are looking for a partner, not just a provider, think Watco.
Watco has higher standards
Our culture centers on our foundation principles, reflecting the importance we place on customers, team members, and safety. We believe taking care of these three areas is the right way to take care of business.
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