USA. Family-owned and operated logistics company WTDC recently marked its 47th anniversary and said it continues to strengthen its global footprint.
Since its establishment by the Gazitua family on 8 March 1977, the company has grown as a market leader in global logistics and Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) Warehousing for travel retail.
The Miami-based firm has also expanded its door-to-door services across cruise, electronics, industrial machinery, pharma and solar.
WTDC President & CEO Sean Gazitua said: “Our family was running a successful freight-forwarding business called Florida International Forwarders at the time of WTDC’s founding in 1977. My father Ralph, my uncle John and my grandfather Luis Rafael Gazitua fostered a generation of logistics professionals in Miami and set a high bar for us to follow.”
The Gazitua family’s contributions to Miami’s logistics industry from the 1950s to 1970s are enshrined in the Florida Foreign Trade Association Pioneers monument at the entrance to PortMiami.
Starting as a general order warehouse, the company has expanded its services over the decades. These include bonded warehousing, customs brokerage and transportation licenses for worldwide and domestic transportation – NVOCC, IAC and IATA, among others.
In 2012, WTDC became an FTZ and employs its expertise as FTZ Consultants to assist other companies to apply and comply with FTZ regulations.
Gazitua said: “So many factors have contributed to our growth over the last 47 years but none have been more important than the efforts of our employees.
“Our family philosophy on a work-life balance with a higher purpose evolved to what we call the company’s four pillars: God and family, health and education, community and WTDC. With these priorities in order, we believe our employees can better themselves and provide better customer service.” ✈
