For manufacturers and exporters in Monterrey, Saltillo, the Bajío and along the border, Gilbert International is the first warehouse on the US side of the World Trade Bridge — customs bonded, rail-served, temperature-controlled, and run by a bilingual team.
Whether the freight starts in Nuevo León, Coahuila, Querétaro, Guanajuato or San Luis Potosí, the highway ends at the same place: the World Trade Bridge in Laredo, the busiest commercial crossing on the US–Mexico border. Gilbert International sits at its US gateway, three hours from Monterrey, so a plant manager can drive up, inspect the freight and be home for dinner.
Port Laredo moved $339 billion in trade in 2024 and $354 billion in 2025, more than 97% of it with Mexico. Laredo isn't a secondary option for Mexican freight. It's the primary corridor.
Dallas is eight hours from Monterrey. Houston is ten. Laredo is three. For a Mexican plant manager who needs to see the freight, three hours is the difference between "today" and "next week."
Freight exits the World Trade Bridge, rolls down I-35, and reaches our dock before any other warehouse on the American side.
As production moves to Mexico, Laredo is where it enters the US. The bonded, rail-served capacity closest to the bridge is the capacity Mexican shippers want.
Eighty-plus years on the Laredo corridor, working with the manufacturers, brokers and forwarders who move freight north. This is what they tell us makes the difference.
Every person on our team speaks English and Spanish. Your plant in Mexico and your distributor in the US talk to the same people, in their own language.
Hold freight under bond, defer duties until it enters US commerce, or re-export without paying them at all. Useful when the tariff picture changes faster than your production schedule.
A 10-car Union Pacific spur inside the fence. Truck in from Mexico, transload to rail for the Midwest and beyond — or the reverse — without a second facility.
Texas DSHS food wholesaler license, TABC bonded warehouse permit and City of Laredo Public Health sanitation grade. Temperature-controlled storage, not refrigerated.
No ticket queue, no portal. Freight is received, stored and shipped on schedule.
Your freight exits the World Trade Bridge corridor and arrives at our dock before reaching any other warehouse on I-35. Geography, not marketing.
Bilingual coordination from your Mexican plant to final US destination. Paperwork, bridge crossings and same-day clearance in one call.
Cross-border logistics →Four classes of bonded storage. Hold freight, defer duties and manage entries strategically — the operating model Mexican exporters depend on.
Customs bonded warehouse →Once your freight clears customs, it's on a truck to final destination. Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, or wherever the load sheet says.
US distribution →¿Busca una bodega en Laredo, Texas para su carga de exportación? Almacén fiscal (bonded), espuela de ferrocarril Union Pacific, espacio con control de temperatura y un equipo bilingüe a tres horas de Monterrey. Llame al 956-723-4308 o pida una cotización.
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