Customs Brokerage
Fast, accurate clearance through U.S. Customs and partner agencies, with the documentation and compliance work that keeps your cargo off hold and your duties in check.
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Where Experience Elevates Your
Global Strategy
Providing expert knowledge and services for our clients' strategic advantage.
End-to-End Logistics, Handled by Professionals.
From a single customs entry to your entire supply chain, a dedicated team coordinates every mode and every milestone.
Global Forwarding
Ocean, air, and ground freight connected across continents, with route and carrier optimization that trims cost and transit time, plus real-time visibility end to end.
Move my freightWarehousing & Transloading
Short and long-term storage, transloading, and inventory management steps from the terminal, including bonded and FTZ options that defer duty and streamline distribution.
Store & transloadInland Transportation
FTL, LTL, drayage, rail, and intermodal trucking that gets containers off the dock and to their destination on time, cost-effectively, and without the chase.
Book a truckManaged Logistics
Your outsourced trade department. We oversee the full supply chain, integrate the technology, and report against the KPIs that matter, so you can run the business.
Outsource my logisticsProject Cargo
Heavy-lift and oversized freight handled with the right equipment, permits, route surveys, and insurance, for one mission-critical piece or an entire installation.
Explore project cargoExpert Knowledge, Working for Your Strategic Advantage.
Where experience elevates your global strategy. One accountable team, with the licenses and the visibility to move your freight without the friction.
Licensed Expertise
A third of our team are Licensed Customs Brokers, so the people on your account know the regulation cold.
Full Visibility
Track every shipment through our platform and EDI, with proactive alerts before you ever have to ask.
One Point of Contact
A dedicated team owns your freight end to end. No handoffs, no ticket numbers, just people who know your business.
Compliance-First
From ISF to final delivery, every move is handled by the book, keeping cargo off hold and duties in check.
Get a Quote in 24 Hours.
Tell us what you're moving and where it needs to go. Our team matches you with the right service and pricing, usually the same business day.
Norfolk's first customs license
William Meade Stone, 1907
The W.M. Stone Legacy.
Founded in Norfolk in 1907, when William Meade Stone earned the city's first customs broker license, W.M. Stone has spent more than a century helping importers and exporters navigate the moving target of global trade. Four generations on, we remain an independent, family-owned brokerage, now led by his great-grandson Stuart Stone, close enough to know your business and experienced enough to move it anywhere.
Where experience elevates your global strategy, integrity is delivered at every step.
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Specialized Freight for Specialized Cargo.
From temperature-sensitive produce to wind-turbine components, we tailor the lane, the equipment, and the compliance to your sector.
Know Where Your Cargo Is, Before You Have to Ask.
A century of customs expertise, wired into modern tracking. Every shipment streams live status to one portal, so you spend less time chasing updates and more time selling what you ship.
Automated Tracking
Live milestones from origin to delivery, with proactive alerts when something needs your attention.
API & EDI Integrations
We plug directly into your ERP, TMS, or marketplace so data flows without re-keying or spreadsheets.
Data Fusion & KPI Reporting
Customs, freight, and warehouse data unified into the cost-and-performance views your team actually uses.
Tariffs, Compliance, and the News That Moves Freight.
Trade policy
Exporting in an uncertain world: how tariffs and trade policy are reshaping global shipping
Shifting tariffs and regulations are making strategic export logistics and reliable compliance support more essential than ever.
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Customs
The critical role of customs brokers in today's supply chain disruptions
As supply chains grow more complex, customs brokers have become indispensable to moving goods efficiently across borders.
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Talk to a Licensed Customs Broker, Not a Chatbot.
Tell us what you are shipping and where it needs to go. You will get a real answer from a licensed expert, usually the same business day, no account required.
Call our team(757) 800-6080How Can We Help?
Send us the details and a logistics expert will get back to you, usually the same business day.