1985 - Walter Boasso founded a 5 acre Dry/Tank container repair depot in New Orleans.  Later that year, he and Scott Giroir launched a container Trucking division

1988 - Realizing the global potential of Tank containers, a dedicated Trucking division was formed in the name of Gulf States Intermodal

1989 - Outgrew the New Orleans facility and moved to a 15 acre site in Arabi, LA.  A wash rack was erected shortly thereafter in order to provide "full" service; first of its kind in the US

1997 - The Chicago Terminal was opened ... followed later that year by the Detroit terminal.  Entry into the Midwest region was strongly requested by Boasso America customers

1999 - The Houston terminal was opened as more and more Gulf exports migrate from the Port of New Orleans to the Port of Houston

2000 - The Charleston and Jacksonville terminals were then opened to provide a much needed presence in the ever growing South Atlantic gateway

2003 - Outgrew the Arabi facility and moved to current state-of-the-art 50 acre Chalmette, LA site

2005 - Hurricane Katrina winds and flooding devastated the Chalmette terminal in August along with the entire Parish of St. Bernard.  Operations are temporarily shifted to the Houston terminal.  By December, it is back to operating 100%

2007 - Boasso America was purchased by Quality Distribution Inc. (QDI) in December

2008 - The Newark terminal was opened ... and management control of the Savannah terminal was assumed from QDI

2010 - The Savannah and Newark terminals complete construction of cutting edge wash rack and repair shop buildings