The Terminal Warehouse Company was founded in 1893 by the North Central Railroad. Our first warehouse, appropriately named the Hay Shed, was constructed to support the export of hay delivered from farms along the Susquehanna River via the railroad and moved on horse-drawn ”drays” to the port.
Our need for warehouses expanded and we opened the Flour House, Stores House and Bond Street Wharf in Fells Point.
Through the 1970's, the Flour Warehouse remained one of the oldest warehouses in continuous use by the same company in Baltimore and remains today as a historically preserved building in Baltimore City. The inspiration for our logo comes from the design of the Flour Warehouse.
Our growth continued through various local manufacturing support needs and, eventually, the handling of imported cargoes. Today, we operate over 1.5 million square feet of indoor storage in the Port of Baltimore and Jacksonville, Florida. We are one of the largest transloaders of imported containerized cargoes in the Port of Baltimore.
Terminal Warehouse Company was incorporated in Baltimore & operations begin in a newly constructed building know as the Hay Shed.
The Flour House was opened at Davis and Pleasant St and through the 1970's remained one of the oldest warehouses in continuous use by the same company.
Terminal Warehouse Company opened the Hay Warehouse on Monument St and Bond St Wharf Warehouse on Bond St and Thames St.
Terminal Warehouse Company opened the Monument St Stores Warehouses, later added onto in 1907 and 1909.
Terminal Warehouse Company opens Easton Maryland Warehouse.
Terminal Warehouse Company opens Salisbury Maryland Warehouse.
Terminal Warehouse Company adds a finger pier to Bond St Wharf Warehouse to support growing port trade.
Terminal Warehouse Company takes over 120,000 sq/ft inside the Dundalk Marine Terminal leased from the Maryland Port Administration.
Jack and Allen Menzies purchase the Terminal Warehouse Company and we become The Terminal Corporation.
Jack Menzies sons, Jock, and Scott, begin their career in the family business. The Terminal Corporation develops one of the first computerized warehouse management systems, T-Logic, and eventually becomes a software system used by warehouse companies nationwide.
Jock and Scott Menzies purchase The Terminal Corporation. Pleasant St and Bond St Warehouses are sold.
The Terminal Corporation buys a prominent lumber handling company at Dundalk, Lumber Terminals.
The Terminal Corporation starts Tartan Terminals, a stevedoring company specializing in Forest Products.
The Terminal Corporation joint ventures to start BalTerm and in just 10 years it becomes the largest forest products marine terminal operation in the US.
The Terminal Corporation divests from Balterm to pursue other opportunities.
Scott's sons, Stu, Perry, and Peter Menzies, begin their career in the family business. The Terminal Corporation launches contract packaging services.
Terminal Transportation Services establishes themselves as the largest drayage carrier in the Port of Baltimore.
The Terminal Corporation expands warehousing services into Jacksonville, FL.
