USVI‑focused forwarder profile

A St. Thomas freight forwarder is pitching itself as a one-stop shipping partner for the United States Virgin Islands and Tortola, with vehicle moves included. (topofthelinetransport.com) Top of the Line Transport says it is family owned and operates residential and commercial shipping between the mainland United States and St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. John, and Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. The company’s site says Tortola service is limited to shipments from the United States. (topofthelinetransport.com) The company says it handles freight forwarding, less-than-container-load consolidation, full-container-load shipments, customs clearance, excise-tax paperwork, household goods, and vehicle shipping. Its freight page lists warehouse lanes from more than 20 mainland cities, including Miami, Newark, Houston, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, and Seattle, into the Virgin Islands. (topofthelinetransport.com) That pitch is built around a real island-shipping complication: the United States Virgin Islands are a United States territory, but imports still move through a separate customs and tax process. United States Customs and Border Protection lists ports of entry in Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas and Cruz Bay on St. John, while Virgin Islands law and tax agencies impose local clearance steps. (cbp.gov) (law.cornell.edu) The Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue says businesses generally must pay excise tax on goods brought into the territory for sale or business use. The bureau said on May 5, 2025 that the excise-tax clearance process remained in place and that returns must be completed online. (bir.vi.gov 1) (bir.vi.gov 2) Top of the Line Transport leans heavily on that paperwork burden in its marketing. Its site says the company acts as a local representative on island, coordinating customs clearance, trailer drayage, site delivery, and help for suppliers that will not ship directly to the Virgin Islands. (topofthelinetransport.com 1) (topofthelinetransport.com 2) Vehicle shipping is a separate selling point. The company says imported vehicles in the Virgin Islands must clear insurance, road-tax, excise-tax, customs, permit, inspection, and registration steps before they are road ready, and it offers to manage licensing and registration as part of the service. (topofthelinetransport.com) The firm’s online profiles place it in St. Thomas and say it has been in business since 1999, though the company’s own website describes it more generally as having “more than 10 years’ experience.” That gap suggests the basic story is less about a new route than about a long-running local operator using social media to surface a niche service to mainland buyers. (cargoyellowpages.com) (topofthelinetransport.com) For shippers, the message is simple: getting cargo to St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. John, or Tortola is not the same as a standard mainland delivery, and companies are selling expertise in the forms, taxes, and island handoff as much as the ocean move itself. (topofthelinetransport.com) (bir.vi.gov)