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When I was a kid, the Caribbean was my backyard. I spent my teenage years "down island" loading pallets on our freighter ship, a "work horse" vessel that supplied my family Caribbean-based fleet with marine equipment, food and other essentials needed to operate the world's largest tall ship cruise line.

After years of making friends and doing business in the region, a need for low-cost shipping from the U.S. to all the "far-flung" islands that we visited with our tall ships. It was in 1985 that I started an import/export service combined with freight forwarding. Since we owned our own supply boat, we eliminated the middle-man which saved our customers time, money, and a whole lot of headaches.

Today, Antilles Wholesale employs three full-time purchasing agents, who manage a 30,000 square foot warehouse, two full-time forklift drivers in addition to 23 island representatives, and a hard-working crew of 40 who carefully load and distribute cargo from our supply vessel, the Amazing Grace.

Our company philosophy remains simple after 20 years. Our motto is: "Be Resourceful." Whatever our customers are looking for, we can get it-and ship it, safely and on-time. We strive to provide the best import/export service and most reliable shipping to businesses and private households in the Eastern Caribbean.

Joey Burke