So Gateway has been shipping and installing Ballistic Panels for the military since 2016. We have setup over 50k of these in all 50 states and all the US territories. It still blows my mind that’s the Navy Cubicle is the color “Ink Blue” But the Air Force cubicle is the color “Navy Blue” 😂 😆 😝 Can’t make this stuff up.

With the increased usage of AI in the logistics community, what tools are you going to put in place to safeguard your business when utilizing AI during carrier acquisitions to prevent freight fraud?

Believe all have read enough about tariffs and understand how they work. The challenge when reading comments on LINKEDIN, many do not understand that the tariff uncertainty resulted in 44% less vessels from shipping to the USA. This creates what I refer to as PENT up freight, shippers just put orders on hold and did not ship. Pent up freight is a negative and a positive. The biggest negative is carriers and brokers did see drops in volumes and rates. 1- positive it will create more inland freight when it arrives. 2- Carriers should be seeing increased freight volumes now and for the next 90 days-120 days based on sailing times. 3- Cross border rates are up 30% -50% - lack of capacity due to tariffs- this I understand is also a negative for shippers. This also results in lack of inbound to Canada, opportunity for brokers and carriers with the right networks 4- confusion, congestion, will all create opportunities 1- negative the SSLs have levied GRIs- in addition to a tariff of 30% or more- shippers now have a $2000-$5000 GRI to add to each container. One NVOCC stated we may see GRIs similar to COVID as much as $15,000 per container to the USA. 2- Ocean is about selling capacity not rates with 90 day window to ship - shippers have had contracts negated, they will all pay GRIs. 3- Wal-Mart is only one retailer amongst many that will not absorb the increases- prices will go up and affect consumer confidence and spending. 4- Many retailers we work with like Home Depot will not raise prices based on CEO comment- he did also comment if tariff raises rate too high they will not stock the item. I did go this weekend, HD prices for my deck VS last year quote are 30% higher. NO they will not match the quote I did not use last year. 😎 The next 90 days with freight flowing from China will create volumes and opportunity. The EU, India imports are also flowing at higher volumes. Higher prices or not, volumes will increase, carriers and brokers should benefit with higher rates which our industry has needed for 2.5 years.

What’s the most important point in the supply chain process to stop Freight Fraud? As a broker we always call the number for the carrier whose trying to book a load with us on the fmcsa website and ask for the dispatcher. Red Flags are No one answers They don’t have a dispatcher by that name They don’t have trucks in that area. Even if a carrier is validated in the many online platforms. No matter how legit everything looks from a carrier packet standpoint Calling the carriers listed phone number on the FMCSAs website and verifying the communicator is step one in protecting yourself from fraud. Anybody with any other tips?

Has been a while since I had access to this great group at SKOOL. Cannot express how excited I am to get to learn from you all again. Did see quickly there is a lot of reading to catch up on. Glad to be back, thanks Mr. Tittle AKA Mr. D.O.T for getting me back on this platform.