Hey everyone…Guess what Day it is? It’s Hump Day! As in Humpback Whale pack and ship day. lol We crate, pack, protect and ship these beautiful glass art pieces, this one is of a Humpback Whale reminding us it’s “Hump Day” Everyone have a Freight Day. #papafreight

Everyone has to start somewhere! Starting a Freight Logistics business from nothing whether that’s a Carrier, Broker or another link in the supply chain like warehousing is not easy. I just started advertising my newly formed Gateway Crate and Freight business when I got my first Crating order back in 2012 from a mining company needing 30 crates. I had only a few tools and my past industry experience. Like many Entrepreneurs I had to find a way to fulfill this order for my first client! I threw a pizza party for a bunch of my friends at my house who came over and helped me build all these crates in my garage! I’m sure you have read about the companies that started with pizza and friends in a garage: Microsoft Apple Amazon And Gateway Crate and Freight Here are pics of us working on that first order in my garage. You got to start somewhere. lol Everyone have a Freight Day #papafreight

If you go online into forums on Facebook, Reddit, X etc it would have you believe it is the Dispatchers that have the freight. Dispatchers are the only way to get freight for your cargo van. This is not True! Dispatchers perform a legitimate and important job in Freight Transportation but they are not licensed or regulated by Federal laws like Freight Brokers are. Carrier Dispatchers look at load boards (loads posted by brokers) and try and negotiate rates with freight brokers on your behalf to keep your cargo van moving. Dispatchers work for the carrier! A Dispatcher works for you Not the other way around.

We came so close to Canada and the US finalizing a trade deal. Unlike horseshoes close does not count or help either countries economy. The below was pasted by a US economist, this was to show the real trade advantage the US had. Politicians who are to represent "We the People" on both side of the border are certainly not doing this IMO. Canada politicians stated POTUS is taxing his own people. CDN government after break down are now taxing Canadians as they implement tariffs. Unless both governments get back to the table, make a deal for the people, we the people will pay the price. Thoughts? The US would actually be a surplus If you remove fuel and hydro from trade between Canada and the US, the trade deficit for the US would actually be a surplus. In 2023, the US recorded a trade deficit of $36 billion with Canada, but when you exclude energy exports, the surplus is approximately $85 billion. This indicates that the US has a significant advantage in the trade relationship, particularly in services, which has a surplus with Canada.

Recently a web hosting data center here in Phoenix announced closing their doors. Different companies who owned equipment in this center needed their equipment taken out and moved to a new hosting center. This one needed to go from Arizona to New Jersey. These servers host “live data” and the companies web systems are down during this time so transport speed is of the utmost importance. But again protecting all the info in these servers was paramount. ESD bagging is essential to protect live data (Pink Bags). We bagged each server then protected them from shifting with blocks of PE Foam, crated and secured the contents. Expedited this crate to its destination and the company was back up online in a matter of days. Website down? Maybe it’s because the company was forced to move its data servers to the other side of the country. We got it done, safely, securely and fast. Everyone have a Freight Day. #papafreight