Owning a 3PL allows to you to have a bigger picture of the complete supply chain. Providing our Clients (Shippers) with both Packing Protection and Transportation Services for their items allows us to create the optimal solution for their shipments. This printer and its peripherals we custom crated and packed, knowing we could best transport this in a cargo van, so we designed the wood pallet long and put the forklift entry on the width. This allows us to load and unload easily with a forklift into and out of any cargo van wheel well width. (Would not work if we made entry on the length) Also notice the reinforced 2x6 slats of our pallet base. When using forklift extensions to load and unload the weight gets distributed to the end tip so your pallet base needs to be solid. Not only is the base nailed together (ring shaft) but also each slat is screwed in. Understanding the entire process from packing to shipping to receiving for our clients is the key to successful distribution. Everyone have a freight day. #papafreight

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.