Ocean Freight Forwarder & NVOCC

Moving the World
Without the Headaches

Ocean freight, simplified. From booking to delivery — visibility, documents, and customs in one place.

Carrier Network

A carrier network that moves with you

Direct relationships with every major ocean carrier mean faster space, better rates, and sailings that fit your timeline.

Maersk
COSCO
CMA CGM
Evergreen
Hapag-Lloyd
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HMM
OOCL
ZIM
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Maersk
COSCO
CMA CGM
Evergreen
Hapag-Lloyd
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OOCL
ZIM
Yang Ming
What we move

End-to-end services, one provider

Ocean, rail, drayage, customs, and insurance. Booked, tracked, and delivered from a single platform.

The Platform

Total control over your freight ecosystem

In transit, arrived, delayed, at risk. Know the status of everything the moment you log in. Alerts flag what needs attention. AI monitors the rest.

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Gateway platform dashboard showing live shipment tracking, status monitoring, and freight intelligence
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Household names. Global lanes. One Gateway.

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Pacific Home Goods

USLGBCNSHA
D42087ON TIME

Heartland Textiles

USHOUCNSHA
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Summit Electronics

USLAXHKHKG
D51824ON TIME

Northern Apparel Co

USSEAJPYOK
D55917ON TIME

Coastal Foods

USNYCSGSIN
D61042AT PORT

Yazoo Mills

USNYCUSLGB
D24108ON TIME

Oakley

CNSHAUSLAX
D31847ON TIME

Walmart

CNSHAUSLGB
D38290LOADING

Tyson Chicken

USHOUCNSHA
D40162ON TIME

Pacific Home Goods

USLGBCNSHA
D42087ON TIME

Heartland Textiles

USHOUCNSHA
D46703LOADING

Summit Electronics

USLAXHKHKG
D51824ON TIME

Northern Apparel Co

USSEAJPYOK
D55917ON TIME

Coastal Foods

USNYCSGSIN
D61042AT PORT

Yazoo Mills

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Moving the world

Behind every product, there is a journey

The unseen network that powers the world. Energy, industry, infrastructure, global supply chains.

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Press Releases

Gateway in the news

Company milestones, product launches, and industry coverage.

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Ocean Freight Rates by Lane: Check Live Container Spot Rates
Press Release·Jun 27, 2026

Ocean Freight Rates by Lane: Check Live Container Spot Rates

Gateway Lines has launched the Ocean Rates Board, a public platform that shows live ocean freight spot rates for major container shipping lanes.

Gateway Lines has launched the Ocean Rates Board, a public platform where shippers can check live ocean freight spot rates by lane. Users can compare port-to-port pricing, market movement, estimated transit times, and sailing windows before booking at oceanrates.gatewaylines.com.

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Section 122 Expires July 24: What Importers Need to Run Their Numbers On Right Now
Press Release·Jun 23, 2026

Section 122 Expires July 24: What Importers Need to Run Their Numbers On Right Now

Section 122's 10% surcharge expires July 24. Here's how to run your numbers before the deadline.

Section 122's 15% universal import surcharge expires July 24, 2026, on a hard 150-day statutory cap that only Congress can extend, and nothing is moving to ext…Section 122's 15% universal import surcharge expires July 24, 2026, on a hard 150-day statutory cap that only Congress can extend, and nothing is moving to extend it. The replacement is almost certainly Section 301: USTR's early-June forced-labor proposal (10% to 12.5% on 60 economies) has a July 7 hearing that lines up right at expiration, and the June 15 Supreme Court denial locked in the existing China 301 tariffs permanently

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Section 232 Just Changed Again: What the June 8 Metals Tariff Overhaul Means for Importers
Press Release·Jun 8, 2026

Section 232 Just Changed Again: What the June 8 Metals Tariff Overhaul Means for Importers

Section 232 tariffs on steel, aluminum, and copper changed again

New Section 232 rules on steel, aluminum, and copper took effect June 8, 2026, from a June 1 White House proclamation that runs through the end of 2027 and touches roughly $58 billion in imports. The changes cut costs for some products, raise them for others, and drop a few off the list entirely, so the only way to know where you land is to check your specific HTS code.

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Industry News

What's moving the market

Real-time updates from the global shipping industry.

Gateway Lines Proudly Supports American Soccer in 2026
Gateway Insights·sustainability

Gateway Lines Proudly Supports American Soccer in 2026

Gateway Lines proudly supports American soccer as the United States competes on the world stage and nations come together through the global game.

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Solar's Hardest Mile: Getting Panels From the Factory to the Field
Gateway Insights·Market

Solar's Hardest Mile: Getting Panels From the Factory to the Field

The piece argues that the hardest part of building a solar farm isn't panels or policy, it's getting the hardware from an Asian factory to the US site on time and cleared. It opens with the hook that solar now makes up most of the value of shipments stopped at the US border under the forced-labor law (UFLPA), with billions in modules detained, stalling projects and idling crews.

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How Gateway Lines Helps Support AI Data Centers in Texas
Gateway Insights·Market

How Gateway Lines Helps Support AI Data Centers in Texas

Texas is becoming one of the most important infrastructure markets in the AI economy. As artificial intelligence expands, the physical world behind it is expanding to.

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Sustainability

Net zero by 2030

Carbon neutrality across every ocean freight operation. Every container tracked, every emission offset, every shipment reported. Gateway Green is included at no additional cost on eligible lanes.

Why Gateway

An ocean freight forwarder built as a platform

Gateway Lines is a licensed NVOCC and ocean freight forwarder moving FCL and LCL containers on the world's major trade lanes. Direct contracts with the top ocean carriers mean wholesale ocean freight rates, priority vessel space, and sailings that fit your production schedule, whether you ship from Shanghai, Ningbo, Ho Chi Minh City, Busan, or Rotterdam.

Every shipment runs through one platform: instant quotes, one-click booking, satellite container tracking, customs clearance filed with licensed customs brokerage partners, cargo insurance, and drayage to the door. Check live ocean freight rates by lane, calculate import duties, or track any container free.