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We issue the House Bill of Lading, coordinate the door-to-door move, and bring the freight, paperwork and costs together. One invoice. One place to turn.
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Freight rates you can see. Duty exposure you can check. The same intelligence we use to plan your shipment, open to you.
Product preview · Open the board for current ratesExplore published ocean rates without a login. Bring your lane to us for a complete door-to-door quote.
See live ocean ratesSection 301, Section 232, Section 338 and AD/CVD, tracked against the Federal Register, USITC and CBP. Exposure gets found before the container sails.
Section 232 / PharmaceuticalsLogged Sep 29, 2026Pharmaceuticals: Section 232 duty now applies to all importers on 149 listed linesSee the full policy logCheck your dutiesFrom factories to shelves, from labs to dealerships. Gateway moves freight for every industry in the global supply chain.
Retail & ApparelFCL, LCL, and air for seasonal peaksShanghai to LA in 18 days
AutomotiveFCL, reefer, parts consolidationYokohama to Long Beach in 14 days
ElectronicsExpedited air, temperature-monitored FCLShenzhen to LAX in 16 days
Food & BeverageReefer, humidity control, CBP priorityValparaíso to NY in 22 days
Chemicals & PharmaIMDG, cold chain, FDA pre-clearanceRotterdam to Charleston in 12 days
ManufacturingFCL, OOG, flat rack, breakbulkShanghai to Houston in 28 days
AgricultureReefer FCL, fumigation, phyto docsSantos to Port of LA in 18 days
HealthcareReefer air, TSA, temperature loggersSingapore to Memphis in 20 daysThe unseen network that powers the world. Energy, industry, infrastructure, global supply chains.
Real-time updates from the global shipping industry.
September 2026 market update | Freight benchmarks dated September 24, 2026
China-to-USA shipping rates remain elevated, putting pressure on import budgets and delivery plans. Explore how fuel costs, blank sailings and Golden Week influence ocean freight, plus practical steps to compare quotes, evaluate shipping options and understand the total landed cost of your next shipment.
The Canada ban and the pharmaceutical tariff start the same minute, but one looks at when goods are imported and the other at when they are entered.
Two changes start on September 29, 2026: a US ban on 68 HTS lines of Canadian products, and the Section 232 pharmaceutical tariff for every importer. The ban turns on when goods are imported, the tariff on when they are entered. Here is what to check for cargo in transit.
Carriers blanked nine sailings ahead of Golden Week 2026 and transpacific rates are rising.
Ocean carriers are pulling transpacific capacity ahead of China's Golden Week. Shanghai to Los Angeles hit $7,712 per 40ft on September 17, up 5 percent in a week, with nine blank sailings announced for the week after.
Company milestones, product launches, and industry coverage.
Gateway Link is now available on the Apple App Store for Gateway Lines customers. Manage ocean freight shipments, review rates, access documents and connect inventory with the shipments carrying it, all from your iPhone.
Getting an ocean freight quote has traditionally worked like this: find three forwarders, email all of them, answer the same eight questions three times, wait two or three business days, then receive three PDFs that are impossible to compare because every one of them breaks out charges differently.
The Gateway Lines tariff calculator is now an approved ChatGPT plugin. Ask it what your duty will be and it answers from the live US tariff schedule instead of training data. On stainless sinks from China, the schedule says 3.4%. The real number is 53.4%. Here is what the plugin does and how to install it.
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A factory overseas. A warehouse across the country. Start with your cargo and destination. We’ll bring the move together.
Get a freight quoteTalk to our teamGateway 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 published ocean freight rates, one flat Gateway fee per container, 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.
