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Welcome to the Gateway Crate and Freight blog. My name is Steven and I have created this blog to share with you the experiences of our company. I was watching Shipping Wars the other day and found the show to be 'entertaining'. I have spent the last 28 years in the Transportation, Distribution and Logistics field and have never found late shipments, damaged deliveries and bad customer service to be funny, but it is when its not happening to you!!!

My partner +Roy Meyer  and I started Gateway Crate and Freight as a serious business, we pretty much know that if something we package and ship for a customer gets damaged, our customer is not going to be laughing.

We take our time, analyze our packing and transportation options and offer our customer the right combination of logistics services to fill their needs. Proper packaging, safe transportation methods, and economical solutions are keys to being successful in this business.

In this business people insure against damage and loss, we ensure for success. Please follow our blog, we get calls for the strangest, largest, fragile items you can imagine. I would like to share our shipping experiences with you. Visit our Blog frequently and website www.gatewaycrateandfreight.com


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