How Gateway Works

Ocean freight,
end to end.

FCL and LCL with customs clearance, cargo insurance, and drayage arranged in the same booking. Free platform with live tracking on every shipment.

FMC LicensedPublished RatesCustoms ConnectedSatellite TrackingSKU VisibilityAPI & EDI

Not just software

Gateway Terminal runs the shipment.
Gateway Lines answers for it.

Not a marketplace that hands you a list of providers. Gateway contracts the ocean transportation, issues its own bill of lading, and stays your single point of accountability while specialists handle their piece.

Licensed NVOCC Β· House bill of lading Β· One accountable team
Gateway 3D load planner: the GATEWAY ATLAS gantry crane over a 40 foot high cube container

Gateway Terminal

Even the load plan is engineered.

Try the 3D planner

The model

Eight vendors, or one relationship

The traditional model

  • Ocean forwarder
  • Customs broker
  • Cargo insurer
  • Drayage provider
  • Tracking portal
  • Emissions provider
  • Spreadsheets and email threads
  • Separate quotes and invoices

The importer is the integration layer.

The Gateway model

  • Ocean freight booked with Gateway
  • Customs handled on the same record
  • Insurance added at booking
  • Drayage tied to the container
  • Satellite tracking built in
  • Documents attached automatically
  • Emissions calculated per shipment
  • One consolidated invoice

One record Β· One quote Β· One invoice Β· One team

One shipment record

Plan. Move. Control.

app.gatewaylines.com
Gateway Terminal shipment planner with landed-cost ledger and container fit

Plan

Build the shipment before you book it.

  • HTS classification and tariff calculation
  • Duties and landed-cost modeling
  • Published ocean rates and sailing windows
  • 3D container load planning
  • SKUs, purchase orders, and suppliers
app.gatewaylines.com
Gateway Terminal My Shipments board with live shipment statuses

Move

Book it, and every service books with it.

  • NVOCC ocean execution, FCL and LCL
  • Customs via licensed broker partners
  • Cargo insurance on the same shipment
  • Drayage, rail, and final delivery
  • Documents and e-filing
app.gatewaylines.com
Gateway Terminal dashboard with live satellite shipment map

Control

Watch cargo, cost, and exceptions live.

  • Satellite vessel and container tracking
  • Container, PO, and SKU visibility
  • Predictive ETAs and delay alerts
  • Documents, invoices, and reports
  • Emissions and insetting
Gateway Platform

Your end-to-end ocean freight command center

Every shipment on one screen. Live vessel tracking, AI-predicted ETAs, cargo details, customs status, and 90-day analytics β€” all one click deep. No more juggling carrier portals, emails, and spreadsheets.

Inside Gateway Terminal

The product your team actually lives in

Real screens. Demo data. Included with Gateway freight.

app.gatewaylines.com
A Gateway Terminal shipment record: timeline, satellite tracking, customs, insurance, CO2 insetting, documents and chat in one view

One record: timeline Β· tracking Β· customs Β· insurance Β· CO2 Β· documents Β· chat

Visibility

Track everything from orbit

Every container reports by satellite onto a live map with global risk zones. No carrier portals, no "any update?" emails.

  • Live positions on map and globe views
  • Predictive ETAs and delay alerts
  • Vessel and port milestones on the record
app.gatewaylines.com
Gateway Terminal global fleet view on a 3D globe

SKU intelligence

Container-level is table stakes. Gateway traces the SKU.

Search any SKU, PO, or container and see exactly where it sits, from ordered to in stock.

  • SKU and PO trace across shipments
  • Inventory, in-transit, and reorder points
  • Reports built from your own flows
app.gatewaylines.com
Gateway Terminal reports and analytics

Compliance

Customs lives inside the shipment

Product, HTS, and value data flow into filings coordinated with licensed customs broker partners.

  • ISF, AMS, and entry statuses on the record
  • Duties calculated before you book
  • Customs bonds in a couple of clicks
app.gatewaylines.com
Gateway Terminal customs command center

Protection

Insure it and offset it in one click

Instant cargo insurance at booking. Per-shipment CO2 with insetting built in.

  • Quotes in seconds, on the booking
  • Certificates and claims on the record
  • Shipment-level emissions reporting
app.gatewaylines.com
Instant cargo insurance quote in Gateway Terminal

Network

Every partner, verified before they touch your freight

Carrier authority, insurance, and broker credentials checked against official records.

  • Authority, insurance, and broker checks
  • Vendors and suppliers tied to shipments
  • Contracted rates tracked against commitments
app.gatewaylines.com
Gateway Terminal vendor management

Pricing

One pricing model. No black-box markup.

See every component before you book. Pay one provider: Gateway.

+ Published ocean carrier ratethe same rate on our public board
+ Origin and destination servicespass-through line items
+ Customs duties and government chargescalculated before you book
+ Selected servicesinsurance, drayage, rail, as booked
One flat Gateway feeour entire margin, stated plainly
= One consolidated shipment quote

Connected services

Every service, inside the shipment

Customs

Shipment data flows into filings handled with licensed customs broker partners. Statuses and documents stay on the record.

Cargo insurance

Quoted at booking. Certificates and claims live on the shipment, not in another portal.

Drayage and inland

Pickup, delivery, empty return, and inland milestones stay tied to the ocean move.

Emissions

CO2 calculated from the booked movement, with insetting one click away.

API and EDI

Run everything in Gateway Terminal, or connect your ERP, WMS, or TMS.

FCL, LCL, reefer, rail, and air live on their own pages.

Start a shipment

Equipment

Every container type for every cargo

Dry container

Dry

Reefer container

Reefer

Ventilated container

Ventilated

Open Top container

Open Top

Flat Rack container

Flat Rack

Start to finish

How one shipment moves

1

Build the plan

SKUs, supplier, lane, cargo-ready date, value.

2

See the landed cost

Rate, duties, load plan, and services in one number.

3

Pick the sailing

Carrier, transit, container, consolidated cost.

4

Gateway executes

Booking, customs, insurance, drayage, delivery.

5

Control it live

Vessel, container, PO, and SKU in Gateway Terminal.

Enterprise

Use Gateway Terminal, or connect your stack

REST API

Full programmatic access

EDI Support

214, 310, 315, 990

Webhooks

Real-time event notifications

SMS Alerts

Real-time shipment notifications

ERP / WMS / TMS

Direct connections

Role-based access

Team permissions

Two minutes

Gateway, moving the world

Start with one shipment.

Send the lane, cargo-ready date, container type, and commodity. Gateway returns one plan: rate, duties, services, sailing, and the Gateway fee.