Doug Irvine

@SearchCarriers @maybedanielleee Simple visual is gold. One request: more fitting icon for driver fitness. Maybe a pair of sandals

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@johnkonrad How is it that Lars is not on X?

“Today is day 834 of the Red Sea crisis and day 3 of the Hormuz crisis,” shipping analyst Lars Jensen

@thefreightnerd @funandprofitco A pricing floor will only create a new vein for "cheater fleets" to take advantage of. Price influence from in time market conditions is an aspect of logistics that creates benefits/improvements. Gov regs will once again cause a decline in excellence, safety, innovation, etc.

Great insight. One thing I'd add on the logistics side is that we need to raise the bar in terms of driver qualifications and overall barrier to entry...and then I'd agree that more competition is good. It's unfair for great fleets to compete with cheater fleets on uneven terms.

Anyone advocating for government price controls in the trucking spot market should be institutionalized for their own safety.

@Uber_Support left an item In a car. Support is just throwing error. Help

@Uber_Support left item in car and support is broken.

@jack_a_rooney @iah What terminal? Did you have pre check?

@iah forgive me! It only took me 30 minutes to get through security. Not the 3 1/2 hours I thought it would be!

@GuyDealership What does that work out to in a per vehicle basis? I’m est <$1k

Tariffs are costing global automakers an estimated $12 billion (and counting): The details— - It’s the largest disruption since the onset of COVID-19. - Net profit for the top‑10 non‑Chinese automakers is down ~25 % YoY. - Automakers are now facing two choices—raise prices or relocate production. The signal: The global auto market is fragmenting, and tariffs could push production footprints to be more regionalized. Here is the impact broken down by automaker… (Data/chart source: The Wall Street Journal)

@draylogistics 29,999 lbs is more like it. Shipper got into that cargo.

Wonder if they ever cover it?

@typesfast Week/week mo/mo yr/yr 35% compared to what?

Our ocean freight bookings from China to US increased 35% in the first day since the trade deal. A big backlog is looming, soon the ships will be sold out.

@ian_rammelkamp @aaronrubin What you are communicating from your freight forwarder is not accurate. You do have the ability to delay the consumption of the goods and set the formal entry date beyond the 14th (more than one option or method). Reach out to someone other than your FF.

We had a container that was booked at the end of March, sailed on April 11th (we sent the message to stop all shipments on the 10th) - it landed at Long Beach on May 9th. And now we are fucked with a $100k tariff bill on a $66k order, because the departure and/or landing dates were off by a few days. Complete stupidity.

We have the official text of the Executive Order lowering the reciprocal tariffs to 10% from 125% on Chinese goods for 90 days. It says if your shipment files formal entry or is removed from a bonded warehouse on or after May 14, it gets the lower rate. So hold off for 2 days. It also makes it clear that after 90 days the rate goes up to 34% not 125%. This is very important - the no deal after 90 days rate is 34%, you don't have to worry about a snapback to 125%. These are all on top of the 20% fentanyl rates and any other pre-existing tariffs.

@Bannedforself Yup. I'm sure FR & EO will help clarify key points. But for now let the dow scream.

So the deal doesn’t cover the fentanyl 20% nor the Section 232, nor the 2018 tariffs. Or am I wrong?

@ShinghiD @CBP Contact deputy director of sailboats and gold rope chains the Harold Daggett to collect your 10% today.

The greatest marketing campaign ROI of all time would be if @CBP ran ads on WeChat, Rednote, etc in Chinese to let folks know that if they report their employer for Customs Fraud, they get 10% of the recovery. justice.gov/usao-edwi/pr/t…

@michaelpatron0 @Matt_Kolb_ @dickmasterson It's far more sinister. Check you connection requests in LI...should have accepted

@Matt_Kolb_ @dickmasterson I don't sweat this stuff at all - my post literally said "DO NOT FEEL BAD FOR ME" - lol. Maybe this dude is having a rough day, maybe this is how he pays his bills, IDK and I don't really care.

14 years and never laid off a single person. Laid off 7 in the last 24 hours. Some thoughts: 1. This is going to happen with millions of employees because of the tariffs. 2. At least 1 douche is going to be like "sHoUlD hAvE pLaNnEd BeTtEr" - This is kind of fair to...

@NickAbraham12 Hubspot will discount 40-60% on most accounts. Also leverage API to use better services on pieces of the funnel. HS isn’t worth retail price in most cases. They have mastered data records which keeps them in the game

We pay HubSpot $600/mo. If we want to activate more marketing-related items, we'll need to pay $1,000/mo. $1k/mo for a CRM at our size is just ridiculous.

@aaronrubin You’re a stud. Great explanation and insight.

fraud fraud fraud fraud fraud. You didn't think people would actually pay 145% tariffs, did you? I break it down - how are US and Chinese companies committing tariff fraud? How illegal/risky is it?

@Klaviyodeepdive prompt

Pay whatever you want. This board has every prompt I use to script Klaviyo automations for brands doing $1M+. Copy + paste into ChatGPT and you're set. Comment “Prompt” and I’ll send it over.

@kevinLcurry Which shipping line? Was it already loaded and in the gate?

My latest shipment from China as cancelled lol. The nightmare is starting to unfold.

@JavierBlas US doesn't currently process the materials or manufacture many components utilizing rare earth minerals - we buy the finished goods with the minerals.

It drives me mad that rare earth stories don’t include the key $$$ context. So here it is: the US imported last year $170 million of rare earths metals. For comparison, the US imported $3.4 billion worth of avocados in 2024 (that’s 20 times more) nytimes.com/2025/04/14/us/…

@caseyames Pitch them on creating a new fee category for it. Fees are their love language.

How crazy would it be if Amazon got every FBA center bonded right now

@Bannedforself Truth! Hope you get space soon. Like I said we are having better luck south of Shanghai.

@dadugy OAKLAND but the good news is EVERGREEN owns their terminal there, and will not cancel OAKLAND But the bad news is they are cancelling ships Covid: you get bumped No: there ain't no ship

I have a container of product in China. The factory cannot book a shipment to ship it to me even if I wanted. I am waiting on a quotation from Taiwan and Vietnam. TW used to make this for us. Very interesting. You can't ship even if you want to ship.