Hoplite Logistics

We are thrilled to announce our partnership with Cargado! 🤝

WELCOME TO THE TEAM! 👏

Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Karen Cameron ALS Golf Tournament💚🏆 Shoutout to Stevens Trucking and Hoplite Logistics for putting on a show and taking home the chip! The winning squad: Shawn Hunter, Alex Polston, Rich Krul, and Peter Casanova Date is SET for next year's event btw... August 25th, 2025!💚

There is nothing better than good times for a great cause, and the Bitfreighter team accomplished that in spades this week at the Karen Cameron ALS Golf Tournament. It could not have been a more beautiful day, and we had a blast. Kudos to Brad Perling for putting on an amazing event for a cause very close to him, and to Hannah Feldhacker for organizing the event so flawlessly from top to bottom. Shout out to our teammates Shawn Hunter and Alex Polston of Stevens Trucking for one hell of a round! It was an honor gents. We'll be back to defend our hardware in 2025!

Yesterday, I spent the entire day driving a golf cart with Ryan Rogers at the Bitfreighter Golf Event and stopping by to talk to all the individuals and companies that attended. I have to say, Brad Perling and his team did an incredible job organizing the event. It was great to spend the day with people from the freight community, all in support of such an important cause—ALS research. A huge thank you to Brad and his team for inviting me. It was absolutely worth flying in for the day. I’m already looking forward to attending again next year. Having fun on a golf course is a much better form of networking than attending a conference. Here are a few photos from yesterday. (Shoutout to OTR Solutions for the hat!)

Last week Mark Vickers brought us an excellent Cross-Border Summit in Laredo where the industry’s best got together to network and talk about the ever-evolving landscape of supply chain insurance and risk for trade between Mexico and the US. In summary, nearshoring and trade will continue to increase but that puts strain on the safety of goods, infrastructure, and the need to optimize border crossing processes for quicker transit. Luckily, there are a lot of great minds working on solutions and it was great to be in the same room as them. We also had an opportunity to meet with the team at Wisdom Digital Logistics to see their impressive growth and operations in Laredo as well as have a little fun in San Antonio. Until next time Texas!

A fun part about this entire process has been traveling to different events, meeting new people, and expanding Hoplite Logistics ever so slightly each week. We've been able to build something I'm really proud of very quickly, and we make sure to celebrate the wins, no matter their size. I had the chance to do something more sentimental a week ago though. Traveling back to my hometown and sponsoring the football team's golf outing was a really awesome experience. Seeing old teammates and coaches and giving myself some much-needed perspective on how far I've come in the last 19 years was food for the soul. Giving yourself time to reflect when your life is going 100mph at all times is important, and this was a great experience to help with that. I suggest taking five minutes to admire what you've accomplished and feeling the pride and gratitude when you can. (Hoplite's color scheme may have had some meaning behind it as well if you can't tell.)

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OUR THIRD EDITION OF THE HOPLITE IS LIVE! Included in our Q3 edition: - An amazing discussion with Mark Vickers of Reliance Partners detailing best practices moving cross-border freight and how the landscape is evolving - A cross-border Mexico market update from our COO Bryan Rekowski - A spotlight on our very first hire and Carrier Sales extraordinaire Ryan Servos - A look back at a very eventful Q2! We want to thank Mark for his time and amazing knowledge, and recommend them as our partnership with Reliance has been phenomenal. We're also always looking for new topics to tackle in future editions so please send them our way. What should we include in Q4? www.shiphoplite.com

Wishing everyone a very Happy 4th of July as we celebrate our independence! Now more than ever is a great time to admire our shared values and many blessings. Hoping everyone enjoys a day filled with love, gratitude, fireworks, and plenty of food. Cheers from the Hoplite team!