Proud to share our Q1 2026 edition of The Hoplite!

The theme is the same one we are trying to live by every day as we scale. Think Clear. Move Fast.

This edition is a big one for us because it explains why we are partnering with GoodShip. Transportation has plenty of opinions. What it rarely has is a clean version of the truth that makes decisions obvious and execution faster. That is the gap we are closing in 2026.

We sat down with Jessica (Weimar) Lenz and Les Akin and the message was simple. The biggest wins are not hiding in theory. They are hiding in the day to day. In the lanes you have not reviewed in too long. In the carrier commitments you fulfill and never re-check. In the hundreds of small decisions that quietly decide whether you are running tight or leaking money.

Bryan Rekowski also laid out our 2026 tech blueprint nicely. This is the stuff we are using as our “sword and shield.” Carrier compliance and fraud protection, stronger insurance layers for our shippers, and better controls on payables so errors and bad actors do not get past us. The intent is not to replace relationships. This will always be a relationship business. The intent is to remove the manual busy work, cut human error, and give our team more leverage to execute the right way.

And we close with a Hoplite Spot-lite on Alex Brown. If you are a football fan, you probably know Alex. If you are a shipper, you will appreciate how he is wired. Family first. Honest and reliable. No excuses (nod to our former Yotes)!