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Amazon Launches Day-Definite Delivery Service For Business Users
Tuesday, March 19, 2019 - 11:37am | 288Read More...Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) said late Monday that it has rolled out a day-definite delivery service to its Business Prime members under which a business customer can designate one recurring day per week to receive all of its deliveries. The service, called "Amazon Day for Business,"...
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Support Lacking For US Plan To Self-Declare Parcel Rates
Tuesday, March 19, 2019 - 11:24am | 677Read More...A spokesman for the Universal Postal Union (UPU) confirmed that only about 15 percent of the forum's 192 members support a Trump Administration plan allowing countries to self-declare rates on international packages weighing up to 4.4 pounds. Citing what President Trump considered to be unfair...
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Forward Air Acquires FSA Logistix To Expand Last-Mile Delivery Operations
Monday, March 18, 2019 - 6:28pm | 364Read More...Forward Air Corp. (NASDAQ: FWRD) said late Monday it acquired last-mile provider FSA Logistix for $27 million in cash and for what Forward Air called "additional contingent consideration" based upon future revenue generation. The transaction, expected to close sometime next month, is...
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Today's Pickup: Picking Over NEMF's Carcass; Struggling To Meet Last-Mile Customer Expectations
Monday, March 18, 2019 - 11:15am | 714Read More...Image Facebook/NEMF Good day, About $400 million in less-than-truckload business has gone elsewhere since regional carrier New England Motor Freight (NEMF) said Feb. 11 it would file for bankruptcy protection and subsequently go out of business. Speculation is that New Penn, the Northeast...
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Lion Electric Targets Urban Deliveries With Lion8 Truck
Tuesday, March 12, 2019 - 11:02am | 486Read More...The first lion8 electric truck will be delivered to saq, the government-run alcohol distributor in quebec. image: lion electric The North American electric truck market has a new entry as of today (March 11) with the introduction of the Lion8, a Canadian-made Class 8 vehicle that specializes in...
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Utilimaster Debuts Customizable Cargo Body For Last-Mile Delivery, 2 Electric Models
Thursday, March 7, 2019 - 1:02pm | 637Read More...Utilimaster has unveiled a new customizable cargo box for last-mile delivery. The box has separate compartments that can be individually temperature controlled. (Photo: Brian Straight/FreightWaves) INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana. Utlimaster is a well-known truck body brand, but not often discussed when...
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Shipsi Increases Its Geographic Reach Four-Fold Since Q4 2018
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 - 5:32pm | 648Read More...Shipsi, the startup working on last-mile delivery network aggregation, has announced that it has significantly expanded on its ecommerce and retail partners across the country. Founded in 2017, the company has found impressive traction in the market, growing from providing services across 150...
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Last-Mile Delivery Innovation: Lots Of Ideas, Lots Of Challenges
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 - 10:45am | 994Read More...Drones, ebikes and electric delivery vans are just a few of the innovations revolutionizing the last-mile delivery space, but each faces their own unique challenges, and some of those challenges have little to do with the delivery mechanisms themselves. Chris Nordh, senior director of advanced...
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DHL Express Expands Mexico-U.S. Delivery Network For Clinical Trial Samples
Thursday, February 28, 2019 - 10:54am | 387Read More...Delivery firm DHL Express said it will expand its "Medical Express" service, which transports Mexican patient samples to U.S. labs in less than 24 hours from the time the samples are drawn, to include 17 additional origin cities in Mexico. The service, which began in July 2018 in...
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FedEx To Roll Out Delivery Robot Capable Of 8-Mile Round-Trip Trek
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 - 5:29pm | 543Read More...Joining the crosswalk parade (Photo:FedEx) FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) said today it is building a battery-powered robot capable of travelling eight miles round-trip to deliver letters and parcels. The technology, called the "Same-Day Delivery Bot," can motor up to 10 miles per hour carrying...
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Today's Pickup: Investors Grapple With Uncertainties Across Global Markets; FedEx Last-Mile Partnerships; IIoT Expands
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 - 11:29am | 960Read More...Good day, As analyst Amit Mehrorta recently said on FreightWaves Radio, "The first and foremost fundamental view that we have at Deutsche Bank and our research franchise is that the state of the freight market is very strong. [However,] the capital markets and the financial markets can...
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Convey Showcases Self-Service Delivery Appointment Scheduling
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 - 12:47pm | 694Read More...(PHOTO: HENRY CARMICHAEL/FREIGHTWAVES) Convey showcased its self-service delivery appointment scheduling platform at the 2019 LINK supply chain conference in Orlando. The platform manages "white glove" deliveries (shipments of specialty goods that require additional attention by carriers...
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Roadie's New Funding Round Comes With An Orange Twist
Monday, February 25, 2019 - 12:34pm | 493Read More...Delivery firm Roadie Inc. said today it has landed $37 million in funding from an investor group that includes retailing giant The Home Depot, Inc., (NYSE: HD) one of Roadie's customers. The round, which brings Roadie's total funding to $62 million, is unusual because retailers, and...
