Modern Shipper

Walmart is heavily investing in next-generation, automated fulfillment centers.

Editor’s note: This is a contributed commentary. It comes amid FMCSA’s ongoing revocation of registered ELDs over hours-of-service log manipulation and FreightWaves welcomes responses from other parties. An ELD connection has become an important part of how freight moves. Brokers use it tounderstand whether a carrier is operating, whether vehicles are associated with that carrier, […]

Uber Technologies will acquire workplace catering platform ezCater for $2.3 billion.

U.K.-based courier Evri on Monday announced the acquisition of Cross Border Connect in Florida, furthering its expansion into cross-border e-commerce.

Trimble is weighing the future of its transportation and logistics unit while continuing to invest in AI tools for its fleet customers.

The pitch for automated gate technology is almost always throughput, and the numbers are genuinely impressive, but a gate that clears a truck in three seconds is also a gate that has removed a human being from the one moment where somebody might have looked at a document and thought something about it felt wrong, […]

Lowe’s is testing drones to speed up its game in same-day delivery.

Only 30% of Amazon sellers list in more than one country. Amazon’s fix is one inbound shipment, storage up to 45% below AWD and single-submission compliance testing.

The Teamsters is adding union members to its ranks at companies that provided outsourced delivery for DHL Express

Tavio, formed from a 2025 merger of two HR tech integration companies, is expanding into supply chain with Uber Freight already on its customer list.

YardFlow has processed nearly 2 million shipments across 26 facilities. Its largest customer now wants the system in every one of its over 200 sites, including the smallest.

Costco is outsourcing same-day delivery to DoorDash, Uber and Instagram and their independent drivers.

FreightWaves has announced its 2027 FreightTech100, recognizing 100 companies across freight and supply chain technology. The list includes established transportation companies, technology providers and startups, with the FreightTech25 set to be selected from the 100 companies in October.

Operators have spent years buying systems of record. Aviro360’s pitch is that none of them work when the yard data feeding them is already four hours old.

DHL Post & Parcel has added significant new capacity at its Cologne, Germany, parcel center.

Samsara is launching its free driver perks program for professional drivers, offering discounts and deals from more than 50 brands. The program is available to drivers in Samsara’s U.S. network and is designed to provide benefits across fitness, food and beverage, wellness, travel and personal development.

ShipStation, which provides logistics decision-making tools for e-commerce sellers and some industrial companies, is looking to grow its international market presence through takeovers and partnerships, the CEO says.

ShipStation, a provider of automated shipping services, is enabling customers to select less-than-truckload carriers and tender shipments on its parcel platform, marking the first concrete integration of services since the merger with WWEX Group this year.

Median last-mile delivery cost rose 12% again in 2026. FarEye CEO Kushal Nahata told Last Mile Leaders America the increase is now the planning baseline.

Gofo, a last-mile e-commerce delivery company, is expanding its U.S. footprint at a rapid clip.