Modern Shipper covers the gig economy, including same-day, on-demand, and last-mile delivery jobs and services. Readers will find current news on gig economy companies, gig economy workers, gig economy data and trends. In addition, Modern Shipper focuses on e-commerce, e-commerce platforms and companies, and e-commerce services and technologies.
Surcharges on big and bulky packages land unpredictably. Tractor Supply’s final-mile chief says multiple carriers let the retailer redirect shipments when cost rises
A survey of industry experts finds that even as container ports deploy artificial intelligence, few are seeing measurable financial returns.
Loamy closed a $6 million seed round led by Zeal Capital Partners. It says its platform has cut product rejections in half for growers, packers and distributors.
Kenco’s 2026 Peak Season Consumer Report shows holiday budgets rising, with consumers expecting free shipping, two-day delivery and free returns on top
Merchants Fleet launched FleetShare in Puerto Rico on Sept. 14 for an unnamed global e-commerce company. It did not disclose contract terms or pricing.
An office’s carpet tile can sit on the floor for up to a decade. Getting it back to a Georgia mill takes a truck, a contractor willing to sort materials and reverse logistics
UPS has completed several facility upgrades, increasing their capacity and productivity heading into peak shipping season.
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.
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.
