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.
Walmart will launch drone delivery in Dallas-Fort Worth this month, offering 30-minute delivery via their app, expanding their service to 1.8 million households with partners Zipline and Wing.
This week, Denim secures funds to continue scaling, OneRail acquires new tech and industry partnerships improve service offerings.
Seko Logistics said U.S. Customs and Border Protection has harmed its business by temporarily suspending some import privileges without providing evidence of wrongdoing.
The industry-leading SONAR data platform announces a number of new releases and enhancements live at the Future of Supply Chain.
U.S. trade regulators and lawmakers are trying to even the playing field for U.S. companies and close a security gap by cracking down on e-commerce importers taking advantage of a trade loophole.
OneRail has launched a solution to address in-transit problems that lead to lost inventory.
Atlas Air will phase out flight operations for Amazon but continue to lease aircraft to the retailer while targeting more cross-border shipping.
This week, Cover Whale raises $27.5 million, the Scheduling Standards Consortium adds a member and Magnus integrates with Trimble.
Cambridge Capital sees promise in helping retailers audit costs and invoices with Stat Recovery.
FedEx will soon begin streamlining flight operations in line with changing market demand and a world in which it no longer is the prime contractor for the U.S. Postal Service.
This week, collaboration becomes key, TruckParkingClub.com hits a milestone, and ex-Convoy engineers raise money for the spot market.
Mesa Airlines has stopped flying for DHL Express, citing low cargo demand.
Uber Freight has officially entered its managed transportation era.
ASL Aviation is upgrading the fleet at its Australian subsidiary with a modern Boeing 737-800 cargo jet.
Tech nonprofit Emerge Career reduces recidivism and poverty rates among convicts by providing access to vocational training and job placement support throughout incarceration and after release.
This week, FreightVana offers a Visa card to its carrier network, SPS Commerce makes an acquisition and we review Symbotic’s Q1 results in the robotics space.
ABX Air’s pilots union is out of Amazon’s doghouse, resulting in an improved labor agreement and a contract to fly 10 freighters.
AI software provider Paxafe looks to continue its strategic partnership strategy while expanding globally and building its sales team.
C.H. Robinson says it is using sophisticated AI tools to automate responses to emailed quote requests for thousands of customers.
In this edition of FreighTech Friday, Loadsure explains the risk of moving goods throughout Europe, and Kinaxis shares a report on shippers that are slow to react to supply chain disruptions.
