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.
Sun Country Airline will see improved economics from its amended contract for outsourced air transportation to Amazon, executives said.
This week: Verified Carrier discusses its unique way of vetting carriers, Vecna Robotics closes its Series C, Truckstop vets industry pets and Nvidia has a new offering for industry tech providers.
Point Pickup Technologies has agreed to sell $100,000 in assets to Delivered, including customer lists, software, transferable permits, books and records, Point Pickup’s website, and promotional materials.
Sun Country Airlines will operate 20 freighter aircraft for Amazon by late 2025 after the retailer agreed to expand its partnership with the passenger and charter airline.
Chinese e-commerce store JD.com is growing its in-house airline to satisfy customers in China with quick order delivery.
This week, training software for the DOD is serving the freight community; CargoSense closes its Series A; a trucking company adds autonomous offerings; and Truckstop.com hires a new CFO.
Semantic Visions’ Environmental, Social and Governance Index uses natural language processing to analyze media and evaluate companies’ sustainability, ethics and compliance.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it has discovered gray-market imports of Ozempic from Colombia and is trying to close down the shipping pipeline.
Cargojet will fly planeloads of e-commerce goods from China to Canada several times per week as part of a direct-to-consumer logistics operation.
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.
