Modern Shipper

Major advances from two drone companies move the industry forward.

An earlier Uber/Postmates court victory over AB5 in California has been vacated.  

While navigating shifting market conditions can be stressful, shippers that focus their attention on increasing their own operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness can thrive during this time.

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Casey Armstrong, chief marketing officer at ShipBob, talks about the recent Black Friday shopping holiday and how e-commerce shopping has evolved over recent years.

Mike Branch, vice president of data and analytics at Ontario-based Geotab, joins FreightWaves’ Thomas Wasson to talk about generative AI and its possible impacts on the domestic supply chain.

Technology advancements will make it easy to automate warehousing operations right from your phone.

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XPO said Tuesday it’s excited about a “once-in-a-generation” terminal acquisition that will facilitate the next decade of growth.

Sean Cassidy led Amazon Prime Air’s safety, flight operations and regulatory affairs. His departure costs the firm a key relationship with the FAA.

Big and bulky items sold online need more finance in logistics. Luckily today, there’s a growing number of new technologies to help.

Reliable Robotics successfully tested its autopilot system with no one on board the Cessna cargo plane.

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Reelables says technology will eliminate the need for manual label scanning across the supply chain.

Uber’s new feature allows shoppers to arrange for drivers to pick up purchased items and deliver them to a residence.

CloudTrucks CEO Tobenna Arodiogbu has announced that his company is exiting the factoring business and will be transitioning its current customers to RTS Financial in the coming weeks to focus on its core business offerings, Virtual Carrier and Flex.

The flight follows Zipline’s FAA approval to remove visual observers from its drone delivery operations, opening up longer routes and becoming accessible to more customers.

Drone manufacturer Elroy Air names its new aircraft a turbogenerator-hybrid electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft — hVTOL for short — and claims it’s the first of its kind to fly.

DHL Express has doubled the size of its Asia air hub in Hong Kong.

Workhorse Group made progress toward scaling its electric truck business, but being shut out of California incentives dented revenue.