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.
Volume and yield gains powered the Express and LTL units, while staffing shortages and operating inefficiencies continued to hurt the Ground unit.
New York City has released several blueprints on its freight future during the de Blasio administration.
Launched in April 2020, Uber Connect is now offering same-day local delivery to 6,000 cities across the country.
Alan Adler has spent his life inventing products, but it his AeroPress coffee brewer that is his most famous. It is also a direct-to-consumer product success story.
Technology platform Deliveright is expanding its services to include heavy-goods delivery in Canada.
Walmart announced two new fulfillment centers to help it meet growing e-commerce demand.
Project44’s Mike Edwards and Hannah Moore demonstrate how two of its pharmaceutical customers used its real-time visibility platform to improve a strategic partnership and supply chain operations at FreightWaves Domestic Supply Chain Summit on Wednesday.
The e-commerce shipping platform adds former Postmates and Pinterest executive Andreas Lieber to its leadership ranks.
According to Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, the company’s delivery segment is poised for massive growth –– and massive profits.
Zoomo wants to supplant gas mopeds and accelerate the move toward carbon-neutral cities.
FedEx Express has upgraded its largest gateway to Latin America.
Avatour is turning the boring Zoom business call into an immersive and interactive experience for logistics professionals.
The drone delivery company gets a big boost in North Carolina, where it now covers about 10,000 households with its delivery service.
Ryder appears to have paid a sum in line with current Whiplash revenue, a provider of final-mile services.
If you fly on United Express or American Eagle, you may have actually been on a plane operated by Mesa Airlines. Now it has an all-cargo option too.
Reports say Amazon is rolling out an Instacart-like grocery delivery service in Europe and the U.S.
Merchants Fleet is continuing its electrification efforts, announcing it will order EV step vans from Xos.
The proposed law could have widespread ramifications across the European Union –– and maybe even across the pond.
A zero-emissions delivery pilot in Seattle showed electric cargo bikes could potentially replace delivery trucks, but plenty of work remains to achieve that goal.
The increases, to take effect Dec. 26, will be highest among parcels in the 1- to 5-pound range.
