Last-Mile Delivery

Gofo, a last-mile e-commerce delivery company, is expanding its U.S. footprint at a rapid clip.

The Army wants ammunition delivered to a company formation with nobody in the cab. Harbinger is supplying the platform, and American Rheinmetall is holding the contract.

GM says its new controller shortcuts the most technical, least differentiated stretch of a commercial vehicle program: getting a foreign engine to turn fuel to noise.

As enterprise retailers add regional carriers, 3PLs and gig couriers, Burq is pitching one layer to route, monitor and redispatch every order before the delivery promise breaks.

Last-mile delivery is where every upstream mistake finally comes due. It is the last stop before the customer, the last chance to get an order right. It is also the first place where blame lands when something goes wrong. Maersk is betting that connecting every link in that chain, from the port to the doorstep, […]

Last-mile delivery of big items is slowing down as fewer houses change hands in a difficult real estate market. Carriers are trying to beat competitors in a slowing market with top-notch service and technology, but also need more scale to deal with vertically integrated retailers.

DoorDash has synced its marketplace with the Shopify app to enable small retailers with stores to utilize its on-demand delivery network.

Texas authorities and Walmart agree to a settlement returning more than $13 million to drivers and the state.

Descartes announced Monday that it has acquired Santiago, Chile-based last-mile solutions provider Drivin for $30 million.

UPS wants to reduce the size of its workforce in the UK by transferring last-mile delivery to outside couriers, which would significantly change the labor landscape for legacy parcel cariers.

The Teamsters union is gearing up to file grievances against UPS for allegedly funneling package delivery to Roadie, a subsidiary that uses less-expensive gig drivers.

Canada Post announced it plans to transition nearly 500,000 more people to centralized community mailboxes because home delivery is too expensive.

Under pressure from the Teamsters, UPS has retrofitted 2,000 package cars with air conditioning and the union says its enforcement campaign is forcing company compliance across many areas of their labor contract.

Walmart is making e-commerce delivery more convenient with a new 30-minute delivery service, an offer to deliver Subway sandwiches from in-store restaurants, and the expansion of its membership program, which includes free delivery, in Canada.

By Satish Jindel On Monday, FedEx Corp. spun-off its Freight division. What is left is the combined network of FedEx Express and FedEx Ground.  It’s an opportune time to remember that FedEx (NYSE: FDX) would be a distant third-place parcel carrier in the U.S. market without the acquisition of RPS as part of the $2.4 […]

A new $10 billion delivery contract with DHL eCommerce is an example of how the U.S. Postal Service under new Postmaster General David Steiner is trying to be more responsive to the shipping needs of online retailers and their logistics partners.

Amazon is making deliveries in the District of Columbia using battery-powered cargo bikes, part of a broader micromobility policy aimed at reducing emissions, noise and congestion in cities.

The U.S. Postal Service and its largest block of unionized letter carriers are headed to mediation over a new contract.

Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas is calling for an investigation into Chinese-controlled parcel delivery companies in the U.S., saying they receive heavy subsidies that allow them to underprice domestic carriers and could be sharing critical U.S. market data with the Chinese government.

Walmart’s sophisticated supply chain system is allowing it to speed up delivery speeds to customers who order online. The extra convenience was a key factor in the company’s 26% gain in e-commerce sales during the first quarter.