Last-Mile Delivery

FedEx on the ropes after awful fiscal q2 results, stock price plunge

Amazon to block customers of its Seller-Fulfilled Prime service from using FedEx units for deliveries

Route-optimization software goes beyond cutting miles to provide real advantages when human brains are freed from planning what trucks go where, when and how.

Forward Air to become top 5 final-mile provider with acquisition of most of Linn Star

Bad weather drives down delivery performance during second week of peak

Freight forwarding giant details innovation required to balance sustainable packaging with customer satisfaction and product safety.

Walmart seeks to bolster its online grocery business through autonomous home delivery.

Top four parcel delivery firms perform well in first week of peak season, ShipMatrix says

New York City pilot program gives cargo bikes commercial curbside access

In a now familiar story, another logistics company – in this case Tiong Nam – reports weaker quarterly results owing to a global trade headwinds. Analysts warn on liquidity pressures.

Market Expert David Faulkenberry writes about the increasingly important “final mile” and why estimates of its size vary so widely.

Spanish road freight startup Ontruck has acquired digital freight forwarding platform Briver, in an attempt to consolidate its market position in the Spanish region of Cataluña.

Courier, domestic and international logistics company GD Express reported a slowdown in total comprehensive income in its latest quarterly results. The company generated increased revenues but increased costs too. Profits shrank.

Unit of Australian real estate firm Goodman muscling in to L.A. urban real estate construction market

In what appears to be a trend, another transport and logistics company has reported a weak overall year-to-date but with a steeper downward dive in the third quarter. Retail logistics specialist LBC Express revealed a small loss in the third quarter of the year against a background of rising revenues.

The pilot project aims to replace one of two delivery trucks serving a university neighborhood in Portland, Oregon.

Meet David Faulkenberry, FreightWaves final mile market expert, who joins the company’s deep bench after a storied career at XPO Logistics, 3PD, HomeDirect, GeoLogistics and more.

USPS sees fiscal 2019 shipping volumes stagnate as it posts massive net loss for year

Data and partnerships are critical elements to helping shippers move through the ongoing technological revolution in freight.

Amazon bars Priority Mail traffic for seller-fulfilled shipments unless merchants buy the postage through it