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Final mile (also called “last mile”) is a term used to refer to the last leg of a delivery route (it is not a mode of transportation). Businesses can define last mile in different ways, depending on what is most relevant to their business and their customers’ expectations. Final mile delivery falls into two categories: light goods (typically less than 150 pounds) and heavy goods.
Final-mile delivery company Riverstone Logistics said Monday it has acquired appliance delivery company Ralph’s Transfer.
Last-mile delivery is complicated. Technology can make it more efficient, but the key is successfully integrating multiple systems.
A source wonders if UPS’ new offering is a reconstituted version of an earlier stab at quick delivery.
With the last mile the most complicated part of the shipping process, new solutions could help, but it will take a strong balancing act.
With Oracle and Uber Direct, retailers can now offer same-day delivery and returns.
A former driver for Ameritrans Express, a contract delivery company that hauls mail for the U.S. Postal Service, says he and other workers wonder whether they will be paid after the company filed for bankruptcy protection.
A former FedEx Ground contractor, accused of killing 7-year-old Athena Strand of Paradise, Texas, pleaded not guilty to capital murder and aggravated kidnapping charges on Monday during his arraignment hearing in Wise County, Texas.
Supply chain software provider Descartes announced Tuesday the acquisition of final-mile tech platform GroundCloud.
Less-than-truckload carrier Pitt Ohio announced a minority investment in national final-mile platform Aria Logistics.
Locus is expanding its workforce and solution offerings for Mexico’s booming e-commerce market.
Demand for 3PL services to handle last-mile shipments of heavy goods will grow by double digits annually through 2025, according to a report by Armstrong & Associates and the National Home Delivery Association.
A week after authorities say FedEx contractor Tanner Lynn Horner confessed to killing 7-year-old Athena Strand and dumping her body near her home in Paradise, Texas, investigators have released new information about Strand’s death.
Mothership’s same-day freight marketplace injects modern software into an industry still lagging behind in technology adoption, opening doors for shippers that will directly allow them to break into new markets and build consistent and dependable service with low overall damage rates.
Fitness company Peloton plans to turn over all final-mile business to J.B. Hunt and XPO in the coming weeks.
Mario Harik will succeed Brad Jacobs following the spinoff of XPO’s brokerage business. Jacobs will become XPO’s executive chairman.
Decades of experience delivering critical health care products has shaped Capstone Logistics’ last-mile solution for e-commerce and grocery delivery.
FreightWaves SONAR data can be indispensable, particularly in this environment.
The Small Fleet & Owner-Operator Summit takes place on June 15, 2022.
Net sales hit the high end of estimates; shares get whacked in after-hours trade.
The family of a Maine commercial fisherman who was struck and killed by an Amazon delivery driver in July 2020 recently filed a negligence lawsuit against the e-commerce giant.
