Last-Mile Delivery

FreightWaves Founder and CEO Craig Fuller explains the boom and bust cycle of the trucking industry.

FreightWaves Founder and CEO Craig Fuller analyzes methods to generate more revenue in a trucking downturn.

We’re breaking down the last mile ahead of FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain event.

Geoffrey Finlay, CEO of Chicago-based Logistyx Technologies, said joining E2open will “enable more companies to ship smarter.”

As parcel demand has skyrocketed, shippers have obviously been faced with serious capacity issues.

A.P. Moller – Maersk announced the $1.8 billion acquisition of U.S. forwarder Pilot Freight Services. The deal is the company’s latest move in building out a land-based logistics network.

A Postal Service reform package passed by the House on Tuesday would eliminate massive financial burdens at the agency while maintaining a unified package and mail network.

XPO Logistics has issued 2022 guidance and vows to fully right the LTL segment’s operating ratio by midyear.

J.B. Hunt Transport acquires less-than-truckload furniture carrier Zenith Freight Lines from Bassett Furniture.

XPO adds two terminals and 50 dock doors to its North American network.

The test by the startup company is not being viewed as a proof of concept but rather to demonstrate its model to midsized companies.

“We don’t partner with one asset, we partner with all box truck assets in a region and we aggregate the totality of orders to be sure that there is one full truck delivering to one ZIP code,” said Onward Delivery CEO Grafton Elliott.

Ryder appears to have paid a sum in line with current Whiplash revenue, a provider of final-mile services.

Expanding applications of its molded structural composite trailer bodies, Wabash is looking to the grocery delivery business as a new market.

Werner Enterprises triples the size of its final-mile offering with the addition of Northeast-based Nehds Logistics.

CalTrans is boosting the weight limit for port truckers. The regulatory change was made with good intentions, but can it work?

Proper delivery routing is often overlooked as a potential sales tool, but done right, it can lead to increased customer engagement and more sales.

The chaos in the supply chain has ripple effects down to the last mile. AxleHire Founder Daniel Sokolovsky is responsible for ensuring his company can meet those last-mile delivery demands.

Company takes no chances in keeping supply chain problems away from holiday deliveries.

Workhorse decides to pursue alternative opportunities after ending its bid fight with the Postal Service.