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Air Cargo
Airfreight industry seeks stronger enforcement of rules for shipping lithium batteries
Misdeclared cargo is a big problem for air carriers when it comes to dangerous goods like lithium batteries. Regulators are too complacent when it comes…
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Last Mile
Prospective Amazon delivery robot would navigate air, land and sea
The e-commerce giant won a patent for a theoretical multimodal vehicle designed to deliver and pick up items from online shoppers.
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Last Mile
Jacobs to exit most of XPO the way he entered — unconventionally
Brad Jacobs enters rich, leaves richer
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Autonomous Vehicles
Today’s Pickup: Aerial vs. ground autonomous transportation
Plus: BYD pushes zero emissions mandate in California and Seattle pushes Amazon tax.
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Business
Bezos pledges $1 billion to digitize small businesses in India
The CEO is in India to attend the inaugural Amazon Smbhav summit bringing more than 3,000 small businesses together.
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Last Mile
Amazon lifts third-party seller ban on use of FedEx Ground
Amazon lifts ban on third-party sellers' use of FedEx Ground and Home Delivery
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Great Quarter, Guys podcast
Is Walmart gaining on Amazon, or did it never lose the lead?
This week we break down Walmart's future with special guest Zach Strickland.
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Fuel
Amazon Alexa to enable fuel payments at gas stations
Amazon has enabled customers to pay digitally at gas stations via Alexa, which can confirm the station location and pump number and activate the pump…
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FreightWaves TV
Off the Supply Chain: Brokering Both Sides of the Equation
With companies like Convoy achieving a $1 billion valuation in roughly four years, or publicly-traded companies like Uber and Amazon encroaching on the brokerage space,…
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Air Cargo
CBP taps nine firms for e-commerce data pilot
Companies from Amazon to Zulily agree to help Customs and Border Protection figure out how to identify and target high-risk shipments.
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