Amazon has stopped using 21 Air, saying it’s a temporary step while it evaluates factors behind the fatal accident with one of its planes last week.
Amazon has been sued for wrongful death by the family of a ground worker whose van was struck Sunday at Miami airport by an Amazon cargo jet, which was carrying a shipment of contact lenses for CooperVision.
Freight and passenger delays could mount this week at Miami International Airport where two runways remain shut as the recovery operations and an investigation into Sunday’s deadly crash landing of an Amazon cargo jet continue.
Miami International Airport is operating under limited conditions on Monday as the cleanup and investigation of an Amazon Air accident continues.
Amazon packages are zipping along at 200 mph on the bullet train in Japan, while new electric bikes introduced in California go up to 12 mph.
Amazon said it will rapidly scale up its Prime Air drone delivery service in the coming months.
Amazon Prime Air is now conducting drone deliveries in the United Kingdom, the first such operation outside the U.S.
UPS’s next contract with the Teamsters union in two years will determine its own fate in parcel delivery and create monumental change at Amazon, FedEx, the U.S. Postal Service, Walmart and other couriers, according to an industry expert.
Amazon said it continued to expand ultra-fast delivery and improve fulfillment center efficiency, partly due to more robotics deployment, during the second quarter.
Consumers now expect free delivery in 2.6 days, down from 3.4. Meeting that promise pushed more than half of retailers past FedEx, UPS and the Postal Service.
UPS said earnings improved in the second quarter as it fully ended handling low-margin Amazon shipments and continued streamlining its domestic network as it concentrates on high-quality revenue.
The battle over a proposal that would radically change the Amazon business model in New York ready to resume in coming weeks. (Photo: Jim Allen\FreightWaves)
The Teamsters have won a battle with Amazon at the NLRB, but face a tougher challenge in any appeal.
The average transportation and logistics deal size is growing as buyers seek hard-to-replicate technology solutions.
The fastest way for Amazon to add a premium expedited tier to its new national LTL network is to buy the one carrier already built for it — and already on the auction block Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) opened its less-than-truckload network to all businesses this week, and the market reaction was muted. Shares of the […]
There is a version of trucking that lives on YouTube. Somebody stands next to a box truck and explains how they made six figures in their first year, and the comments fill up with people saying they are about to quit their jobs and do the same thing. Some of them actually do it. Victor […]
Amazon’s less-than-truckload business is unlikely to resemble that of the century-old legacy carriers.
Amazon has opened up its trucking network to partial-load shippers who need pallets delivered to their door, as part of a full suite of supply chain services available to third-party businesses.
Amazon has deployed 1 million robots, mostly in the United States. Now it is investing heavily to expand robot use across fulfillment centers in Europe.
Amazon has struck a deal with the NLRB that should end the question whether it’s a joint employer with its DSPs.
