Amazon bars Priority Mail traffic for seller-fulfilled shipments unless merchants buy the postage through it
This year’s list includes 16 returning winners from last year’s awards and nine first-timers.
UPS’ plan to pay folks to pick-up at alternate locations speaks to need to drive B2C last-mile density
Plus: Amazon Air emissions complicate carbon neutrality goals; autonomous delivery comes to Moscow
Governments need to bolster electric vehicle battery recycling infrastructure; American worker productivity declined by 0.3% this quarter; Brazil plans to double oil output.
Air Transport Services Group (NASDAQ: ATSG) reported a 219% increase in third-quarter operating profit of $105 million. The outsourced provider of air cargo services for Amazon.com’s Prime network and other customers generated $366 million in revenue, up 79% from the same period in 2018. The gains mostly came from one-time occurrences: earnings from operations benefited […]
Amazon to build second robotics development complex in Massachusetts
One of the biggest U.S. shippers put increasingly tough terms on carrier, leading to lawsuit.
UPS expects tsunami of returns this holiday season
Story updated 11/42019, 2:45 p.m. Canadian overnight air cargo provider Cargojet [TSE: CGJTF] increased its third-quarter adjusted pretax earnings by 24% to C$39.1 million ($29.7 million) compared to the same period in 2018, consistent with the nine-month growth rate. Revenues, excluding fuel surcharges, increased 2.4% to $85.4 million, powered by a 5.5% increase in domestic […]
Charley Dehoney writes about Amazon’s impact on software programming, and how it is using lessons from Amazon Web Services to logistics and its other business lines.
Canadian e-commerce company plans to scale its nascent U.S. Fulfillment Network in 2021, leveraging third-party warehouses and a robot-enabled platform from recent 6 River acquisition.
Kenworth Truck Co. is finally satisfied that over-the-air software updates are safe for its trucks.
Amazon looks to boost value proposition for big shippers with customized delivery service at rock-bottom rates
New York to Sydney flights not to take off til 2023, Qantas CEO says. Kentucky needs infrastructure
A new study says that proactively managing the electric grid by utilizing excess capacity in electric vehicle batteries could ease peak demand and lower overall costs for all electric users.
Letter Ride LLC, a delivery service provider for Amazon, is cutting 423 positions at facilities across Texas. The company is eliminating jobs at its facilities in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston, according to recent documents provided by the Texas Workforce Commission. The layoffs are set to begin on December 4 in Dallas, and are […]
Inpax, a delivery partner of Amazon.com, lays off more than 600 after Amazon cuts ties
Elena Bernardo strayed from a “super safe” career to one that put her on the front lines of technological innovation.
Company insists contractors are held to “high standards.”
