The hot topics you may have missed this week.
Amazon is looking to buy Zoox, a self-driving startup that seeks to create a fleet of electrified robo-taxis.
Amazon has been linked to several large real estate transactions this week, including the lease of a 1 million-square-foot facility in New York.
Amazon is no longer looking to just block counterfeiters from selling on its site. The company has established a new internal crime unit to pursue legal action against fraudsters.
Even as COVID-19 has ravaged many retailers, Amazon has emerged stronger than ever and could be in line to acquire an iconic brand.
Amazon has launched a $2 billion sustainable investment fund focused on technologies that reduce carbon emissions.
Roundup comprises elections and selections by Atlas Air, Elemica, Georgia Ports Authority, Hapag-Lloyd, NCBFAA and VeriShip.
Chaves, ex-owner of CAT Transportation Inc., is awaiting sentencing in another federal case after pleading guilty to falsifying DOT records, bank fraud, identity theft and tax evasion in August 2019.
The Walmart and Shopify partnership looks like it will shake up e-commerce as we know it.
It’s uncertain when UPS Inc. and FedEx Corp., which have imposed “temporary” surcharges on a portion of their U.S. residential deliveries to offset higher coronavirus-related costs, may lift the charges.
The EU’s reported plan to bring antitrust charges against Amazon.com Inc. is unlikely to be copied in the United States because of differences in the two antitrust regimes, according to a U.S.-based antitrust attorney.
U.S. safety investigators will hold a hearing in July as they try to find out why a big cargo jet carrying Amazon packages crashed last year.
Amazon Air has gone from start-up to mid-size cargo airline in four years. By mid-decade, it is expected to be in air cargo’s major leagues.
The vehicle, adding to an increasingly crowded space, is reportedly an attempt to upstage Tesla
E-commerce giant lands patent for a system that will ensure “digital trust” in item tracking
As protests over the death of George Floyd expand nationwide, road closures and safety concerns are starting to impact freight movements and put the lives of truck drivers at risk
FedEx reported to be exploring alternative growth path in Europe through stake in German parcel company Hermes.
Amazon is looking to acquire self-driving technology startup Zoox, with talks being underway between the two companies.
Opponents of increasing size standards for trucks fear permanent changes post-pandemic.
Amazon will occupy a huge air cargo facility being built at San Bernardino Airport as it expands its private airline and air delivery network.
“Substantial” federal funding needed to maintain service, board chairman warns.
Selection from private sector feeds speculation of potential privatization of federal agency.
Canadian e-commerce firm says Q1 saw the largest increase in merchants joining Shopify Fulfillment Network as $1 billion push into Amazon’s territory continues.
Amazon has expanded its brokerage service to 48 states, allowing shippers to easily connect with carriers on a digital platform.
The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. A funny paradox says that there is a particular restaurant that is so busy nobody bothers to go there anymore. Well, after the siege of sheltering at home is lifted in various cities […]
ir Transport Services Group is making money from its aircraft leasing and outsourced transportation businesses as express carriers and other customers seek more aircraft to support supply chains.
Idelic and Samsara have forged a partnership where Samsara ELD and camera data will be integrated into Idelic’s driver management platform. Plus, GE cutting 25% of aviation workforce, Amazon exec quits over employee firing, and road funding takes a hit.
Plus: Red Roof hotel offers trucker day rate; a Beijing to Berlin convoy
Several steps being taken will affect the supply chain
“Everybody in the last-mile delivery business better watch out, because Amazon can make them unnecessary.”
Carriers are getting more notice to pick up loads. Is this a result of Amazon relaxing their service expectations?
Amazon is placing new grocery delivery customers onto wait lists as it seeks to shore up orders and deliveries for existing customers. Plus, traffic declines could jeopardize road projects, just-in-time delivery impacts resupply efforts and retail sales face a long slog back to growth.
Drone use for package deliveries is expected to remain largely grounded by regulatory and infrastructural hurdles during the next few years, according to Frost and Sullivan.
Amazon Shipping, has been put on hold, overtaken by unprecedented life-or-death events
C.H. Robinson has made a $50,000 donation to the St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund as that organization anticipates a growing need for financial assistance for drivers that contract coronavirus. Plus, Cummins finds a use for filtration materials, Amazon postpones Prime Day, and car makers extend plant shutdowns.
But many sellers still in the lurch as the e-giant limits shipments to essential products
Leader of container and chassis provider organizations heartened to see cooperation during the coronavirus crisis “to minimize the impact for the greater good.”
Workers at an Amazon warehouse are protesting conditions while Instacart workers are walking off the job amid coronavirus concerns. Plus, truck drivers are scared, but still delivering and Americans learn the value of the supply chain.
The USPS received a $10 billion line of credit in the U.S. Senate version of the coronavirus relief bill. What will the U.S. House of Representatives do?
The coronavirus pandemic is sparking debate about what consumers want — and when they want it.
Plus: Former UN Ambassador resigns from Boeing board; Tesla violates SF shelter-in-place rules
Amazon.com, Inc. plans to add 100,000 workers, increase hourly wages and limit items received into its fulfillment centers in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Deutsche Post World has lowered its guidance for the year and cited Amazon’s continuing insourcing of logistics as a major reason. Plus, Goldman Sachs is predicting a 5% contraction in the economy, labor shortages could hamper restocking of shelves, and the Fed slashes interest rates.
CLS has specialized in last mile delivery, expedited LTL, cross-border transportation, sprinter vans, box trucks and e-commerce fulfilment.
Shippers combat coronavirus with new procedures, questions for drivers; carriers advise proper hygiene, while Amazon requires sanitization of workstations, vehicles
Profits grew in the fourth quarter and full-year 2019 at ATSG as its leasing and airline subsidiaries both performed well.
Mercado Libre operates in more than a dozen countries. Its three largest markets are Brazil, Argentina and Mexico, which accounted for 63%, 19% and 13% of its gross billings, respectively, last quarter.
If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck, it’s probably a duck. Public and private officials behind the development of a large air cargo terminal at San Bernardino International Airport say they have no idea who will occupy the air-to-truck transfer terminal, but the telltale signs point to Amazon.com and its Amazon Prime Air network.
Final-mile smart lock provider BoxLock announces $4.5 million funding round.
The rapid growth in online retail sales and consumer demand for fast delivery is spurring construction of giant fulfillment centers.
Competition is fierce in the e-commerce wars and efficiency is critical to customer service and profitability. DHL’s investment in new Boeing freighters is designed to keep growing that business line.
Amazon drops more logistics providers, citing safety, performance issues as thousands of delivery drivers across the country who work for small and medium-size logistics companies that contract with Amazon.com found out in mid-February they may lose their jobs in April
The “Amazon Effect” continues, moving in multiple directions at the same time. Here are six ways Amazon’s fast delivery is changing shipping.
DHL has issued layoff notices for 134 workers in Detroit as it seeks to renegotiate a contract with a supplier. Also, Amazon ditches delivery providers, rail and intermodal volumes drops.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: project44 promotes freight visibility in USMCA era; Amazon leases 1 million-square-foot warehouse at DFW International Airport ; Mexico auto industry preparing for coronavirus impact; Port Houston container volume spikes in January. project44 promotes freight visibility in USMCA […]
Delivery companies that don’t meet Amazon’s standards are being cut from its vendor list. Three got dismissed this week.
Bear Down Logistics didn’t meet Amazon’s standards so Amazon cut ties.
Like most mega-companies, UPS Inc. (NYSE:UPS) is loath to publicly discuss customers or its relationships with them. It refuses to answer reporters’ questions about customers. It never mentions them in press releases or other media announcements. But the long-held custom went out the window last week. In announcing its fourth-quarter and full-year results, UPS not […]
The majority of executives expect growth exceeding 10% and are actively pursuing deals.
Amazon blows past analysts’ EPS estimates for q4
The Amazon Effect and Uberization of Freight pose daunting challenges for logistics companies, says FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller.
The impact of new technology in freight brokerages and how it is changing compensation.
Electric trucks in big numbers are still years away, but interest among truck makers and fleets is widespread and growing.
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 to enforcement, airfreight industry groups claim.
The e-commerce giant won a patent for a theoretical multimodal vehicle designed to deliver and pick up items from online shoppers.
Brad Jacobs enters rich, leaves richer
Plus: BYD pushes zero emissions mandate in California and Seattle pushes Amazon tax.
The CEO is in India to attend the inaugural Amazon Smbhav summit bringing more than 3,000 small businesses together.
Amazon lifts ban on third-party sellers’ use of FedEx Ground and Home Delivery
This week we break down Walmart’s future with special guest Zach Strickland.
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 for drawing fuel.
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, it is getting harder for the smaller, “relationship-based” brokers to compete. Whether it’s managed transportation, trailer pooling, warehousing or last-mile, brokers should be looking for ways to increase their value, […]
Companies from Amazon to Zulily agree to help Customs and Border Protection figure out how to identify and target high-risk shipments.
Brian Aoaeh writes about the “other” side of ecommerce – the returns of unwanted merchandise and how retailers are handling the issue.
Trump’s influence over new agency chief could lead to service overhaul in 2020.
A home surveillance system captures Amazon driver dropping off two packages at a Pennsylvania home and then leaving with a parcel delivered by UPS.
The 2010s started with logistics in its traditional place toward the back of the bus. The decade ended with logistics behind the wheel. It began with the sector, like the rest of the U.S. and world economies, digging out from the worst recession in more than 70 years. E-commerce existed but was hardly mainstream. Amazon.com […]
Charley Dehoney provides detailed information on freight visibility platforms and how they are changing the logistics/supply chain space.
US retailers will forgo profits for the sake of making the logistics investments needed to manage the e-commerce surge, ABI Research says
Car-haulers face challenging times. Kalanick sells out-literally. Will Amazon’s free standing logistics model spring forth?
First, we hit you with some of the latest headlines. Heniff Transportation and Superior Bulk Logistics are set to merge. Ohio-based GDS Express abruptly ceases operations. Rising wrestling star, Matt Travis, was struck and killed by truck driver, and a jury smacks a California trucking company with $70.5 million “nuclear verdict.” Plus, Amazon has some […]
Consumer demands and expectations are rising dramatically. Up to 25% of consumers are willing to pay extra for same-day delivery. Some estimate same-day delivery will reach a 25% market share by 2025. E-commerce is the driving force behind the revolution in the last mile final frontier. Real-time data analytics is also proving to be a […]
USMCA will cost automakers $3 billion in added tariffs; Chinese EV sales plunge; U.S. holiday season will see over $1 trillion in sales.
Amazon hires passenger carrier to operate freighters.
Amazon to block customers of its Seller-Fulfilled Prime service from using FedEx units for deliveries
Tesla’s truck may not comply with Euro standards. Consultant takes issue with Morgan Stanley’s Amazon firecast
The rise of e-commerce has increased the amount of low mileage freight, but that comes at an unexpected cost to shippers.
Brian Aoaeh writes about workplace injuries and workplace safety in the ecommerce age…
project44 opens office in Paris, its second on the continent
Amazon.com’s remarkable evolution has been driven by massive IT investments. Its success earned it the top spot in the FreightTech 25
Storage and Replenishment service allows products to be stored near fulfillment centers to allow faster restocking during the holiday rush.
Staying on the same page with accounts receivable; extending logistics into space
Among the findings: The serious injury rate in some facilities is double the national average for the warehousing industry, and for every $1 in wages, Amazon workers receive 24 cents in public assistance.
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
