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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

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.”

Salesforce drew on three years of data from 4,500 e-commerce sites to generate its forecast.

Amazon.com recently acquired cloud-based startup INLT, a move designed to simplify importing goods into the United States for Amazon’s online merchants, according to Reuters. INLT, which the company said stands for IN:LET, makes software for merchants to manage the costs of customs clearance on cross-border shipments. Terms of the acquisition, which was announced Sept. 24, were not […]

Satellite-based data and analytics provider, Spire Global, announced that it has received over $40 million in a new round of funding.

Amazon to open its 7th fulfillment center in Ontario, Canada with a 1 million square foot building in Toronto

Traditional freight brokerages are ramping up technological spending to keep pace with the industry.

Amazon’s EV order a shot at Tesla; India advances national logistics policy.

Project44’s new truckload tendering capability allows users to secure quotes without having to maneuver outside of their transportation management system.

We’re concluding our coverage of Trimble’s in.site conference 2019 we talk about Amazon’s big change to their algorithm, Linda Baker has the conference beat from Crawford St., and we’re joined by guests from Trimble, TriumphPay, FleetWorthy, and more. Stay tuned until the end to find out how to get What The Truck?!? at your event.

Tesla takes a page from Amazon in new logistics strategy for delivering vehicles. Union group uses customer as leverage to bash XPO

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has transferred flying responsibility for two leased Boeing 767-300 freighters from Atlas Air Worldwide to Air Transport International, a charter airline owned by Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), Amazon and ATSG officials confirmed. Both companies lease and operate planes on behalf of the Amazon Air network, which the e-commerce giant launched in […]

“Aggressive” management style has led to driver abuse, senators claim.

Amazon Air to begin flying at Dallas/Fort Worth regional hub next month

Amazon and Home Depot have both leased space in a multi-story warehouse in Georgetown Crossroadss in Seattle.

Being 9.5 hours from 90 percent of the industrialized world, e-commerce leader Amazon is utilizing Alaska as an air operations hub.

Amazon Air to operate 2 freighters full of relief supplies to Dorian survivors in The Bahamas

UPS to hire 100k employees for peak season, and will expand tuition reimbursement plan

Humans are helping e-tailers lower logistics costs; logistics newbies, meet the seasoned pros

Analysts and investors wait to hear about Amazon’s expanded presence in Southeast Asia and on-demand services.

Atlas Air and its pilots union continue take hard lines in wake of arbritrator’s award that a contract settlement be arbitrated

Arbritrator’s award denies Atlas Air’s pilots’ request to negotiate a contract and instead imposes an arbitrated settlement on both sides

Fed policy talk and China’s retaliatory tariffs couldn’t spook the markets. It was the President’s tweets that sent the markets into a tailspin. With tariff increases on the horizon, we can be somewhat certain that more uncertainty and volatility will likely ensue for the transportation stocks.

Amazon, following a model in the U.S., will take an equity stake in Canadian cargo airlines Cargojet.

ATSG and Atlas Air continue to fight a contract battle with their pilots union as Amazon, which uses both airlines, watches closely with peak season approaching

For 16 days the Amazon rainforest has burned at record breaking rates.

Drones may be one of the key answers to last-mile delivery. Read about how drones are being used around the world.

USPS’ first quarterly decline in package volumes in 9 years throws up warning flares over lost business from its biggest customers

Trucks are omitted from a study analyzing congestion pricing options; YRC scraps satellite radio in cabs; FedEx drops Amazon in dollars-and-sense decision

FedEx, tired of jumping through hoops for Amazon.com at non-compensatory rates, cuts the ground-delivery cord with the e-tailer

Global e-commerce continues to grow, and grow, and grow. Market voice Brian Aoaeh writes about the move of e-commerce giants to establish their own fulfillment services.

Operating performance bolstered by contracts with Amazon and U.S. government, said company CEO.

On today’s episode we’re talking about the Dow dropping, freight rates popping, California’s new CORE program, Freight Futures, project44 adding visibility to Amazon and Walmart, Market Expert Trivia, Big Deal Little Deal and so much more. Rewatch the LIVE experience

Two mega-retailers partnerships signal an inflection point in the visibility market.

XPO second-quarter results allays analyst concerns as it navigates through a tough top-line

XPO Logistics posts flat second-quarter revenue, exceeds estimates on EPS, cash flow

Schneider is closing its First to Final Mile delivery operation due to poor performance.

Amazon.com wants all SMB business, and will not be shy in squeezing the SMBs to get it

eBay’s Managed Delivery will outsource warehousing, transport, and packaging services.

Kick off the week with the headhaul edition of WTT?!? Emily Szink returns as a special guest co-host with Dooner to bring you headlines about Walmart’s autonomous final-mile delivery vans, a giant deal in the on-demand delivery space, the Port Report and SONAR’s blockbuster new feature. JP talks mergers and acquisitions, market expert trivia and […]

Amazon’s q2 shipping costs soar as costs of one-day delivery launch exceed estimates

After years on the transport mat, next day air flies off as UPS volume surges

Ecommerce continues to grow and Amazon and its competitors continue to innovate and grow. Read insight into the phenomenon by Anothy Smith.

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced today it will open two more fulfillment centers in Ohio, which will bring to 10 the number of locations that the e-tailer operates in the state. The centers, which will be built in Akron and Rossford, will each measure 700,000 square feet and will be used to pick, pack and ship […]

Scott Case writes about what recent FAA grants mean to airports and to the movement of airfreight and air cargo.

Package surge from Amazon’s annual sales blitz overwhelms workplaces as more people get deliveries at their offices.

Amazon workers strike on the company’s mega-discount Prime Day, asking for fair treatment, higher pay and decent working conditions within warehouses.

Drones could someday deliver thousands of packages a day, but who will monitor all this air traffic?

On this episode Dooner & Chad are talking the trucking apocalypse, grounded Boeing 737 MAXs, the e-scooter conundrum, Amazon’s Prime Day, and so much more!

The good news is that Amazon will see massive volume surges on Prime Day. Now it has to deliver all of them in one day.

Amazon to retrain 1/3 of its workforce to meet challenges of securing high-skilled labor. Transport and logistics skills will also be elevated

On the backhaul edition of WTT?!?, Dooner and Chad are talking seized ships, spilled money, Amazon’s big bet on its own employees, Uber drivers becoming employees and so much more! Listen in now and then catch the live show on FreightWaves’ Facebook page live Mondays and Thursdays!

Courier offers QuickShip service in four major Canadian cities as part of C$1 billion expansion.

Three-judge panel says lower court acted properly to block union pilots from slowing down Atlas Air’s operations during contract talks

WTT?!? celebrates its first Facebook Live show with all the latest headlines, including Amazon Prime vs. Prime, Inc., Dooner vs. the Sultan of SONAR in Market Expert Trivia and tech news Off the Blockchain with Lincoln Duff. Kevin Hill tells us what’s On the Radar with IMO 2020, and Emily returns for Big Deal Little […]

Logistics has been the key to sustaining the 10-year economic recovery. Amazon is gaining strength in self-handling though not 48 percent. FedEx’s Smith pledges there are no “sacred cows” at the company

FedEx preaches patience and looking beyond FY2020’s results. It will be a tough sell.

Good Day, On July 5, 1995 Jeff Bezos left his job at a hedge fund in New York, drove across the country and launched an online book selling business from his garage in a Seattle suburb. On the occasion of Amazon’s 25th birthday, Inc. Magazine has put together a list of fun facts reminding us […]

Amazon is having trouble with late deliveries; OPEC cuts production due to weakening demand growth; Vietnam might face increased tariffs on its U.S. exports.

The growth of ecommerce is putting excessive pressure on transport networks, and cities need to look at better utilizing and charging for curbside parking and time spent delivering goods.

While shoppers are flocking to e-commerce sites, that is not the case for grocery shoppers, who remain more interested in seeing and feeling their produce before buying.