FedEx

The company moves to broaden its footprint and introduce services as it posts stellar fiscal 2021 third-quarter results.

Smith sees no let-up in the demand for the company’s services.

Lawmakers hear from trucking on outlook for achieving zero-emission vehicle targets

UPS needs to step up its weekend game if it plans to overcome FedEx’s advantage in e-commerce transit times, a former UPS executive says.

DeJoy testifies that the Postal Service must focus on increasing its 35% share of the package market currently dominated by private carriers.

FedEx rebrands the service FedEx Ground Economy to reflect full control of last-mile deliveries.

FedEx pilots want the company to stop releasing crews into Hong Kong for rest periods because of aggressive testing and quarantine restrictions that subject them to infection and loss of personal freedom.

Stockholm-based electric trucking company Einride conducted a survey to gain insights into women’s views on a career in the trucking industry and how technology and autonomy impact interest.

The United States’ infrastructure was put to the test recently when Winter Storm Uri passed through the lower half of the country. As a result, production at petrochemical plants shut down and the industry is now on the brink of a potential seat shortage.

The company sets ambitious fleet electrification goals and establishes a center at Yale University to research climate-capture techniques.

It appears Google and J.B. Hunt envision that their joint effort will become an innovation platform to support the J.B. Hunt 360 marketplace.

According to Bank of America and McKinsey, 10 years of expected e-commerce growth penetrated in three months’ time.

FedEx makes a multiyear commitment to help colleges offset the COVID-19 economic impact.

A top FedEx reverse logistics expert says the online returns tsunami has just begun.

Amazon CEO steps away after going where no retailer had gone before.

Scott Ruffin’s company is poised to exploit weaknesses in legacy delivery networks to take B2C share.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, an activist investor speaks about what changes Forward Air should make. Plus, FedEx Ground is losing a key executive and why UPS Freight was no longer a strategic fit for UPS.

Maier is succeeded by FedEx Freight head John Smith; Lance Moll will replace Smith at the LTL unit.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, raising fuel taxes could be an option to pay for infrastructure, and a truck driver who faced a life-or-death decision on a bridge is rewarded for his choice.

Retailers with physical footprints have been able to leverage new modes of fulfillment to pass increased costs associated with online delivery to consumers and their suppliers. But for digitally-native brands without access to physical stores, this could be painful should it become the new normal. If you ask FedEx, it already has.