Amazon warns that third-party sellers and customers would be harmed if the company were forced to divest its logistics operations.
Electric vehicle manufacturer ELMS will debut a prototype of its Class 3 cargo van at the FedEx contractors event at the end of July.
“Our goal with this partnership is to alleviate the task of high cost and difficult deliveries from everyday delivery drivers,” a Nuro spokesperson said about FedEx testing the company’s autonomous delivery robot.
The push to deliver items to the consumer faster is hampering efforts to create a more sustainable supply chain.
Final-mile delivery technology company OneRail announced it has added more than 1 million drivers to its network, giving shippers access to more last-mile capacity.
Skycart, a San Francisco-area drone startup, announced its Nimbus drone is capable of making four separate deliveries on a single flight.
Creating technology that once affixed to a parcel, activates tracking and other monitoring capabilities.
Fidelity had led a $360 million private funding round into BETA Technologies to speed development of small electric aircraft for passenger and cargo usage.
Startup Curri is trying to apply gig economy principles to the building and materials industries. Its founders answered Modern Shipper’s questions.
Rite Aid is adding same-day delivery of more than 24,000 items through DoorDash, joining competitors Walgreens and CVS in offering the service.
“It’s about speed, convenience and also being greener,” says Chris Jarvis, chief logistics officer at GoFor.
Drone delivery planning in urban environments requires many considerations, including emergency landing zones, no-fly zones, route planning, takeoff and landing sites and governmental regulations.
“You can’t just go buy a drone like ours and take off and start flying,” said Wingcopter exec on airspace regulation during the DroneWaves Summit.
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Seattle-based Minnow Technologies has secured $3 million to fund production of its Pickup Pod, a contactless food delivery station.
“The Wingcopter 198 is a game-changer for drone-based deliveries, ready to create logistical highways in the sky.”
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E-commerce fulfillment company ShipBob has partnered with data-driven carbon marketplace Pachama to offer brands a carbon-neutral shipping option.
UPS Flight Forward has an option to buy up to 150 electric aircraft that can transport up to 1,400 pounds of cargo each from Beta Technologies.
Global logistics provider Pilot Freight Services has acquired DSI Logistics, a last-mile heavy goods specialty provider.
