Australia Post is responding to e-commerce growth by building dedicated parcel post offices and rolling out an ultra-low cost shipping option aimed at small retailers.
FedEx is cutting hundreds of jobs in North Carolina, Iowa, Nebraska and Texas.
Poland-based InPost continues to implement its pan-European expansion strategy with the acquisition of Spanish parcel operator Sending.
Regional courier service Deliver It has gone out of business.
&T Express, a major parcel freight carrier in Southeast Asia, posted record second-quarter volume growth.
UPS will offer an early retirement package to drivers as it looks to cull 20,000 workers amid slower parcel growth.
The U.S. Postal Service is slowing down service to remote post offices to speed up the rest of the mail distribution system and even out volume flows.
DHL Express Canada will resume parcel deliveries on Monday after settling a labor dispute that resulted in a three-week strike.
FedEx is accelerating the overhaul of its express and package delivery networks to eliminate excess capacity and improve customer service.
DHL Express Canada could resume operations within days if union workers ratify a preliminary contract negotiated by Unifor.
Amazon is ramping up Same-Day and Next-Day delivery for small towns, rural areas.
FedEx founder Fred Smith died Saturday with a legacy as a great U.S. entrepreneur.
DHL Express Canada was forced to suspend operations Friday. The company wants the government to override a new law prohibiting the use of replacement workers.
The airport in Lyons, France, is significantly expanding its cargo infrastructure with the opening of a replacement terminal for DHL Express and construction underway on a general warehouse and pharma center to be occupied by Worldwide Flight Services.
Contract negotiations between Canada Post and mail carriers remain deadlocked as efforts to start arbitration falter.
DHL Express Canada says it has taken steps to minimize any disruption from a lockout and strike over a contract dispute with union workers.
Canada Post and its unionized letter carriers are negotiating again on a collective bargaining agreement, but their inability to resolve differences is compounding problems at the national mail carrier.
Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers are not giving an inch in their fight over a labor contract, with Canada Post showing frustration with union leadership and opposing its call for binding arbitration.
The postal workers union is disparaging what Canada Post called an enhanced offer on Wednesday as the sides struggle to finalize a labor agreement after nearly 18 months of negotiations.
Canada Post’s financial troubles have been compounded by the ongoing labor dispute and the inability to generate more revenue from parcel delivery.
Canada Post workers backed away from going on strike, opting instead for a ban on overtime work. But the threat of a strike has already allowed competitors to take parcel business from the national post.
The CEO of Mercado Libre, the dominant e-commerce player in Latin America, has decided to turn control to one of his lieutenants and move to the board room.
Postal workers in Canada have threatened to go on strike Friday, which would shut down most delivery services and hurt businesses that depend on Canada Post to fulfill orders.
DHL continues to ramp up investment in the e-commerce space with a large stake in U.K.-based parcel delivery company Evri.
Amazon will outsource delivery of large packages to FedEx in a deal that should prove more profitable on a per-shipment level than shipments under the companies’ partnership that ended six years ago.
SmartKargo has partnered with airlines around the world to create a door-to-door delivery service for small parcel shippers, utilizing domestic airline networks. This collaboration aims to provide e-commerce companies and 3PLs with a fast, reliable and cost-effective solution for shipping.
U.S. parcel volumes hit a record in 2024, but new competitors like Amazon, Walmart and OnTrac are eroding the market share of FedEx and UPS, a new report says.
UPS has changed the name of its SurePost economy service, which it used to manage in conjunction with the U.S. Postal Service.
A UPS modernization project will require its Portland, Oregon, package hub to temporarily close for more than a year, putting some jobs at risk.
The U.S. Postal Service’s limited ability to operate as a pure private business makes it more difficult to turn a profit. Other postal operators have more management flexibility, a new report shows.
President Trump is ready to unilaterally put the U.S. Postal Service under White House control, in what would be an unprecedented move to control the nation’s primary mail delivery provider, according to The Washington Post.
FedEx said Thursday it will move forward with the separation of its less-than-truckload and legacy package delivery businesses.
A challenging parcel environment led to disappointing first-quarter results for FedEx.
The old FedEx and UPS business models aren’t working in a parcel market undergoing radical transformation. The express carriers need to rethink their network strategies as B2C shipping takes precedence and consumers compromise on speed to get lower prices.
Point Pickup Technologies has agreed to sell $100,000 in assets to Delivered, including customer lists, software, transferable permits, books and records, Point Pickup’s website, and promotional materials.
The U.S. Postal Service picked UPS to replace FedEx as its primary partner for moving parcels by air, but analysts say FedEx actually comes out ahead by losing the business.
Thefts from a storage facility have raised concerns from a government watchdog agency as the Postal Service moves to electrify its delivery fleet.
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Union pilots at UPS are ready to show solidarity with Teamsters workers if there is a strike, which would ground UPS Airlines.
Without agreement, Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien will demand UPS present its last, best and final offer.
As negotiations get underway between UPS and the Teamsters, here are key considerations for shippers navigating a period of uncertainty.
Ireland-based cargo group ASL Aviation is expanding to Australia with the acquisition of a FedEx contract carrier.
“It’s not a one-size-fits-all scenario. We can sit down with any merchant of any size, with any kind of commodity and really understand their needs and how both the technology and our carrier network can get that customer delivery experience they are looking for,” said Brad Noble, Passport’s new head of business development.
Japan Airlines will fly freighters for Yamato Transport, which needs airlift to supplement a shrinking pool of truck drivers in Japan.
Sunday parcel deliveries
With its fleet of electric vehicles, GoBolt will offer same- and next-day delivery of small parcels in the U.S. and Canada.
Pitney Bowes Parcel Shipping Index predicts record numbers ahead
Company says more to come in months ahead
Crowded city streets and limited spaces slow down the last mile, drive up costs
As fuel prices rise, the ability of last-mile delivery firms to either absorb those costs or pass them along to customers could be key to their survival.
Amazon Air is a juggernaut. It has doubled in size in two years.
Postal Service reform legislation is headed to the White House after the Senate stamped its approval on Tuesday.
As parcel demand has skyrocketed, shippers have obviously been faced with serious capacity issues.
Amazon Air is expanding further in the Great Plains.
A Postal Service reform package passed by the House on Tuesday would eliminate massive financial burdens at the agency while maintaining a unified package and mail network.
While major parcel carriers offer a one-size-fits-all service under the guise of simplification, ACI Logistix applies a consultative approach.
New vaccination requirements are coming for cross-border drivers, cargo thieves strike again and again, and Amazon takes on UPS and FedEx.
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Amazon Air’s rate of growth is amazing. It will soon have 80 aircraft moving e-commerce shipments for business and residential customers.
“Over more than two years of working with Parcel Perform, their solution has become our global track-and-trace solution,” said Davide Costella, global delivery services manager at Nespresso.
DHL’s delivery drone had been in the works since 2013, but it’s been scrapped.
Postmaster General DeJoy underscored improved performance at the Postal Service despite a $3 billion quarterly loss.
Modern narrowbody freighters that can be reclaimed for cargo are very popular with all-cargo operators because they fit well with express networks. Leasing companies are making more planes, like the 837-800, available.
E-commerce pushes rapid growth in domestic parcel business
DHL Express is constantly investing in its network, but the growth of e-commerce is accelerating expansion of its operations.
“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.
FedEx remains inundated with elevated parcel volume stemming from continued online shopping resulting in longer delivery times, service blunders and upset customers.
Pitney Bowes has added ParcelPoint Smart Lockers to its parcel locker portfolio, providing a secure, technology-enabled solution for enterprises.
Creating technology that once affixed to a parcel, activates tracking and other monitoring capabilities.
Purolator is considered the FedEx or UPS of Canada. The express delivery company has hired an airline to help it move more packages between the U.S. and Canada.
DeJoy testifies that the Postal Service must focus on increasing its 35% share of the package market currently dominated by private carriers.
E-commerce is the growth engine for air cargo. It’s why DHL Express just added a new air/parcel hub in Milan, Italy.
Postal Service chief defends his strategy to shift mail from planes to trucks despite the resulting longer delivery times.
Geodis’ Jeff McDermott joined FreightWaves to talk about challenges that parcel carriers are facing and lessons learned from the pandemic.
S.F. Express is growing its domestic Chinese parcel business at a dizzying rate. The acquisition of a large Hong Kong logistics company helps it expand overseas.
Call Cainiao the Amazon Logistics of China. When most of China normally takes a break for the Lunar New Year, Cainiao will still be delivering packages to Hong Kong this year.
UPS takes part in a business panel on why Congress should support last-mile delivery and electric vehicles.
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.
UBS equity research analyst Tom Wadewitz’s 2021 outlook calls for a continuation of healthy freight activity during the first half of the year with a little more uncertainty in the back half.
FedEx and UPS are running into a van shortage amid a record surge in parcel volumes. As the number of packages increases during the holidays, carriers are finding themselves without vans to make final mile deliveries.
Here are some examples of eco-friendly packing fillers.
JAL supports testing drone systems to safely and efficiently deliver essential goods to the country’s health care network.
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John Hagi of AIT Worldwide Logistics addresses the large integrators’ efforts to shift away from shipping heavy, bulky packages.
Amazon has outsourced aircraft operations again to long-standing vendor Air Transport Services Group. But Amazon is diversifying how it operates, adding an owned aircraft to its fleet.
The flagship Japanese airline joins other transportation and technology providers to develop urban freight delivery capabilities with drones.
UPS is a modern-day version of the Pony Express, which operated its eastern terminal outside Kansas City. UPS is adding space at the Kansas City airport to park five aircraft wingtip to wingtip.
DeJoy affirms plenty of capacity for handling presidential election mail-in ballots.
USPS chief DeJoy says agency is in “financially unsustainable position absent significant fundamental change.”
French 3PL FM Logistic reports strong organic growth in its recent fiscal year as European expansion progresses. The company didn’t issue annual guidance due to COVID-19 uncertainty.
The coronavirus exposed inefficiencies in almost every corner of life and business — including logistics.
FedEx is experimenting with combining some elements of its Express and Ground units. Read about how that might affect the company.
Selection from private sector feeds speculation of potential privatization of federal agency.
UPS faces economic and other challenges in the wake of COVID-19.
logistics workers demand hazard pay; customer traffic fell across storefronts last week; supply chains will diversify post-epidemic.
Final-mile smart lock provider BoxLock announces $4.5 million funding round.
Market expert David Faulkenberry explains the details of final mile delivery.
Delta Air Lines [NYSE: DAL] has teamed with on-demand delivery company Roadie to launch a door-to-door, cross-country shipping service for time-critical goods such as medical equipment, and automotive and industrial parts. It is the first U.S. passenger airline to offer turnkey, round-the-clock pickup and delivery service in a segment already covered well by courier services. […]
