Last-mile logistics company USPack continued its mostly under-the-radar consolidation of its segment by acquiring Toledo, Ohio-based Freight Rite, a regional business-to-consumer delivery provider.

USPack building last-mile scale through acquisitions.

Executive moves over from supply chain COO role.

COVID-19 could dramatically push up wage rates.

Hurricane Laura quickly left the nation’s media radar. That’s a problem for survivors and relief workers.

Increases go into effect Oct. 18.

Lynx `Drivecam’ being tested in Texas and Oklahoma.

Company takes swipe at `opaque’ levies imposed by FedEx, UPS.

China’s e-commerce giant leads the pack in pursuing potential gold mine.

eBay sellers to have access to broader range of UPS services through integration initiative.

A survey by an IT company found delays and late deliveries worsened as the summer progressed.

Regional parcel carrier begins service in Durham, Research Triangle.

The famous meter has probably seen better days.

Walmart+ to offer free same-day deliveries on 160,000 items at $98 annual subscription.

FedEx and UPS prepare to slam their largest customers with big-time peak-season surcharges.

LTL and parcel networks slowly restore service with the hurricane way to the north.

Humanitarian logistics executive says much cleanup work lies ahead.

Carriers take no chances, shutting down stations as Laura does her business.

Google, Ware2Go to provide free deliveries for end users clicking on Google merchant ads.

Cesarone, Price get new roles

West Coast regional parcel delivery company OnTrac will impose peak-season holiday delivery surcharges for the first time in its 29-year history.

Dave Clark, who effectively invented the modern-day Amazon shipping network, is promoted.

Five years ago, Thomas E. Keller Trucking was dissatisfied with its carrier benchmarking efforts. That changed when Keller joined the carrier benchmarking initiative of the Truckload Carriers Association’s (TCA) Profitability Program (TPP).

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy calls on Congress to free the agency from inability to adjust rates

Amazon ratchets up service requirements on SFP merchants.

Keller Trucking uses TCA benchmarking program to identify Best Practices and elevate profitability.

The US third-party logistics industry will post lower gross revenues for the second straight year, Armstrong & Associates study predicts.

Amazon will open 11 sites in Phoenix as part of a broad plan to get capacity online fast.

Reliance CEO Andrew Ladebauche and Chief Marketing Officer Brenda Wiser say that good CSA scores and a better understanding of technology’s role are keys to avoiding double-digit premium rate increases.

FedEx imposes peak season surcharges and takes different tack than UPS.

USPS holiday surcharges will hit merchants due to markups by large users.

USPS plans to raise parcel rates for high-volume commercial accounts.

Amazon.com delivered two-thirds of its parcels last month, an all-time high.

Amazon.com will build a 1 million-square-foot fulfillment center 20 miles east of Dallas.

3PLs struggle to gain foothold in final mile, keeping them e-commerce outsiders.

Amazon.com will invest $400 million to build a massive distribution center on the site of the old Michigan state fair.

Amazon, Simon Property Group would make e-tailer anchor tenant at many malls

UPS to impose a range of surcharges depending on volume.

City checks off many of the distribution center site boxes.

Ryder launches multimedia ad campaign to spotlight its supply chain capabilities.

Amazon plans to build its seventh facility in Florida.

Home Depot to add nearly 2 million square feet in areas south and east of Atlanta

The Carol Tomé era has arrived with a bang.

Amazon cautions that the company is running out of fulfillment and delivery capacity.

Amazon reported strong second-quarter revenue and profits as it benefited from the rapid acceleration in e-commerce demand due to efforts to control the spread of the novel coronavirus.

UPS’ quarterly results are much better than analysts anticipated.

Soon-to-launch Walmart+ service could be a win for the retail giant even if it poses no serious threat to Amazon.com.

Real estate and logistics services firm CBRE Inc. predicts U.S. Southeast and Gulf Coast seaports will benefit from supply chain shifts away from China in the wake of the pandemic.

A study looking at U.S. recessions over a 30-year period suggests freight and the overall economy may rebound according to different timetables after the pandemic.

Excerpt: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, transport and logistics giant DHL is enhancing its time-definite less-than-containerload sea freight delivery service.

FedEx Corp. had significant positives in its fourth-quarter earnings report released Tuesday, including much-better-than-expected earnings before interest and taxes.

FedEx Corp. posted a $334 million net loss for Q4 on Tuesday, but shares spiked on strong non-GAAP results.

The annual “State of Logistics Report” by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals finds a damaged but resilient industry in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

If all goes well, scientists will defy the longest of odds and bring to market a vaccine, or multiple vaccines, to defeat the novel coronavirus by late 2020 or early […]

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is fighting to keep its head above water amid staggering financial losses related to the coronavirus pandemic and the Trump administration’s refusal to grant the […]

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.

FedEx is experimenting with combining some elements of its Express and Ground units. Read about how that might affect the company.

A surge in domestic inventory could spur demand for U.S. logistics warehousing space as businesses reshore their overseas manufacturing and ongoing social distancing behavior by U.S. consumers continues to drive […]

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is swimming in uncharted waters that have just gotten more turbulent.

XPO Logistics Inc. (NYSE: XPO) on Monday reported first-quarter revenue of $3.86 billion, down from $4.12 billion in the first quarter of 2019, as the COVID-19 pandemic in mid-March derailed […]

UPS faces economic and other challenges in the wake of COVID-19.

If there’s a supply chain Jim Tompkins hasn’t seen, it hasn’t been invented. As the chairman and CEO of the international consultancy he founded in 1975, Tompkins has been at […]

Rate slack at heart of White House decision to deny agency direct COVID-19 aid

Amazon Shipping, has been put on hold, overtaken by unprecedented life-or-death events

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?

Company suspends fiscal 2020 earnings forecast due to COVID-19 outbreak

For nearly 15 years, the American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) has been in the thick of relief and recovery efforts in disasters ranging from hurricanes to tornadoes, from tsunamis to […]

Due to the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, the world’s airfreight industry is flying in uncharted skies.

Preparedness is essential when it comes to the coronavirus or other supply chain disruptions, experts say

The outbreak could lead to a broad rethink of how global companies source, store and distribute goods

Persistent industrial weakness sends Old Dominion’s fourth-quarter results down

Amazon’s free shipping lures US consumers even if some disapprove of how it does business, survey finds

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 […]

YRC posts weak fourth-quarter, hampered by bad economy

Is Amazon moving more logistics work in-house; everyone is moving to Atlanta but trucks should leave

Saia’s q4 EPS comes in light. Operating income, operating ratio hit by higher expenses on multiple fronts

Parts of northbound Interstate outside of Atlanta reopen after fiery crash shuts all lanes for most of Saturday

Australian logistics giant
Toll Group possible cyber attack victim

ArcBest posts down q4 results and January didn’t look much better

Too much Amazon traffic may spoil the Brown broth

Amazon blows past analysts’ EPS estimates for q4

UPS posts largely expected Q4 results as operating gains and nontax and after-tax charges cancel each other on the bottom line.

UPS unveils a slew of products and services ahead of tomorrow’s fourth quarter results

Analyst forecasts tough sledding for freight in first half of the year

Better analytics needed to be a tip of the future spear.

Urban deliveries to overrun cities. Tier one auto suppliers to get squeezed

Food and beverage industry increased share of largest warehouse leasing deals in 2019, CBRE says

Walmart argues that jury took things too literally in awarding back pay to California drivers

FedEx Freight levies $7 `California compliance’ surcharge on all LTL shipments in, out and within the state

Prologis posts solid 2019 results, hikes 2020 guidance

Brad Jacobs enters rich, leaves richer

Report urges balanced approach to zero-emissions logistics.

With an impending breakup of the company, XPO Logistics will look like a far different company as the century’s third decade dawns.

XPO may be on verge of breaking itself as it says it will explore sale or spin off up to 4 business units

Amazon lifts ban on third-party sellers’ use of FedEx Ground and Home Delivery

Few truckers have jumped into the last-mile segment; more firms pledge not to ship across the Arctic Ocean

Legal battle in California is pulling trucking in different directions

Prologis closes on $4 billion deal to buy Industrial Property Trust

Saia’s CFO leaves after just 8 months to return to reefer warehousing firm Americold