Seko Logistics acquires Air-City to boost exposure in NYC and China

Averitt Express its first distribution center in Atlanta

Postmaster General Megan Brennan delays her Jan. 31 retirement as USPS searches for successor

Federal appeals court panel upholds district court ruling that Walmart must pay California drivers additional wages for non-driving time

Lockheed Martin rolls out big, slow, low-altitude air transport vehicle’ does Precision Scheduled Railroading run afoul of common carrier requirements?

XPO’s IT investments help offset weak macro environment for freight

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 […]

US retailers will forgo profits for the sake of making the logistics investments needed to manage the e-commerce surge, ABI Research says

DHL Supply Chain North America’s Jim Monkmeyer talks trade, customers and the perception gap with shippers

FedEx’s Fred Smith speaks candidly about the future. Target kicks e-commerce butt.

Expediting and streamlining broker accounts receivable and carrier payments put TriumphPay in the FreightTech 25

Car-haulers face challenging times. Kalanick sells out-literally. Will Amazon’s free standing logistics model spring forth?

Surge in holiday returns underscores challenges in processing returns efficiently

FedEx on the ropes after awful fiscal q2 results, stock price plunge

Amazon-FedEx divorce gets ugly and hurts merchants

FedEx’s lousy second quarter results are a cost issue first and foremost

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

One year after a sharply negative report sent shares plunging, XPO stock has more than recovered

Forward Air to become top 5 final-mile provider with acquisition of most of Linn Star

YRC swaps CFOs, names new chair as traffic levels weaken

Bad weather drives down delivery performance during second week of peak

It’s taken nearly a year for someone to publicly acknowledge that their company has benefited from the February bankruptcy and subsequent shutdown of less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier New England Motor Freight […]

UPS expands worldwide air express networks

Blockchain needs trust to gain trust. A tribute to Paul Volcker

Top four parcel delivery firms perform well in first week of peak season, ShipMatrix says

Prologis expands Chinese footprint with multi billion dollar investments

Transportation Insight pushes into LTL brokerage with acquisition of FreightPros

New York City pilot program gives cargo bikes commercial curbside access

project44 opens office in Paris, its second on the continent

Saia, Old Dominion fourth quarter updates show that one may be gaining at the expense of the other

Amazon.com’s remarkable evolution has been driven by massive IT investments. Its success earned it the top spot in the FreightTech 25

Prologis signs joint venture with Norwegian investment giant to buy 19 million square foot U.S. portfolio for nearly $2 billion

Staying on the same page with accounts receivable; extending logistics into space

Taurus Investment Holdings sells its US logistics warehouse portfolio to Investcorp

Price wars in e-grocery delivery hurt everyone; Pooping while u work at Union Pacific; Getting snazzy in delivery bots

Unit of Australian real estate firm Goodman muscling in to L.A. urban real estate construction market

Moving to a fixed quarterly RFP program with brokers has added consistency, accuracy and reliability to Bumble Bee’s relationship with intermediaries

CBRE sees slowing but still-strong U.S. industrial real estate market

For first time, FedEx and UPS will impose additional handling surcharges on shipments weighing less than 70 pounds.

UPS flexi-warehouse unit teams with financial services marketplace to bundle physical distribution, IT and financial services to small to mid-size business

Do we really need nail bars in warehouses’ Fedex’s Smith challenges New York Times publisher to tax policy debate

UPS to waive money back guarantees on late deliveries if 3rdparties access package tracking data

USPS sees fiscal 2019 shipping volumes stagnate as it posts massive net loss for year

Hospital supply chains overspent to the tune of $25.7 billion in the 2018-2019, study finds

Amazon bars Priority Mail traffic for seller-fulfilled shipments unless merchants buy the postage through it

Deutsche Post posts decent third-quarter results despite weak global macro environment

FedEx Express doubles originating network for Asia-Pacific early-AM flights to U.S.

API, EDI platforms can work together. Singles Day parcel tsunami; Oh, those last 50 feet!

Regional parcel carriers look to e-commerce to boost small market share

UPS’ plan to pay folks to pick-up at alternate locations speaks to need to drive B2C last-mile density

Americold posts decent-to-mixed third-quarter results

Amazon to build second robotics development complex in Massachusetts

FedEx looks to allow flat-rate shipping customers to use their own packaging when they tender boxes.

UPS operates first revenue drone flight for CVS, carrying drugs to customers

UPS expects tsunami of returns this holiday season

Logistics and analytics are a perfect marriage, U.S. Chamber wants action not words on trade. Central casting fails at UPS as CEO heir apparent unexpectedly retires.

ArcBest posts weak third quarter numbers for asset and non-asset units

YRC’s third quarter earnings show weakness at regionals, some resiliency at YRC Freight

Saia withstands, as best as it can, a weak macro to post decent third quarter results

Expect rate divergences between FedEx and UPS into 2020, led by dramatic changes in last-mile deliveries

UPS to expand US health care distribution center network by 30% through 2020.

XPO Logistics stays ahead of macro weakness as net income, EPS jump in q3

Roadblocks in building an urban warehouse footprint; Blockchain gets XI endorsement

Amazon looks to boost value proposition for big shippers with customized delivery service at rock-bottom rates

Amazon.com. Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) late Thursday reported third-quarter revenue of $70 billion, a 24% increase over the same period in 2018, as well as a 46% surge in worldwide shipping costs […]

Lost in the US-China’s trade war’s impact on imports is the devastating effect on US exports

Old Dominion posts first year-on-year revenue drop in 3 years as macro weakness hits home

Railroads face an uphill battle in elevating their intermodal business.

The abrupt retirement of Jim Barber, UPS’ CEO heir-apparent, overshadows company’s third-quarter results

UPS expands drone operations, healthcare and e-commerce services

New York to Sydney flights not to take off til 2023, Qantas CEO says. Kentucky needs infrastructure

UPS has entered the flat-rate pricing game, trying to do things differently than its chief rival.

eTrac, CLDA enter partnership to draw more last-mile carriers into eTrac database

FedEx Freight goes national for its last-mile heavy freight deliveries

Prologis checks in with solid third quarter as macro trends remain strong

UPS enters the US self-storage market with a new twist

Saudi Arabia eyes multi-billion dollar logistics project; a pot warehouse in ruin; China logistics activity rebounds

Amazon ramps up truckload business by going all-in on power unit investment

Global parcel activity will hit 200 billion a year by 2025, Pitney Bowes report predicts

Inpax, a delivery partner of Amazon.com, lays off more than 600 after Amazon cuts ties

FedEx, Walgreens add returns services to portfolio

YRC Worldwide morphs into four U.S. divisions, 17 operating areas in effort to streamline operating structure

SMC3 has set its sights on providing data services to truckload after decades of serving LTL exclusively

Nuveen Real Estate acquires 100-property US logistics portfolio from Blackstone

The Motley Fool discovers last-mile logistics. IMO 2020 will impact logistics warehousing footprint, JLL says

Union pilots at Atlas Air authorized to form own local

Three heavy hitters to take the stage at FreightWaves LIVE next month in Chicago.

Walmart graduates first class from in-DC supply chain academy

USPS faces big revenue, volume erosion from loss of big Parcel Select customers, ShipMatrix says

YRC merges terminals in northern Michigan in first step of network optimization plan since landing new financing

Less-than-truckload volumes to continue to be pressured by weak September ISM report

A shortage of nickel may stall EV battery production’ car haulers cry the driver shortage blues; where will the value-added warehouse jobs come from?

Blackstone puts money where mouth is by buying US last-mile assets of Colony Industrial

Air and ground express firm DHL Express announced September 27 a 5.9% general rate increase on shipments moving to and from the U.S., effective January 1, 2020. The increases are […]

Michael Welch dies. Had co-founded forerunner firm to what is now XPO Logistics

XPO Logistics may be getting back in the M&A game

Blackstone Group forms what it calls largest last-mile logistics real estate firm in Europe, Mileway

Global post delegates approve compromise allowing USPS to hike international rates, keeping the U.S. in the UPU

Saia’s expansion in the Northeast U.S. had its risks but appears to be paying off