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UPS Strike Averted While Workers Gain Heat Protection

Logistics Viewpoints

Existing and newly purchased package cars would be fitted with air induction vents to alleviate extreme temperatures in the back of the vehicles where cargo is loaded and unloaded. More than 100 UPS workers have been hospitalized for heat illnesses in recent years, with some, like Mr.

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Home Delivery Robots: Last Mile Gamechangers

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In this situation, an autonomous vehicle brings a package to a customer’s house, whereupon the customer enters a code and retrieves the package from a cargo hold. Nuro has partnered with Dominos, Kroger, Walmart, Chipotle, FedEx, and 7-Eleven and has been piloting its technology in Texas, Arizona, and California.

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Package Theft Season is Here

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A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article outlining how cargo theft is on the rise. In the United States alone, cargo theft is a $15 to $35 billion industry. While cargo theft as a whole has increased 57 percent year-over-year, strategic theft has increased 600 percent from November to March.

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Amazon Leasing Air Cargo Space, Delivering by Drone

Multichannel Merchant

Amazon, facing a continued slowdown in its ecommerce business and under pressure to boost flagging sales, is looking to sell excess capacity on its commercial cargo jetliners used to move goods among its network of warehouses here and in Europe, Bloomberg reports. billion, which is $48.6 billion more than in 2019. .

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New Year, New Horizons: Transportation Industry Gets Ready to Take On 2023

Intelligent Audit

As ocean rates continue to plummet, shippers are increasingly diverting freight from air cargo lines to more affordable ocean transportation. Walmart to Expand Drone Delivery in Arizona, Florida, Texas. Airfreight Demand Plummets as Shippers Flock to Ocean. 15 press release.

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Alternatives to UPS and FedEx

The Logistics of Logistics

OnTrac , previously known as California Overnight, is headquartered in Chandler, AZ and serves California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Utah, Colorado, and Idaho. Lastly, US Cargo has locations in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. paint, liquids, rakes) and extending range of service based on volume.

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Alternatives to UPS and FedEx

The Logistics of Logistics

OnTrac , previously known as California Overnight, is headquartered in Chandler, AZ and serves California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Utah, Colorado, and Idaho. Lastly, US Cargo has locations in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. paint, liquids, rakes) and extending range of service based on volume.

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