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This Week in Logistics News (March 25-29, 2019)

Talking Logistics

As reported by Alexander Osipovich in the Wall Street Journal , “The first futures tied to the cost of trucking goods across the U.S. Speaking of learning, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Will Truckers Trade Futures? A New Market Seeks to Draw Freight Bets (WSJ – sub.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 22-26, 2019)

Talking Logistics

Here’s a video of the drone in action: This news follows last month’s announcement by UPS that it is collaborating with Matternet to deliver medical samples via unmanned drones at WakeMed’s flagship hospital and campus in the Raleigh, N.C. over distances of up to 12.5 Speaking of Amazon, the company reported a record $3.56