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This Week in Logistics News (June 5 – 11)

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US Air Force wants a commercial Rocket Cargo Vanguard to fly stuff anywhere on Earth. MIT spin-off ISEE brings autonomous trucks to shipping yards. If the project, called Rocket Cargo, goes as planned, it would take advantage of this fast-growing market. MIT spin-off ISEE has identified the shipping yard as one of those areas.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 18 – 24)

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One Connecticut restaurant is taking a unique approach to combatting the labor shortage: robot servers. Amazon now ships more parcels than FedEx. In fact, Amazon has even begun shipping orders for outside customers. This is adding expenses for new truck routes and additional third-party transportation companies.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

A behemoth in the logistics industry, UPS has operations in shipping, air freight, trucking, last-mile delivery and drone delivery. It started in 1969 as DHL Air Cargo, and by the late 1970s, the company had expanded its operations and offered services throughout the world. Nippon Express owns more than 31.7 Revenue: €17 billion/ $19.42