Logistics Viewpoints
JANUARY 12, 2024
Wing and Zipline are drone delivery providers and will allow Walmart to cover 75 percent of the Dallas-Fort Worth population as stores in 30 towns and municipalities will now offer drone delivery service. Amazon shipped last-minute Christmas gifts faster in 2023 than in 2022, according to data from analyst firm Momentum Commerce.
Talking Logistics
OCTOBER 20, 2016
But while we are in the midst of a season notorious for a spike in cargo thefts , there are a few precautions you can take to protect your freight. Remember that freight at rest is freight at risk. The more time freight spends sitting unattended, the likelier the chances are for truckload theft.
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Logistics Viewpoints
MARCH 11, 2022
XPO Logistics to spin off freight brokerage. CEVA Logistics using self-driving trucks to move freight. XPO Logistics plans to split its freight brokerage, European, and intermodal businesses apart from its US trucking operation, which will dismantle the large freight and supply-chain operation it has built over the last decade.
Elementum
JUNE 30, 2022
Suppliers will continue to ship orders in an effort to get the inventory off their books. Earlier this year, Walgreens Boots Alliance expanded their drone delivery pilot from Christiansburg, Virginia to the Dallas-Fort Worth area, reaching 100,000 customers. As the economy begins to stall, the problems will reverse.
Logistics Viewpoints
JUNE 10, 2022
Add in soaring air freight costs, and the fruit will not only be hard to find, but incredibly expensive. Waymo is integrating Uber Freight, the ride-hail company’s truck brokerage, into the technology that powers its autonomous big rigs. That’s a tough break for the industry. And now on to this week’s logistics news.
DAT Solutions
MAY 11, 2016
while central California is shipping cherries and seasonal vegetables, including asparagus. If you need to haul temperature-controlled freight out of the Southeast, you may be paying more for those trucks right now. Flatbed freight volume was disappointing last week, after a strong month of April.
DAT Solutions
OCTOBER 4, 2017
The immediate impacts from Harvey and Irma first showed up in van freight, then reefers. Load counts are up on DAT load boards , with more flatbed freight shipping to support the rebuilding and recovery efforts in areas affected by the storms. Now it's looking like flatbed’s turn.
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