A glimpse into the future of forwarding – through a cloudy crystal
If forecasting is the art of predicting what will be, and later explaining why it didn’t happen, then this may...
E-Commerce
UPS to reinvest tax cuts, buy more freighters with multi-billion-dollar plan
There’s a slew of major, but closely related, news stories coming out of UPS’ Atlanta headquarters today – and, for...
Perishables Power Play: How forwarders are adapting to e-commerce disruption
Less than three hours after the chartered 747-8 freighter, named “The Spirit of Panalpina,” touched down at the U.K.’s Stansted...
Top 5 airfreight logistics tech trends for 2018
We’re already a full month into 2018 and the e-commerce-driven demand for airfreight show few signs of abating. While the...
Contractual vs. transactional: Unpacking the capacity crunch with C.H. Robinson’s Matt Castle
Besides the sustained high level of demand for airfreight, one of the defining characteristics of 2017, has been an ongoing...
Walmart, Japanese e-commerce firm Ratuken make joint bid for online grocery market
A strategic alliance between Walmart and Rakuten, a Japanese e-commerce platform that is often referred to as, “the Amazon.com of...
Tompkins Robotics goes portable with its ‘t-Sort’ parcel sorting system [VIDEO]
Tompkins Robotics partnered with design startup Lab Z to create the automated sorting system “t-Sort,” which uses independent robots for...
FedEx advocates for NAFTA reform to facilitate cross-border e-commerce
With representatives from Mexico, Canada, and the United States currently meeting in Montreal for the sixth round of negotiations on...
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