Shipping

Freight transport is the physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo. The term shipping originally referred to transport by sea but in American English, it has been extended to refer to transport by land or air as well.

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UPS Looks to Returns, Big-and-Bulky Deliveries to Boost Shipping Volumes
UPS Looks to Returns, Big-and-Bulky Deliveries to Boost Shipping Volumes
April 23, 2024  |  Earnings

UPS is looking to returns and big-and-bulky deliveries to expand its addressable market at a time when its shipping volumes have been decreasing.  The company...

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Pitney Bowes EVP Connects Robotics to Last-Mile Logistics
Pitney Bowes EVP Connects Robotics to Last-Mile Logistics
April 15, 2024  |  Shipping

In the shipping and logistics space, preferences among clients vary widely: some favor national services while others opt for smaller regional solutions that promise rapid...

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Sky-High Shift: Rising Air Cargo Demand Reshapes Supply Chain Dynamics
Sky-High Shift: Rising Air Cargo Demand Reshapes Supply Chain Dynamics
April 11, 2024  |  Supply Chain

One if by land, two if by sea — headaches, that is. With the recent news that, after 22 years of partnership, UPS is replacing...

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FourKites and BuyCo Partner on Container Shipping Management Solution
FourKites and BuyCo Partner on Container Shipping Management Solution
April 03, 2024  |  Partnerships

FourKites and BuyCo partnered to offer a container shipping management solution that provides Fortune 500 shippers with visibility across inland and ocean shipments. With the integrated offering created...

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How Digital Solutions Are Giving Freight Industry a Modern Lift
How Digital Solutions Are Giving Freight Industry a Modern Lift
March 26, 2024  |  Shipping

Historically, freight forwarding has been a complex and labor-intensive process, characterized by manual paperwork, fragmented communication channels and numerous intermediaries.  However, the emergence of digital...

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FedEx Plans Fall Launch of Revamped Delivery Platform
FedEx Plans Fall Launch of Revamped Delivery Platform
March 21, 2024  |  Delivery

What’s better than a delivery fleet spanning hundreds of aircraft, tens of thousands of vehicles and hundreds of service centers? It depends on who you...

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Can Payments Innovations Solve U.S. Merchants’ Top 5 Cross-Border Challenges?
Can Payments Innovations Solve U.S. Merchants’ Top 5 Cross-Border Challenges?
March 21, 2024  |  Cross Border Commerce

With Wednesday’s (March 20) announcement about Visa’s expanded partnership with LemFi, the focus is on cross-border payments. The cross-border payments landscape itself is a dynamic and fragmented one, full...

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Amazon, FedEx Explored Enhancing Return Process for Online Shoppers
Amazon, FedEx Explored Enhancing Return Process for Online Shoppers
March 18, 2024  |  eCommerce

For years, the working relationship between Amazon and FedEx has been a little unpredictable. Once, the two corporate behemoths enjoyed a symbiotic partnership, but in...

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Walmart Aims to Sell AI Truck Routing Tools to Other Companies
Walmart Aims to Sell AI Truck Routing Tools to Other Companies
March 14, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Walmart hopes to sell its AI-powered truck routing software to other companies. Walmart has been using its Route Optimization tool — which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to plot...

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