Transparency has become a transportation buzzword in recent years, but visibility provider Tive has taken its dedication to information sharing to the next level. The company recently announced its new Open Visibility Network (OVN) partnership with both project44 and FourKites. …
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The city and port of Miami are the U.S. gateways to the Caribbean, Central and South America. Today, Miami is a bustling, cosmopolitan city in a state with approximately 21.5 million (third-most populous in the United States). The Port of…
Trucks idling in lines to check in at distribution centers due to inefficient yard operations have no place in the “yard of the future,” Andrew Smith, CEO and founder of Outrider, told FreightWaves. In this future yard, electric trucks autonomously…
Following weeks of criticism over its pricing, DoorDash (NYSE: DASH) has announced a new fee structure for restaurants using the service. The delivery service will roll out three price points in its Partnerships Plans, starting with a 15% commission option.…
Wingcopter, a Germany-based developer and manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems, has introduced the Wingcopter 198, a first-of-its-kind, all-electric, vertical-takeoff-and-landing, fixed-wing drone that can make three deliveries per flight. “We applied the many years of experience with the Wingcopter 178, the…
Self-driving trucking software maker Plus will work with the natural gas joint venture Cummins Westport to apply its supervised PlusDrive system to a 12-liter natural gas engine, pairing what eventually could be driverless technology with a powertrain featuring near-zero carbon…
DSV Panalpina (DSV.C.DX) announced Tuesday it will acquire the logistics arm of Kuwait-based Agility Public Warehousing (AGLT.KW) for $4.1 billion (1.23 billion KWD). The deal will make it the third-largest freight forwarder globally. Agility’s stand-alone Global Integrated Logistics (GIL) unit…
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is expanding its in-garage grocery delivery service, Key by Amazon, to more than 5,000 U.S. cities and towns. The service was launched in November in five cities. “Customers who tried Key In-Garage Grocery Delivery have loved the…
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