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This Week in Logistics News (September 30 – October 6)

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Under the service, called Return a Package, an Uber driver will pick up sealed and prepaid packages at a customer location and drop them off at a local post office or FedEx Corp. ASL Airlines Ireland operates nine 737-800s in Europe under the Amazon livery. said Wednesday it has begun offering a service to handle returns.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 9 – 15)

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And now on to this week’s logistics news: Alphabet’s Wing Develops Fleet of New Drones for More Efficient Package Delivery. Walmart to order 4,500 Canoo EVs for last-mile delivery. But Wing is developing a robust R&D pipeline so the company can be prepared with a bunch of different aircraft that can meet different use cases.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 7 – 13)

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Weekend package delivery services have seen their ups and downs, as Sunday deliveries at one point became a hot commodity. This week, FedEx announced that it plans to scale back even more on Sunday package deliveries as the courier grapples with faltering e-commerce demand. UPS hit its delivery commitments 96.9

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This Week in Logistics News (September 23 – 29)

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The technology analyzes address characteristics and generates a ‘Delivery Confidence Score’ for each address. If the address produced a low score, then a package recipient can then recommend in-store collection or a UPS pick-up point. It partners with a domestic airline to offer more than 2,500 daily flights across the U.S.

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Seguin takes over global freight forwarding at UPS

Automotive Logistics

Romaine Seguin (pictured) has become president of Global Freight Forwarding at packaging delivery and supply chain management company, UPS. We will continue enhancing our suite of services with improved tracking and actionable insights to ensure our customers can meet their customers’ expectations.”.

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The Future Is Now for Logistics

Material Handling and Logistics

Management of the other railroads are looking over their shoulders at CSX, which has delighted Wall Street by lowering its operating ratio at the expense of service cutbacks, closed rail yards and the shedding of thousands of employees. Package delivery companies are prime targets as well.

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UPS Invests In Autonomous Vehicle Company – TuSimple

Airfreight Logistics

The American multinational package delivery and supply chain management company, UPS recently announced that their venture capital division, UPS Ventures had taken a minority stake in TuSimple , an autonomous driving company from San Diego.