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Technology

Grace Sharkey Thursday, April 3, 2025

Q&A: Can the industry loosen up its data bottlenecks?

FreightWaves sat down with Ventagium’s founder, Arturo Torres Arpi, to explore barriers preventing companies from embracing data-driven strategies and solutions that can drive operational excellence.

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Technology

Agility Robotics’ humanoid robot reportedly raising $400M

Friday, March 28, 2025

Technology

Freight brokers: What your role will look like tomorrow

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Technology

Uber Freight’s Powerloop begins offering dedicated tours to carriers

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Modern Shipper

Walmart rolls forward with brokerage: What it means for Amazon

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Technology

Intangles maps physics of truck components for predictive maintenance

Close up photo of the U.S. Postal Service HQ building and sign.

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Parcel Freight

Postal Service weighs serving as logistics partner for federal agencies

Last Mile Delivery

A technician with surgical gloves holds a CryoPDP insulated package.

Last-Mile Delivery

Healthcare Logistics

Eric Kulisch Monday, March 31, 2025

DHL to buy US pharma logistics specialist CryoPDP for $195M

Germany’s DHL Group is acquiring U.S.-based CryoPDP to boost its health care logistics business.

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Last-Mile Delivery

US Postal Service

Eric Kulisch Monday, March 24, 2025

Unions pressure Congress to protect against Postal Service changes

Postal unions are raising alarms about downsizing and potential privatization of the U.S. Postal Service.

Last-Mile Delivery

Company Earnings

Noi Mahoney Thursday, February 6, 2025

Amazon beats Q4 expectations, forecasts slower Q1 growth

Amazon beat expectations for revenue and earnings for the fourth quarter, but it predicts slower growth in the next quarter.

Last-mile delivery

News

Thomas Wasson Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Electric vehicle startup Canoo files for bankruptcy, ceases operations

Seven-year-old electric vehicle startup Canoo has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and announced an immediate halt to operations weeks after it furloughed its remaining workers and idled its Oklahoma factory.

Last-Mile Delivery

Trucking

Noi Mahoney Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Amazon workers plan global protests on Black Friday, Cyber Monday

Some Amazon employees are preparing to strike or protest on Black Friday as part of the “Make Amazon Pay” demonstrations against alleged labor abuses.

Last-Mile Delivery

Noi Mahoney Tuesday, November 26, 2024

OneRail secures $42 million to solve last-mile delivery problems

Last-mile solutions provider OneRail has raised $42 million in venture capital backing to streamline the last mile of the delivery process.

eCommerce

Made in China printed on boxes that are moving on a conveyor belt.

E-commerce & Fulfillment

Trade and Compliance

Eric Kulisch Friday, April 4, 2025

Trump revokes duty-free access for Chinese e-commerce shipments

The Trump administration is ratcheting up regulation of e-commerce shipments from China by removing a pathway for duty-free, expedited entry that critics say has been exploited by drug gangs and counterfeiters to smuggle illegal products into the U.S.