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Federal regulators approve DoorDash plan for drone delivery
Last-mile food delivery service provider DoorDash has obtained federal authorization to operate as an air carrier and offer flying drone delivery service, the company said Wednesday.San Francisco-based DoorDash said it had secured Part…
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Data shows worst states for truck parking
As a shortage of parking spots for trucks continues to challenge freight carriers, smartphone app provider Trucker Path has provided statistics showing where the problem is the most acute.The data is significant because under safety…
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Deposco: Shipping costs are on the rise as retailers near peak season
Shippers are increasingly paying more to move their products, as shipping costs in the second quarter rose at three times the rate of consumer prices, according to a market report from supply chain software provider Deposco.Those rising…
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Port of Savannah reports June container volumes up 18%
Container volumes at the Port of Savannah totaled 483,684 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) For June, an increase of nearly 73,300 TEUs or 18% over the same month last year.Counting across the port’s full 2026 fiscal year, which ran…
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WOW Index shows that U.S. supply chain activity remains in “contraction”
Supply chain activity in the U.S. remains below its long-run average as the market searches for a clear direction, according to a report from trailer rental provider Warehouse on Wheels.That conclusion comes from the Fort Mitchell,…
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Army drone delivers cargo in autonomous demo
A developer of autonomous heavy-cargo drones for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said its latest model can now deliver payloads in three ways: precision airdrop from a hover, precision airdrop in forward flight, and ground…
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Swedish investment firm buys 11 logistics properties for $268 million
The Swedish investment firm EQT Real Estate says it has acquired 11 institutional-quality logistics assets totaling 2.8 million square feet across six high-growth U.S. logistics markets, for a price of $268 million.The 11-asset…
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Rethinking the warehouse playbook | DC Velocity
With the industry struggling with economic volatility, a decline in demand for physical goods, and the rise of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled technologies, warehouse/distribution operations have arrived at an inflection point.…
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Private equity owner combines Intelligrated, Transnorm, and Trew
The private equity firm that acquired Honeywell’s Intelligrated and Transnorm divisions in April has now completed that transaction, and will combine those two businesses with the systems integrator Trew, the company said today.Combing…
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Study: Supply chain disruption may come from beyond a company’s own walls
Companies have spent years strengthening their supply chains against disruption, but the Zurich-based insurance firm Swiss Re says many of them have overlooked one of the biggest risks by focusing only on their own operations, instead…
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