Shipping Industry News

Yesterday, DHL Global Forwarding, Deutsche Post DHL Group’s air and ocean freight specialist, together with DHL Freight, celebrated the opening of DHL’s new Vienna Airport campus in the county of Fischamend. The state-of-the-art logistics hub will combine the...

Australia’s carbon-neutral courier service Sendle has announced plans to expand its parcel drop-off network in partnership with logistics company Hubbed, Sendle has said it will offer more parcel drop off points than there are Post offices in Australia by 2020. The...

European pallet network Palletways Group Limited, has announced the retirement of its current Chief Executive Officer, James Wilson, on 1 July 2019. Wilson’s place will be taken by Palletways Chief Operating Officer, Luis Zubialde, who has worked at the company since...

E-commerce delivery technology specialist MetaPack, has signed a new partnership agreement with Manhattan Associates, a  supply chain and omnichannel commerce technology company. As a Global Gold Value Partner, MetaPack is one of only a handful of international...

 UPS has announced an agreement with Clean Energy Fuels Corp. to purchase 170 million gallon equivalents of renewable natural gas (RNG) through 2026. This is the largest commitment for use of RNG to date by any company in the United States, with a range of 22.5 – 25...

 FarEye, the technology solution to enable efficient movement of goods has appointed  Larry Klimczyk as President, Americas. He will be responsible for the expansion and growth of FarEye customers and solutions throughout the region This is one of the key steps...

Ahead of the World Mail & Express Europe (WMX Europe) Conference in Dublin, we caught up with Georges Berzgal, VP & MD – EMEA, Commerce Service of Pitney Bowes. Georges will be speaking at WMX Europe 2019 and offers his thoughts on the conference and the future of the...

Royal Mail has announced it will invest around £1.8 billion in UK over five years. As part of the plan, the Company is introducing a second delivery for parcels that will expand in line with demand and be fully operational by 2023. This second delivery will consist of...

USPS has started delivering letters and parcels moving between Phoenix and Dallas, using customised Peterbilt trucks made by TuSimple, an autonomous startup based in San Diego. It’s the first time that the Postal Service has contracted with an autonomous provider for...

Ahead of the World Mail & Express Europe (WMX Europe) Conference in Dublin, we caught up with Jeremy Folkes, Chief Product Officer of Escher Group. Jeremy will be speaking at WMX Europe 2019 and offers his thoughts on the conference and the future of the industry. P&P...

The Supreme Court has declined to hear a case brought forward by UPS that wanted to change how the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) charges for delivering packages reports The Hill. The justices, rejected UPS’s request to appeal a lower court ruling upholding the postal...

DHL Supply Chain will be one of the first customers worldwide to use the latest generation of Smart Glasses in warehouses and hubs. The device virtually supports the vision picking process in warehouses. Augmented reality in the warehouse is driving a more accurate,...