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Smaller Sized Truck Fleets Face ‘Compliance Disadvantage’

Survey suggests that smaller fleets face significant financial risk as a result of low dash cam adoption rates.

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How SMEs Can Overcome the Volume Disadvantage in Logistics

While large corporations negotiate directly with carriers using guaranteed monthly volumes, smaller businesses operate in a spot market designed to extract maximum margins from fragmented demand.

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EU Pledges Stronger Cost-Curbing Measures for New CO2 Market

An emissions-trading scheme to cover buildings and road transport is due to kick in in 2027, but has been criticized by many member states.

Ursula von der Leyen Photographer: Simon Wohlfahrt/Bloomberg

Tech-Driven Deliveries

Generative AI is enhancing the driver experience in last-mile routing.

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Building a Specialization in Parcel & Logistics Highlights Importance of Customer Experience

A focus on mutual corporate environmental, social and sustainability goals not only fosters positive delivery experiences but also strengthens dedication to reputation and service excellence.

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Rivian Faces U.S. Auto Safety Probe Over Electric Delivery Vans

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it’s aware of six reports of potential failures with the seat belt anchorage system for the driver’s seat in Rivian’s vans.

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FedEx Sees $1B Hit as Tariffs Upend Parcel Business

The tally is the latest to show how companies are beginning to digest the fallout from new trade barriers.

A FedEx worker unloads packages from a delivery truck in New York. Photographer: Bing Guan/Bloomberg

Target Plans Expansion of Next-Day Deliveries

The rollout builds on Target’s existing fulfillment network, which already reaches 80% of the U.S. population with same-day delivery.

A shopper leaves a Target store in New York. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

DHL to Buy SDS Rx, Expand Healthcare Logistics

DHL says the acquisition will add long-term care and specialty pharmacies, radiopharmacies, and health system networks to DHL Supply Chain’s life sciences and healthcare customer base.

Mark Kunar (left), CEO DHL Supply Chain North America, and Drew Kronick, Founder, CEO & Managing Partner of SDS Rx. Photo: DHL

Geotab Traffic Data Research Project at Georgia Tech

The project embeds PhD students in company work teams to innovate and share knowledge.

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Union Says Amazon Illegally Fired Third-Party Drivers

In August 2024, the National Labor Relations Board determined that Amazon is a joint employer of subcontracted drivers who delivered the company's packages out of Palmdale, California.

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FedEx Expands in Riyadh to Create New Middle East Hub

The move marks FedEx’s transition to an independent operator in Saudi Arabia after the carrier had in previous years partnered with local outlets.

Oshkosh, WI, USA - July 30, 2014 FedEx Express Airbus A300-600F airplane on the ramp at the Oshkosh Airport from Madison. Photo: iStock.com/vandervliet93

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