Most DHL shipments look the same. Boxes, pallets, parcels moving from point A to point B. What’s Related Then there are the shipments that don’t fit neatly into a box. In its year-end roundup, DHL Group shared some of its most unusual deliveries from 2025, offering a look at the stranger side of logistics. Here are […]
The North Carolina Department of Transportation is investing $16.3 million to improve freight infrastructure across the state, targeting 12 short-line railroads and the Port of Morehead City. What’s Related According to NCDOT, the projects will upgrade more than 95 miles of track and improve eight bridges and culverts. The work is meant to help carriers […]
Echo Global Logistics has agreed to acquire ITS Logistics, bringing two major names in third-party logistics together. The companies said the agreement will create a combined organization with around $5.4 billion in revenue for 2025. What’s Related The companies signed a definitive agreement on Wednesday, and they expect the deal to close in the first […]
Shippers heading into 2026 are feeling cautiously optimistic but aren’t assuming everything will go their way, according to a new survey from Averitt. What’s Related More than 1,000 supply chain, logistics, and procurement pros across North America answered the questions for Averitt’s annual State of the North American Supply Chain Survey. Most people still think […]
Road safety data from fleets across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico suggests crash risk dropped in 2025, but danger on the road hasn’t gone away. That’s according to the 2026 Motive AI Road Safety Report, which looked at more than 1.2 billion hours of AI-detected safety events on commercial vehicles. What’s Related The report shows […]
Zipline is expanding its U.S. operations with plans to launch autonomous drone delivery services in Houston and Phoenix, marking one of the company’s biggest moves yet into large, densely populated metropolitan areas. What’s Related The expansion brings Zipline’s drone delivery model beyond smaller pilot markets and into two of the fastest-growing cities in the country, […]
The U.S. Postal Service is opening its last-mile delivery network to more companies through a new competitive bidding platform. What’s Related USPS announced Tuesday that it has launched a website allowing businesses to submit proposals for same-day or next-day delivery using its local delivery infrastructure. The platform gives shippers access to more than 18,000 destination […]
A new survey of U.S. manufacturing leaders shows that the skilled labor shortage remains the industry’s biggest challenge heading into 2026. What’s Related According to CADDi’s 2026 Manufacturing Outlook Study, 79% of manufacturing executives say the lack of skilled workers is their top barrier to growth. The research is based on a survey of more […]
The U.S. Postal Service says it delivered mail and packages faster over the 2025 holiday season than last year, and customers noticed. What’s Related Between Nov. 15 and Jan. 9, USPS delivered about 16 billion pieces of mail and packages in an average of 2.5 days, compared with 2.8 days last holiday season, the agency […]
Road safety data from fleets across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico suggests crash risk dropped in 2025, but danger on the road hasn’t gone away. That’s according to the 2026 Motive AI Road Safety Report, which looked at more than 1.2 billion hours of AI-detected safety events on commercial vehicles. What’s Related The report shows […]
