USPS Closes West Coast Offices Due To Wildfires
USPS have just announced that due to the ongoing wildfires along the west coast and now an increasing windspeed that they are closing several USPS offices until further notice. The closures are spread across all three Pacific coast states; California, Washington and Oregon. USPS broke the news just moments ago on their Twitter page which […]
DHL Global Forwarding Launches myDHLi One-Stop Customer Portal For Digital Logistics
DHL Global Forwarding, Deutsche Post DHL Group’s air and ocean freight specialist, has launched myDHLi, a fully integrated online platform for freight forwarding customers. myDHLi’s highly intuitive user interface makes it easy to use and ensures that customers have all relevant information at hand. Reflecting already well established social media functions like follow and share, relevant information can be […]
Newegg Logistics Enables Sellers to Deliver Orders Quickly Despite COVID-19 Challenges
Tech-focused online retailer Newegg has dramatically increased its logistics capabilities during the coronavirus pandemic to help bolster ecommerce performance not only within Newegg but across the ecommerce space. To help minimize disruption to consumers, Newegg’s third-party logistics (3PL) operation has increased production and made significant hires across the U.S. and, more specifically, within its fulfillment […]
BigCommerce Partners With FedEx to Offer Online Merchants Competitive and Enhanced Shipping Options
Online commerce platform BigCommerce is collaborating with FedEx to give small and medium businesses on BigCommerce access to the robust FedEx portfolio of ecommerce solutions and competitive rates. A 2019 BigCommerce survey found that 77 percent of global consumer respondents have abandoned an ecommerce purchase due to unsatisfactory shipping options. With this enhanced feature set, growing […]
U.K. Based Multi-Channel Fulfillment Solution Huboo Experiences Unprecedented Growth During Coronavirus
Bristol-based fulfillment center huboo has continued to seize new business during the COVID-19 epidemic with a unique, socially-distanced ‘micro-hub’ design implemented well before lockdown began. With a recent investment by Maersk Growth, the corporate venture arm of shipping giant AP-Moller Maersk, huboo was experiencing 100% quarter-on-quarter growth prior to the onset of the pandemic. The […]
Whistl Offers New Low Volume Parcel Delivery Product for Online Merchants
U.K. delivery management solution Whistl has launched a trial in three locations of a new delivery service for low volume online merchants who cannot access competitive parcel pricing. The service which is operational in the West Midlands (Minworth), South Yorkshire (Dinnington) and Nottingham will see Whistl collect parcels from local etailers, then consolidate at its […]
UPS Added Over 200 Flights in April in Support of Coronavirus Relief Efforts
UPS has added over 200 company-owned and chartered air freighter flights in April to support FEMA’s Project Airbridge and other healthcare-related missions. Project Airbridge is a public-private partnership to get vital and life-saving equipment to where it is needed with greater speed. These additional flights serve to meet the soaring demand to ship test kits, […]
UPS Supports FEMA Project Airbridge to Expedite Critical Medical Supplies
UPS is managing and brokering 25 charter flights in support of Project Airbridge, a coordinated effort between the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), numerous countries and the private sector designed to expedite the arrival of critical supplies needed in U.S. hospitals. In a news conference from the White House Rose Garden on March 29, President […]
FedEx Supports FEMA Project Airbridge to Expedite Critical Medical Supplies
FedEx Express announced the delivery of its first shipments as a part of Project Airbridge, a public-private partnership managed by the federal government. FedEx has contracted with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide expedited shipping of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other supplies critical to COVID-19 relief efforts. FedEx Express […]
UPS Announces Innovative Services and Programs to Help Small Businesses Grow
UPS continues its aggressive roll-out of innovative new services and solutions, squarely focused on the needs of its customers, especially small and medium-sized businesses. Many of the solutions work together to provide superior visibility, control, convenience and customer value versus competitor solutions that cannot leverage a fully integrated transportation network. Additionally, the company will bring […]