Shipping

Freight transport is the physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo. The term shipping originally referred to transport by sea but in American English, it has been extended to refer to transport by land or air as well.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Deliverr Raises $7.1M To Rival Amazon Prime Delivery
Deliverr Raises $7.1M To Rival Amazon Prime Delivery
October 07, 2018  |  Delivery

Deliverr, the startup that enables Walmart, eBay, and Shopify to have two-day shipping delivery options that allow them to compete with Amazon Prime, raised $7.1...

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Amazon, Trucking Startup CargoX Team On Brazilian Logistics
Amazon, Trucking Startup CargoX Team On Brazilian Logistics
October 05, 2018  |  Amazon Delivery

Amazon is partnering with startup CargoX on a pilot program that will use bulletproof trucks for the delivery of expensive goods in Brazil. Bloomberg cited...

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UPS Launches Warehouse-On-Demand Platform
UPS Launches Warehouse-On-Demand Platform
August 29, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Shipping and logistics conglomerate UPS has launched an online platform providing warehousing-as-a-service for corporate customers. A press release issued on Tuesday (Aug. 28) said UPS...

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Chinese eCommerce Experiences Logistical Growing Pains
Chinese eCommerce Experiences Logistical Growing Pains
August 22, 2018  |  International

As Chinese eCommerce continues to grow, the race to build warehouses and site them to support quick, efficient deliveries is heating up in that country....

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IBM, Maersk Blockchain Venture Now Includes 94 Partners
IBM, Maersk Blockchain Venture Now Includes 94 Partners
August 10, 2018  |  Blockchain

IBM‘s blockchain partnership with shipping company Maersk TradeLens has added 94 more partners, resulting in shipping times that have been reduced by 40 percent. According...

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eCommerce, Delivery Firms Turn Attention To Supply Chain, Logistics
eCommerce, Delivery Firms Turn Attention To Supply Chain, Logistics
August 08, 2018  |  Delivery

As eCommerce and delivery companies fight an increasingly tough battle to streamline costs and compete for customers, a number of firms are moving to take...

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Mastercard’s Menendez: Solving Freight’s Big Payment Frictions
Mastercard’s Menendez: Solving Freight’s Big Payment Frictions
June 06, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Mary found the perfect deck furniture while shopping online. The process couldn’t have been easier: All it took was a quick search and a simple...

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Five At Five: McDonald’s, Uber Eats Team Up For Breakfast
Five At Five: McDonald’s, Uber Eats Team Up For Breakfast
May 24, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the payments and commerce news you might have missed. Today’s stories focus on McDonald’s new breakfast...

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Amid Trucker Shortage, High Prices Loom
Amid Trucker Shortage, High Prices Loom
May 24, 2018  |  Delivery

Keep on truckin’ — if you can find the drivers. The Washington Post reported that the trucking industry, that linchpin of last-mile deliveries, is facing...

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