The Baltimore Bridge Collapse Is About to Get Even Messier

In the early hours of Tuesday morning, the global supply chain and US coastal infrastructure collided in the worst possible way. An enormous container ship, the Dali, slammed into a support of the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore, crumpling its central span into the Patapsco River and cutting off the city’s port from the … Read more

Logistics scramble after bridge collapse closes Port of Baltimore

The steel frame of the Francis Scott Key Bridge sits on top of the container ship Dali after the bridge collapsed, Baltimore, Maryland, on March 26, 2024.  Roberto Schmidt | Afp | Getty Images Logistics companies up and down the East Coast were urgently relaying messages back and forth to clients Tuesday on the status … Read more

In Orbit Aerospace wants to be the third party logistics provider for science and industry

Two year old space startup In Orbit Aerospace wants to be the third party logistics provider for  Earth to space commerce – and to get there, the company just closed a new agreement to validate key technical capabilities on the International Space Station. The El Segundo, California-based company is developing orbital platforms and re-entry vehicles … Read more

F2 Logistics Cargo Movers volleyball team disbanded

F2 Logistics Cargo Movers in the PVL. –Marlo Cueto/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — F2 Logistics management has decided to end its operations of the Cargo Movers team in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL). Amid the rumors surrounding the Cargo Movers for the past weeks, F2 Logistics announced Wednesday that it is disbanding the team and closing … Read more

PVL: PLDT keeps slim semis hopes alive with sweep of F2 Logistics

Angelica Legacion leads PLDT against F2 Logistics in the PVL All-Filipino Conference. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — PLDT lived another day despite the absence of injured players Rhea Dimaculangan and Erika Santos to sweep the also-ran F2 Logistics, 25-21, 27-25, 25-23, in the 2023 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) second All-Filipino Conference on Thursday evening at … Read more

Ontario Teachers’ fund backs Indian logistics unicorn Xpressbees in $80 million funding

Xpressbees, an Indian logistics firm that works with several e-commerce firms in the country, has raised $80 million in a new funding round led by Ontario Teachers’ late-stage venture growth fund amid a surge in the country’s online shopping activity. The Canadian pension fund has acquired a stake in the Pune-headquartered startup at about $1.4 … Read more

PVL: Petro Gazz still unbeaten with win over F2 Logistics

Petro Gazz Angels.–PVL PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Petro Gazz overwhelmed F2 Logistics in straight sets, 25-22, 27-25, 25-14, to stay perfect in the 2023 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) second All-Filipino Conference on Thursday at Sta. Rosa Sports Complex in Laguna. The Cargo Movers were on the verge of tying the game to one set apiece … Read more

FedEx’s New Robot Loads Delivery Trucks Like It’s Playing 3D Tetris

“In the last year or two, people have taken advances in AI and machine learning and said ‘we can make a real business case here, whether it’s lowering costs or improving efficiency or whatever,” says Matthew Johnson-Roberson, director of the robotics institute at Carnegie Mellon University. Johnson-Roberson says years of investment in areas like self-driving … Read more

Devolut leverages e-commerce progress in Latin America to develop reverse logistics software

With the explosion of e-commerce throughout the international pandemic, firms not solely needed to undertake Amazon-like delivery abilities, but in addition how one can coordinate and handle returns. In Latin America, the reverse logistics course of “is a multitude,” based on Agustin Shutte, founder and CEO of Devolut, which offers an end-to-end returns answer for … Read more