Wingcopter inks $16M deal with Spright for US medical drone deliveries

Wingcopter and Spright ink $16 million deal for medical drone delivery network

U.S. hospitals are in the midst of a massive shortage. Everything from latex gloves to lab testing equipment is in short supply at a time when demand is pushing the hospital system to its limit — as of Monday, nearly 80% of all U.S. inpatient hospital beds were in use, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

With no end in sight to the COVID-19 pandemic and its resulting equipment shortages, can drones deliver? Wingcopter is betting that they can. The German...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/wingcopter-inks-16m-deal-with-spright-for-us-medical-drone-deliveries

SONAR sightings for Jan. 24: Indy to Dallas, shipper playbook, more

The highlights from Monday’s SONAR reports. For more information on SONAR — the fastest freight-forecasting platform in the industry — or to request a demo, click here. Also, be sure to check out the latest SONAR update, TRAC — the freshest spot rate data in the industry.

Truckload demand continues to outperform 2021 levels as the national Outbound Tender Volume Index (OTVI) averaged over 4% higher from a year-over-year (y/y) perspective last week.

Capacity is still a long way from being able to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/sonar-sightings-for-jan-24-indy-to-dallas-shipper-playbook-more

New school provides seafarers’ children with safe space to learn

New school provides seafarers’ children with safe space to learn

Cathy Paeste, Sailors’ Society’s Community Development Officer, with pupils from Lipayran Integrated School.  

Hundreds of Filipino pupils will no longer have to be taught in shacks and tents, thanks to a new storm-proof school built by maritime welfare charity Sailors’ Society. 

The six-classroom school was built for the seafaring community of Lipayran island in the Philippines, which was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. The...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/01/24/new-school-provides-seafarers-children-with-safe-space-to-learn/

Oil market is likely to jump further in the event of any real conflict: PAJ

Oil prices have discounted geopolitical risk from rising tension between Russia, Ukraine and Western countries, but the market will likely jump further in the event of any real conflict, the head of the Petroleum Association of Japan (PAJ) said on Monday (Jan 24). Oil prices have gained more than...

https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/oil-market-is-likely-to-jump-further-in-the-event-of-any-real-conflict-paj/

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