Last-mile delivery

DHL eCommerce to merge with UK courier Evri

Global parcel logistics powerhouse DHL announced Wednesday it is taking a significant minority stake in Evri, a large dedicated parcel delivery company in the United Kingdom, and will merge its e-commerce division with the company.

The deal combines Evri’s specialty courier capabilities with the scale of DHL eCommerce’s U.K. and international networks, and brings Evri into the business letter market for the first time. The companies touted their ability to provide small and medium enterprises...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dhl-ecommerce-to-merge-with-uk-courier-evri

Amazon taps FedEx for big-and-bulky residential deliveries

Six years after breaking up, Amazon and FedEx are back together. The retail giant has reached a long-term agreement with FedEx to provide limited residential package delivery, the companies have confirmed.

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) recently added FedEx (NYSE: FDX) to its roster of vendors providing last-mile transportation of goods purchased on its marketplace, Amazon said in a statement provided by spokesman Steve Kelly. “FedEx joins our other third-party partners, like UPS and the U.S. Postal...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazon-taps-fedex-for-big-and-bulky-residential-deliveries

Trump supports FedEx official for Postal Service chief, report says

The U.S. Postal Service’s governing board plans to select FedEx board member and former Waste Management CEO David Steiner as the next postmaster general after he was approved by President Donald Trump, according to an exclusive report by The Washington Post.

The newspaper said FedEx, which competes and partners with the Postal Service on package delivery, pushed Steiner before the White House as a candidate for the job. Last year, the mail service replaced FedEx with UPS on a major contract to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trump-supports-fedex-official-for-postal-service-chief-report-says

Analyst: Amazon’s $4B rural delivery investment aimed at slowing Walmart

Amazon’s plan to invest more than $4 billion by the end of 2026 to expand its rural parcel delivery network and enable faster delivery to small towns across the United States is a preemptive move against Walmart, according to a leading parcel analyst.

“They are doing this in response to Walmart. Walmart is catching up with them [in e-commerce] and building its own network of delivery drivers using the Uber and Lyft concept of independent gig drivers” who use an app to accept packages, said...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/analyst-amazons-4b-rural-delivery-investment-aimed-at-slowing-walmart

UPS to eliminate 20K jobs as Amazon decoupling accelerates

UPS plans to shed about 20,000 front-line positions in 2025 as it manages the decline in unprofitable business from Amazon and a huge restructuring of its delivery network, executives said Tuesday during a first-quarter earnings briefing.

The integrated parcel and logistics giant in January reached an agreement to reduce Amazon volumes in its network by more than 50% by June 2026. Outbound deliveries from Amazon fulfillment centers are not profitable compared to returns and outbound volumes from...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ups-to-eliminate-20k-jobs-as-amazon-decoupling-accelerates

UPS rebrands SurePost as Ground Saver

UPS has changed the name of its most economical domestic shipping service from SurePost to Ground Saver after ending its partnership with the U.S. Postal Service at the end of 2024.

The company didn’t make an announcement, but customers now see the new name on the website. Ground Saver is primarily used by large businesses to ship packages door-to-door.

With SurePost, UPS (NYSE: UPS) inducted massive parcel volumes deep into the postal network for last-mile delivery to residences. The...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ups-rebrands-surepost-as-ground-saver

DHL to buy US pharma logistics specialist CryoPDP for $195M

DHL Group has agreed to acquire Nashville, Tennessee-based CryoPDP, a specialty courier that provides logistics services for clinical trials, biopharma, and cell and gene therapies, for $195 million, the integrated logistics carrier announced Monday.

The deal builds on DHL’s capabilities in pharmaceutical and life science logistics, an area that both FedEx and UPS are also investing heavily in because it presents higher returns than generic parcel shipping and is more resistant to economic...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dhl-to-buy-us-pharma-logistics-specialist-cryopdp-for-195m

Unions pressure Congress to protect against Postal Service changes

Rural letter carriers are scheduled Tuesday to rally on Capitol Hill for the launch of a national campaign urging Congress to block any attempts by the Trump administration to privatize the U.S. Postal Service. 

More than 100 letter carriers are slated to gather to raise awareness of the stakes to rural communities from efforts to strip the Postal Service of its independent status as a government enterprise and sell it to private investors, which some conservatives argue would improve...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/unions-pressure-congress-to-protect-against-postal-service-changes

Amazon beats Q4 expectations, forecasts slower Q1 growth

E-commerce and technology giant Amazon reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the fourth quarter, but company officials predicted slower growth for the upcoming period.

The Seattle-based company’s revenue guidance for first-quarter 2025 net sales is between $151 billion and $155.5 billion, lower than the $158.56 billion that analysts were expecting. 

The guidance anticipates an unfavorable impact from foreign exchange rates, said CFO Brian Olsavsky.

“We estimate the year-over-year...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazon-beats-q4-expectations-forecasts-slower-q1-growth

La startup de vehículos eléctricos Canoo se declara en quiebra y cesa sus operaciones

El espacio de los vehículos eléctricos de servicio mediano sigue reduciéndose. Canoo, la startup de vehículos eléctricos de siete años, se acogió al Capítulo 7 de la ley de bancarrota y anunció el cese inmediato de sus operaciones. A presione soltar señaló que el proceso de liquidación está siendo...

https://fullavantenews.com/la-startup-de-vehiculos-electricos-canoo-se-declara-en-quiebra-y-cesa-sus-operaciones/?lang=es

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