Last-mile delivery

Postal Service EV rollout off to shaky start

WASHINGTON — Stolen electric vehicle charging station equipment and office thefts at the U.S. Postal Service are troubling signs for agency watchdogs as the Postal Service begins moving toward electrifying its delivery fleet.

Concern about the thefts and the ability of the Postal Service to protect its assets appears in a new audit report published by the Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General (OIG).

“We found that management controls over the storage of charging stations … were not...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/postal-service-ev-rollout-off-to-shaky-start

The growing significance of big and bulky in retail supply chains, logistics

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By Bart De Muynck

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Final-mile forwarder Riverstone Logistics acquires Ralph’s Transfer

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Final-mile service provider Riverstone Logistics (RLX) announced Monday it has acquired Ralph’s...

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The role of integration software in last-mile logistics

By Frank Kenney

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.

E-commerce spending is growing rapidly, with total spending in 2022 exceeding $1.03 trillion, an increase of 7.7% from the previous year. With more orders being shipped directly to their destinations, last-mile delivery has become an integral part of efficient supply chains.

Technology plays an increasingly important role in making it even more...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-role-of-integration-software-in-last-mile-logistics

Can last-mile platforms solve last-mile complexity?

Bart

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OSM Worldwide to avoid peak-season parcel-delivery surcharges

OSM Worldwide, which dubs itself the nation’s fifth-largest e-commerce parcel delivery provider, said Tuesday it will not impose peak-season delivery surcharges.

OSM joins delivery providers such as Veho and AxleHire to not impose any delivery surcharges this holiday season.

Chicago-based OSM is a postal work-share provider, meaning that it aggregates packages for induction into the Postal Service’s transport infrastructure for residential deliveries. OSM uses the Postal Service’s Parcel Select...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/osm-worldwide-to-avoid-peak-season-parcel-delivery-surcharges

On-time last-mile delivery performance hits highest levels since pandemic

Parcel deliveries covering the last mile posted their best on-time performance in August since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic nearly three-and-a-half-years ago, according to a recent report published by IT provider project44.

The monthly report, the most recent of which was released last week, found that 85.1% of last-mile deliveries hit their service commitments in August. That compares to 78.3% in the first quarter of 2023 and 83.8% in August 2022.

Last-mile on-time performance reached as...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/on-time-last-mile-delivery-performance-hits-highest-levels-since-pandemic

Uber Connect expands into returns shipping

Uber Connect, the local package delivery business of Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER), said Wednesday it has begun offering a service to handle returns.

Under the service, called Return a Package, an Uber driver will pick up sealed and prepaid packages at a customer location and drop them off at a local post office or FedEx Corp. or UPS Inc. location. Uber charges a $5 flat fee for up to five packages tendered at a time or a $3 fee for Uber One members.

The service is available in the nearly...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/uber-connect-expands-into-returns-shipping

Alternate delivery model gains traction in US but has ways to go

Somewhere between theory and practice lies a segment of the parcel-delivery market known as “out-of-home” service.

Through parcel lockers, designated pickup locations, local stores or a combination of all three, carriers and merchants look to save time, money, cut carbon emissions and reduce porch pilferage, all the while making it as convenient as possible for end consumers to get their packages.

In theory, the concept spawns myriad benefits. By consolidating multiple packages at a central...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/alternate-delivery-model-gains-traction-in-us-but-has-ways-to-go

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