GXO deploys 3D tech, automation to create custom-sized packaging

GXO deploys 3D tech and automation to right-size packages

One size fits all, except when it doesn’t.

Dimensional weight shipping rates have grown in popularity as e-commerce has taken off with customers. FedEx started charging the majority of its customers based on the size of the package in 2015. According to 2013 data from ShipMatrix, parcels delivered to residential addresses and weighing under 5 pounds had grown from 58% of ground package volume to 75%, contributing to the change. That mix has only grown since then thanks to e-commerce.

It is...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gxo-deploys-3d-tech-automation-to-create-custom-sized-packaging

Inmarsat agrees Fleet LTE contract with Golden Energy Offshore

Inmarsat agrees Fleet LTE contract with Golden Energy Offshore

Energy Empress

Independent offshore vessel owner selects Inmarsat Fleet LTE to meet needs of vessel charterers, crew, and operators using three-in-one network solution

02 February 2022
Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, has secured a new contract for its flexible, three-in-one network service Fleet LTE from independent Norwegian owner Golden Energy Offshore.

Using Fleet LTE, three modern Global Energy...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/02/02/inmarsat-agrees-fleet-lte-contract-with-golden-energy-offshore/

Coal carrier will be first ship with new hard sail system

A coal carrier serving Japan’s Tohoku Electric Power Co. is to be fitted with a hard sail system jointly developed by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. (MOL) and the Oshima Shipbuilding Co. under their “Wind Challenger” project, which got started in 2009.

MOL says the additional propulsion power from wind can reduce a vessel’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by an estimated 5% to 8% compared to conventional ships of the same class.

As was just underscored by Eastern Pacific’s implementation of its “No Coal...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/coal-carrier-will-be-first-ship-with-new-hard-sail-system/

Sources: C.H. Robinson delays rollout of controversial changes to digital platform

C.H. Robinson, one of the world’s largest 3PLs, is delaying the launch of a controversial program known internally as Project Infinity as the company’s IT department works out various bugs discovered during testing of planned updates to its Navisphere platform for trucking companies, sources say. 

Former and current carrier sales representatives claim the company’s push toward having trucking companies utilize C.H. Robinson’s digital broker platform will break up long-standing relationships with...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/sources-ch-robinson-delays-rollout-of-controversial-changes-to-digital-platform

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