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The state of same-day delivery

The state of the same-day delivery market for Amazon and others

The United States is undeniably on a same-day delivery binge. The graphs of the U.S.’s e-commerce market size and Amazon’s free-delivery times are near-perfect mirror images of each other, with delivery times plummeting as e-commerce takes off. Estimates put the percentage of retailers offering same-day services anywhere between 50% and 67% as consumers are becoming increasingly impatient — according to a 2020 McKinsey report, about half of them abandoned their online shopping carts because of...

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The payment industry’s rebirth

The explosion of e-commerce in 2020 brought with it immediate problems for businesses that had never sold online before. Suddenly in survival mode, they quickly learned that deciding to sell online was only one part of the equation – they also had to figure out how to accept payment.

“The payment industry is experiencing a renaissance – a rebirth,” Stovan Kenderov, chief product officer of Plastiq, told Modern Shipper. “We have seen unprecedented [growth] and it is being driven by the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-payment-industrys-rebirth

US imposes security guards for crewmembers without visas

Britannia P&I Club informed that it has recently been advised that some operators have been charged USD3,600 for security guards in respect of crew members not holding current US visas, even though they were not disembarking.

According to the Club’s US correspondents, Lamorte Burns, the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and US Coast Guard (USCG) have discretion under local regulations to order, at the vessel owners’ cost, security guards to “reduce potential opportunities” for crew members...

https://safety4sea.com/us-imposes-security-guards-for-crewmembers-without-visas/

Seafarers’ access to maritime facilities final rule published

US Coast Guard published the Seafarers’ Access to Maritime Facilities Final Rule in the Federal Register on April 1, 2019, informing owners and operators of Maritime Transportation Security Act-regulated facilities that they are required to provide seafarers, holding valid US visas and other covered individuals, with the ability to transit through the facility in a timely manner and at no cost to the individuals.

Specifically, the Rule orders that each owner or operator of a maritime facility...

https://safety4sea.com/seafarers-access-to-maritime-facilities-final-rule-published/

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