Port of Baku

Supply Chain Dive | May 28, 2020

The future of last-mile logistics could be a hybrid truck and drone model, but there are significant regulatory barriers keeping it from becoming a reality in the near future, according to a paper published May 16 by Matthias Winkenbach, the director of Massachusetts Institute of Technology 's (MIT) Megacity Logistics Lab, and Farri Gaba, a research assistant at the university.Deploying drones on traditional delivery vehicles would allow parcels to be distributed simultaneously. The dr...

Logistics

Huron Capital | February 23, 2022

Leading lower-middle-market private equity firm Huron Capital Partners ("Huron Capital") announced today that its third-party transportation and logistics services platform, Direct Connect Logistix ("DCL"), has acquired Performance Logistics, LLC ("Performance Logistics"). The combination of Performance Logistics' refrigerated and frozen food transportation services and large customers in the Mountain West strengthens DCL's capabilities, customer base and ge...

Procurement and Sourcing, Transportation

Roadrunner | February 20, 2023

Roadrunner, a direct long-haul metro-to-metro shipping provider, recently announced its expansion of Smart NetworkTM with a new inbound service to Denver, Colorado. It's the first new market opening in a long time, and it builds on the excellent news of recently announced transit time cuts on 130 major lanes and the start of service from SoCal to Chicago and Chicago to SoCal the next business day. The Roadrunner team leverages proprietary optimization technology to eliminate...

Software and Technology

prnewswire | May 08, 2023

Flexport, the leading tech-driven logistics platform, today announced the acquisition of the assets of Shopify Logistics, including Deliverr, Inc. Flexport's technology now makes it easy for businesses to plan, visualize and execute the movement of goods from manufacturer to the customer's store or door unified under one technology platform. Through the integration of Shopify Logistics, Flexport will strengthen its advanced AI-driven optimization to streamline the full g...