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Amazon | May 07, 2020

Amazon has expanded its freight service to the lower 48 states, from five Eastern states, the company confirmed in an email to Transport Dive.This spot freight service is designed for small and medium line-haul providers to carry loads for Amazon in the middle mile. Access to the freight site had been limited to line-haul providers Amazon had pre-approved to sign up for loads. The company has now opened the website for broader access to more carriers.Amazon jumped into the freight br...

Transportation

Evans Transportation | March 30, 2022

Officials for Evans Transportation Services Inc. (Evans) announced a new partnership with Milwaukee-based Renaissant Inc. As a full-service, third-party provider of custom logistics solutions for North American shippers, Evans' end-to-end transportation management systems now include Renaissant's proprietary platform, a technology designed to support and drive efficiencies throughout the supply chain. While providing value-added services and additional efficiencies for Evans' c...

Amazon | September 04, 2020

The Federal Aviation Administration has granted Amazon Prime Air a Part 135 exemption in the form of a standard operating certificate, which allows the company to begin drone delivery within a test range, according to documents from the agency and confirmation from the retailer. Amazon said it estimated the test would initially involve 10 houses, according to the exemption. It did not provide details on where these homes would be located. Prime Air has development centers in the United States, t...

Sustainability

Sustainalytics | November 25, 2021

Sustainalytics, a Morningstar company and a leading global provider of ESG research, ratings, and data, today announced the launch of its Corporate Supply Chain ESG Solutions, which include online access to company-level ESG ratings and data within Sustainalytics' extensive research universe. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, companies of all sizes have been intensely focused on improving the resilience of their supply chains. Leveraging Sustainalytics' Corporate Supply Chain ESG...