The Logistics Terminal

PYMNTS.com | May 25, 2020

In a black swan event such as the pandemic, ensuring business continues to flow not only means mitigating volatility of today. For many businesses along the global supply chain, it may also mean introducing changes that will affect how trade is done well into the future, too.In its recent B2B Payments: COVID-19 Impact Report, a collaboration with American Express, PYMNTS digs into some of the most dramatic and immediate shifts within global supply chains as a result of COVID-19. Unsurprisi...

JD Logistics | February 07, 2020

JD Logistics is deploying delivery staff, autonomous shuttles and drones to deliver medical and commercial cargo throughout coronavirus quarantine zones in Wuhan and Hubei Province in China, the company said Thursday. Customers in the region have been ordering goods online as a means of minimizing human contact in stores, the company said in a release. As a result, the company's autonomous warehouses have fulfilled nearly double their usual number of daily orders, from 600,000 to 1 million b...

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Powerbridge Technologies | February 04, 2022

Powerbridge Technologies Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: PBTS) ("Powerbridge" or the "Company"), a provider of multi-industry technology solutions, is pleased to announce its partnership between its wholly-owned subsidiary, Powermeta Digital Co., Ltd. ("Powermeta") and Beyondvision Cultural Development Co., Ltd. ("Beyondvision") to jointly establish Metafusion Digital Co., Ltd. ("Metafusion") with the vision to embrace metaverse into the virtual world of trav...

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...