Amazon pauses 3PL-like shipping service

Amazon will pause its logistics service "Amazon Shipping" the company confirmed to Supply Chain Dive Tuesday. Amazon said the pause is not directly related to the current COVID-19 global pandemic. Business Insider was first to report the news. Amazon Shipping was available to shippers in a handful of cities including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. The last pickup for current customers will be June 5 and the service will pause for an unspecified period. The pause is only for Amazon's third-party logistics service and does not affect the logistics of Amazon's own deliveries, Morgan Stanley analysts pointed out in a Wednesday note issued without confirmation from Amazon and emailed to Supply Chain Dive. Morgan Stanley, previously bullish on the service's prospects, anticipates limited shipper impact from Amazon's pause since Amazon Shipping was limited in geographic scope and still in a pilot phase, and suggested most affected shippers will take their business to FedEx and UPS.