10
Oct
2018
New Concepts for Moving Freight Gain Ground
Posted On October 10, 2018  By Ron Derven  And has No Comment

Better, cheaper, smarter ways to move freight will likely change the way first-mile to last-mile deliveries are made. Putting these concepts into widespread use, however, may still be years off due to obsolete rules and government regulations. Robert T. Dunphy, transportation consultant; adjunct professor, Georgetown University […]

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01
Mar
2017
Drone Delivery One Step Closer for UPS
Posted On March 1, 2017  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has No Comment

Having your online order literally dropped on your doorstep took another step toward reality as UPS shares the news of successful package delivery via a drone launched from atop a UPS vehicle. Call it multitasking at its best: the drone autonomously delivers a package and then […]

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05
Nov
2015
Google Drones in the Air by 2017
Posted On November 5, 2015  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has No Comment

Not one to be left behind in the drone game, Google announced this week that it too is launching delivery by drone – and going so far as to pinpoint a launch date of 2017. Tech Times reports that the lead of Google’s “Project Wing” delivery […]

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28
Oct
2015
Amazon Delivery by Paperboy?
Posted On October 28, 2015  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has No Comment

E-commerce giant Amazon Inc. announced this week that your package may soon be arriving via an old school carrier – the newspaper delivery truck. The Wall Street Journal reports that Chicago’s Tribune Publishing deputized newspaper carriers to make package deliveries along their routes for two weeks […]

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