Articles about shipping

Maritime marketplace and software platform OpenTug raises $3.1M

OpenTug, Seattle-based makers of marine transportation logistics software, has raised $3.1 million in seed funding, the company announced Thursday. The… Read More

Amazon partners with Staples to add nearly 1,000 drop-off locations for customer returns

Amazon is partnering with the office supply chain Staples to add another place where Amazon customers can drop off returns.… Read More

Here’s how Amazon plans to rein in costs in quest to restore its consumer business to profitability

After doubling its fulfillment capacity and hiring hundreds of thousands of workers to meet demand during the pandemic, Amazon is… Read More

Has Amazon found its fourth pillar? Revisiting a key question for the company’s future

One year ago, the last question put to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos during his final shareholder meeting as the company’s… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Netflix ads, Amazon’s shipping business, and Paul Allen’s real legacy

Does it seem like activity is picking up out there in the tech world? Big fundings may be happening less… Read More

Ship out of luck? 2021 holiday season will put Amazon’s workforce strategy to the test

Amazon has spent billions of dollars to expand its fulfillment capacity and develop its own package delivery network in recent… Read More

Podcast

Optimal Prime: Amazon’s big quarter reveals its post-pandemic potential

Year-over-year quarterly growth of 44% would be significant for any company, but when the underlying numbers are this big, it… Read More

Unpack this: Amazon shipping snafu sends single order of seven small items in seven separate boxes

Plenty of us have received an Amazon order in a box that dwarfs the item inside, making us scratch our… Read More

Amazon expands same-day delivery with new network of mini warehouses near cities

Amazon today unveiled its latest initiative to speed up delivery times on millions of items for its growing cadre of… Read More

Lawsuit claims Amazon and freight partner worked truck driver ‘into the ground,’ causing him to crash

A truck driver sued Amazon and one of its freight partners, alleging the companies “worked (him) into the ground,” for… Read More

Amazon removes FedEx Ground ban for third-party sellers

CNBC reported that Amazon is lifting the FedEx Ground and Home ban it placed on third-party sellers last month, just… Read More

As Amazon disrupts its business, FedEx shares drop on ‘very disappointing’ financial results

FedEx reported lackluster financials for the second quarter of its fiscal year and cut profit expectations going forward, continuing the… Read More

Convoy’s latest digital trucking breakthrough is 100% automation of the load pricing process

Convoy has reached another milestone on the long road toward complete automation of the trucking industry’s brokering process. The Seattle-based… Read More

Amazon is delivering half of its own packages, reducing reliance on third-parties, analysts find

Amazon is coming for couriers. The Seattle tech giant is now delivering 50 percent of packages itself, according to Morgan… Read More

Amazon experiencing shipping delays amid busy holiday season and shift to one-day delivery

Amazon is experiencing some shipping delays as the busy holiday season continues to heat up. As first reported by Recode,… Read More

Australian shipping company Sendle opens U.S. headquarters in Seattle to help small businesses

Sendle, an Australian shipping company that bills itself as the first carrier built specifically to help small e-commerce businesses, is… Read More

Amazon gives a Seattle brick-and-mortar business reason to smile with a busy sip, ship, shop formula

Diana Naramore is all smiles. Maybe it’s contagious, since she’s surrounded all day by so many Amazon packages with that… Read More

‘Stripe for international shipping’: FlavorCloud helps e-commerce companies ship across borders

If you want to buy a shirt directly from a merchant in China, the customs hurdles will vary depending on… Read More

FedEx cutting shipping ties with Amazon as delivery competition escalates

FedEx said it is ending a ground shipping deal with Amazon, the shipping giant’s latest move to distance itself from… Read More

Prime dispute: Trucking company sues Amazon over logo on tech giant’s shipping fleet

Amazon’s Prime-branded trucks have drawn a legal challenge from a company with a familiar name. Prime Inc., a nearly 50-year-old… Read More

John Oliver rips Amazon over warehouse work and tech giant’s operations chief calls it ‘insulting’

Working conditions in Amazon’s fulfillment centers got a blistering critique at the hands of the HBO series “Last Week Tonight… Read More

The next AWS? Amazon emerges as a logistics heavyweight as it owns more delivery infrastructure

Amazon is taking more and more control of how its packages are shipped to customers — and it could have… Read More

Amazon Air cargo network adding 15 more planes, with fleet expected to hit 70 by 2021

Amazon is adding more airplanes to its fleet to further bolster its efforts to provide speedy delivery. The tech giant… Read More

Amazon one-ups Walmart on one-day shipping, will offer 10M products via accelerated Prime program

Saying that every day is “Day 1” at Amazon might still be a popular mantra at the company, but today… Read More

Challenging Amazon, Walmart unveils one-day delivery on more than 200k items

Amazon put the retail world on notice when it announced plans to evolve its core Prime shipping time from two… Read More

Amazon rolling out package-packing machines that could automate warehouse jobs

Amazon is rolling out machines that could automate boxing up orders across the company’s network of warehouses and phase out … Read More

‘Airbnb for warehousing’ startup Flexe raises $43M to help online retailers take on Amazon

As more consumers shop online, retailers need capacity to ship products across the country — particularly as they battle e-commerce… Read More

Amazon to make one-day delivery the new standard for Prime

Amazon, which built its Prime subscription program on the promise of free two-day shipping, said it plans to shift that… Read More

Seattle startup ioCurrents raises $5M to bring big data to the high seas

For Cosmo King, maritime data is both personal and professional. King grew up sailing in Virginia and is now the owner… Read More

Amazon lets Prime members pick which day packages will arrive in effort to curb shipping costs

Amazon rolled out a new program today that lets Prime members pick a day of the week to receive packages… Read More