Boeing Delivers First 767 Freighter to FedEx Express
EVERETT, Wash., Sept. 4, 2013 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] and FedEx Express, an operating company of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), celebrated today the delivery of the Memphis, Tenn.-based express shipping...
View ArticleOnline Shoppers Don’t Want Next Day Delivery. Bring it Later!
I regularly shop online. CD’s, sneakers and electronics are among my favourite items. I don’t know about you, but when I buy something online the little kid inside me wakes up and I want to play with...
View ArticleSame-Day? Right on Time Delivery!
Same-Day Delivery is a returning topic on Logistics, Supply Chain and e-Commerce news sites and blogs. It all started about a year ago when large online and offline retailers launched Same-Day Delivery...
View Article‘Anticipatory Shipping’ and how Ship-to Person is Getting Closer to Reality
In June of 2012, I first wrote a blog post about Location-Based Logistics, in which I argued that in the future, parcels would no longer be delivered to addresses (Ship-to Address) but to persons...
View ArticleHow FedEx beats DHL
Last week I came across this picture somewhere on the internet. It really made me smile and I saved it immediately. What I forgot is to make a note where I found it, so I must apologize for not being...
View ArticleHow Uber-like Logistics Optimizes the Transportation Marketplace
Uber has recently been valued at $17 billion. Not bad for an app that basically does nothing more than being a marketplace for taxi rides. Here in Europe, Uber has been all over the news as cities like...
View ArticleDrone Deliveries? There’s a Pad for that!
Ever since Amazon released the video of their Prime Air Drone, the internet has been full of drone stories. It quickly became known that Amazon was not the only company working on a drone to deliver...
View ArticleThe Uberization of Logistics is Now
Uber is moving into the logistics arena with the launch of UberCARGO in Hong Kong. The service works similar to UberPop. Something (optionally accompanied by someone) needs to be transported from point...
View Article5 Drone Delivery Concepts Perfect for the Weekend
Let’s face it. It’s just a matter of time before the first commercial drone deliveries will be done, fully approved and licensed. The question is just when and where. Which country will be first? I’m...
View ArticleDutch City of Delft Launches Innovative Last Mile Logistics Project
The Dutch City of Delft is a beautiful city. And I am not saying that because I am Dutch, or because it is so close to Rotterdam, where I live myself. Just take a stroll through Delft using Google...
View ArticleLogistics in the News – Week 7
There was quite some snow this morning, so it took me 1 hour and 45 minutes to get to work, instead of 45. The sun was shining, the farm lands I was driving through were white and looked beautiful in...
View ArticlePeople + Packages. Crowdsourced Logistics and Cab Service in One
Last month I wrote about the Uberization of Logistics; A Crowdsourced Logistics model where (almost) anybody with a decent car can join the ranks of drivers. These types of services have been deployed...
View ArticleLogistics in the News – Week 8
This Saturday it’s Valentine’s Day again. The best day in the year if you are a florist, I guess. As my wife tends to read the things I write here (I do appreciate your comments and compliments. Opst!)...
View ArticleLogistics in the News – Week 9
A good friend of mine came by the house yesterday evening. We usually play squash once a week, but his back is injured and I need to take it easy with my knee (try taking it easy when playing squash)....
View Articlewhat3words: find any location on earth by remembering 3 words
I was sitting in the backyard, at blacked.award.buzzer to be precise, when I found out about what3words. what3words is a London based company, which you can find at index.home.raft, that has made it...
View ArticleAlternative Ways of Package Delivery: Boats, Bikes, and Electrical Vehicles
This past weekend was the last weekend of my Summer Break. I had two great weeks with my family in the South of France and one week around my home town Rotterdam. One of this break’s final activities...
View ArticleDrones vs. Robots. The Delivery War is on!
There’s someone at the door with a delivery, but soon, that will change, at least that is what two Skype co-founders, Ahti Heinla and Janus Friis, envision with their startup Starship. And most of you...
View ArticleMissed Deliveries? They’re History!
Just last month, Dutch logistics startup Sesam Solutions launched the Parcer: a safe way to receive packages and send them. When you are not there. Not there at all! Last week I sat down with Sesam...
View ArticleBelgian Postal Company Moves Into Crowdsourced Deliveries
Last week Belgian Postal Company bpost launched bringr, which they themselves call an innovative, collaborative platform app. Consumers and companies alike can use the smartphone app to find a driver...
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Will UPS deliver your package in the Metaverse?
Humans are explorers and that is why we want to go to the moon and Mars to see a new world. Chances are we’ll be in the Metaverse rather than on Mars because Marc Zuckerberg really wants us to populate...
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