Shoppers are spending more money online, a trend that should pick up in the fourth quarter Package-delivery firms are shoring up their staffing in big numbers as they prepare for a holiday season likely to see another surge in online sales. Courier and messenger companies added 3,900 jobs in August, the fifth
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Nigeria’s junior oil minister predicts fall in pump price of petrol
Harvey Blocks ‘Critical’ Point of Entry for Cargo
Goods once destined for Houston have wound up as far away as the Bahamas and Mexico (WSJ) - Houston’s Seaport may take weeks to fully recover from Harvey, a rare long-term disruption at a major U.S. shipping center that will exact a financial toll on thousands of retailers and manufacturers. Port Houston
Freight Companies Scramble to Reroute Goods in Wake of Harvey
Trucking fleets, railroads and shipping lines are rerouting cargo and setting up alternate supply lines as Tropical Storm Harvey promises to disrupt freight traffic across southeast Texas for days. Seaports in Houston and Corpus Christi have been closed to most ships since before Harvey made landfall Friday, and rising waters from days of heavy rains and
Nigerian Government plans national digital map
The Federal Government on Tuesday announced that it had commenced moves aimed at putting together a national digital map that would help curb insecurity across the country. The map would further help in improving the country’s economy as the recently inaugurated Economic Recovery and Growth Plan was largely dependent on the
Nigeria Customs impounds 64 cars valued at N1.528bn in Lagos, Ogun
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A, have impounded a total of 64 brand new exotic cars allegedly smuggled into the country by criminals. These cars were seized within a space of three weeks in Lagos and Ogun State and are worth over N1.528,200 billion. About Three weeks ago
Iceland Gets A Drone Delivery Service
Semi-automated truck convoys get green light for UK trials
The Government has committed £8.1m to finance trials of semi-autonomous "platooning" lorries. Under the scheme, a "platoon leader" driving a heavy goods vehicle will head a small convoy, with the following tracks, or "drones", being piloted by computers. The trucks drive closely behind one another and are linked electronically, communicating via
Robot Ship Experimenting to Disrupt the Global Shipping Industry
Japanese container line to conduct trans-Pacific test in 2019 Japan is aiming to set global standards for automated ships (Bloomberg) - Japan’s largest container line plans to test a remote-controlled vessel across the Pacific Ocean in 2019 as it pursues fully autonomous technology that could disrupt the global shipping industry. Nippon
Royal Mail is getting some seriously super-futuristic mail trucks
LONDON — Royal Mail is getting some seriously futuristic new mail vans. As previously reported by Engadget, Wired, and elsewhere, the British postal service has announced a trial of nine electric-powered vehicles in London and South-East England. They're made by British electric truck company Arrival and will come in three sizes: 3.5-tonne, six-tonne, and