Amazon believes drones are the future of parcel deliveries. Amazon is heavily investing in drones, and one day hopes to use the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to revolutionize deliveries. Right now, it's all still early stages — but public patent filings can offer us tantalizing glimpses of what Amazon's engineers are
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Nigerian Importers to pay N68.25bn demurrage
Nigerian importers are to cough out N68.25 billion on demurrage as trucks are finding it difficult to lift their containers out of Lagos ports, checks by New Telegraph have revealed. The amount is the charges they would pay shipping companies, terminal operators, Nigeria Customs Service, truckers and Customs agents in one
10 ships arrive in Lagos ports with petrol, other cargoes
Lagos, Nigeria - 10 ships laden with petrol and other cargoes are waiting to berth in Lagos ports, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said on Thursday. The NPA disclosed this in its daily, “Shipping Position”, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. It said that four of the vessels
Managing a Successful 3PL Relationship
The term 3PL stands for Third-Party Logistics, a service that allows you to outsource operational logistics from warehousing, all the way through to delivery, and ultimately enables you to focus on your core business. Companies that decided to outsource their logistical needs to a third party provider or 3PL should understand
FedEx to Skip Holiday Surcharges for Most Orders
...Rival UPS has said it would add peak-period fees around Christmas and Black Friday Memphis, U.S.A - FedEx Corp. said it won’t charge additional fees for most orders during the holiday season, in contrast with United Parcel Service Inc., undercutting its main rival as they battle for e-commerce customers. The decision by
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ONLINE-SHOPPING ENERGIZES UPS IN SECOND QUARTER
DALLAS (AP) -- If you buy diapers online later this year, UPS begs you to avoid placing the order right around Thanksgiving or Christmas. To drive home the point, the company with the big brown trucks will impose special surcharges for shipments during peak holiday weeks. UPS executives gave more details about
1,000 new Lagos addresses added to Google Map
Google Map has added no fewer than 1,000 new addresses to Ikeja, Ikoyi and other areas of Lagos State. The Chief Executive Officer, Google, Sundar Pitchai, stated this on Thursday in Lagos at the ‘Google for Nigeria’ event. He said that the company made the additions because the number of people using
Compliance level at seaports increases –PTML Customs
The Area Controller of Nigeria Customs Service, Ports Terminal Multiservices Limited Command, Lagos, Mrs. Modupeola Aremu, has said that the degree of compliance by importers and agents with Customs’ rules and regulations has increased, and has lead to a reduction in cases of infractions such as under-declaration, concealment, smuggling and