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When people hear about the metaverse, many of them envision technology that's years or even decades away. But they would be wrong — it's already here. "I think when people hear about augmented reality and the metaverse, it feels so futuristic and far away," Ali Fazal, vice president of marketing...

Earlier this month, Canadian railway CN announced that it would be working with Google Cloud via a seven-year partnership aimed at catapulting CN's current technological efforts into what CN calls "digital scheduled railroading" (DSR), or the next stage following precision scheduled railroading....

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Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) dominates the online shopping space, holding 41% market share through October, according to Statista. The e-tailer posted a 10.68% increase in Black Friday revenue, according to documents obtained by Business Insider, and a 7.5% increase in orders on Cyber Monday. Amazon...

Fulfillment is to last-mile delivery what Pippen was to Jordan — each needs the other to be successful. If on-time delivery over the last mile is like a clutch Jordan jumper in the fourth quarter, then fulfillment is like Pippen's quietly steady presence through the first three quarters. Just as...

On the latest episode of Net-Zero Carbon, Matt McLelland, vice president of sustainability and innovation at Covenant Logistics, joined Tyler Cole, director of carbon intelligence at FreightWaves, to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing logistics providers as shippers increasingly look...

Twenty-five port projects in 19 states got an early Christmas present last week in the form of grant money through the Maritime Administration's Port Infrastructure Development Program. The federal government awarded more than $241 million in grant funding to both inland river and coastal ports...

Canadian Pacific and CN provided export-related updates last week: Canadian Pacific renews relationship with potash producer Canpotex Canadian Pacific (NYSE: CP) has secured a seven-year contract with Canpotex to deliver export-bound potash. The contract, which runs through 2028, is a successor...

For shippers who need cargo transported across the Mexican border, the solution usually involves some combination of outsourcing and transloading, which equates to numerous delays, extra costs and increased risk. If a U.S.-bound load departs the dock of a Mexican shipper on a Mexican trailer, it...

Yellow Corp. has achieved a significant milestone with an upgrade of its debt rating from Moody's Investors Service. The ratings agency last week increased Yellow's corporate family rating to B3 from Caa1. Both ratings are in the non-investment grade category, colloquially known as "junk." But...

Modern Shipper launched in February with a mission of highlighting the ever-growing last mile of the supply chain. Throughout the year, we learned a lot, and our readers helped inform us of plenty more. Looking back on the year that was, there were plenty of stories that resonated with our readers...

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For big ocean freight lines, 2021 was marked not only by record profits stemming from COVID-related constraints on shipping patterns and capacity but by significant steps toward transforming themselves into full-blown providers of inland logistics services. The trend is further blurring the line...