Month: October 2025

For years, freight forwarding has promised digital transformation, yet much of the industry still runs on email chains, attachments, and manual workflows. Now, London-based startup Nexcade is stepping out of stealth with a bold mission: to bring end-to-end AI automation to the world of global freight forwarding.  The company announced a $2.5 million pre-seed funding… Continue reading Exclusive: Nexcade emerges from stealth with $2.5 million to transform freight

PUDO Inc., a network of independent retailers that provide parcel pick up and drop off locations, is partnering with GoLocker to expand availability of smart vending machines in New York City — making it easier for retail brands and customers to save time and money, while reducing urban congestion.  Under the arrangement, GoLocker will install… Continue reading New York City parcel lockers reduce delivery costs, porch piracy

On September 26, 2025, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced an emergency order requiring states to immediately stop issuing or renewing non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs). This directive ends a widespread practice in many states of issuing CDLs to non-citizens without employment-based visas or extending them well beyond the expiration of holders’ work visas.… Continue reading Duffy’s halt of non-domiciled CDLs could wipe out illegal operators

Negotiators for Israel and Hamas were meeting in Egypt Monday to discuss a U.S. proposal for ending the war in Gaza, but there are no guarantees peace will bring the world’s largest ocean container lines back to the Red Sea-Suez Canal route anytime soon. About 90% of an agreement has been completed, U.S. Secretary of… Continue reading Red Sea carriers wait and watch Gaza peace talks

A U.S. Postal Service worker was shot in the face during an altercation Friday afternoon in Everett, Washington, and a rival package delivery driver is in custody, according to local police and a postal inspector. The incident took place at the West Mall Place Apartments. The victim was transported to Providence Hospital with a gunshot… Continue reading U.S. Postal Service mail carrier shot by Amazon driver