UPS has introduced a suite of supply chain solutions aimed at addressing risk, uncertainty and logistical obstacles. The company’s Secure Commerce offering, announced Wednesday (Sept. 30), is designed to offer “data-driven intelligence,” actionable insights and “proactive risk management” to help reduce threats like fraud, delivery issues or...
The Port of Los Angeles reportedly blocked more than 120 million cyberattacks during August. That’s according to a report Thursday (Sept. 17) by Bloomberg News, which notes that these attacks on America’s busiest container hub for global trade represent an ongoing operational threat amid shifting tariff policies. Gene...
Warehouse automation has always been easiest where a company can build the environment around the machines: standardized bins, fixed conveyor paths, predictable inputs. The harder problem sits at the edges of a logistics network, where a package has to move from a trailer to a...
A package crossing into the United States used to depend on a person to review it, classify and catch any errors, slowing the process with days-long delays at the border. Sorting more packages faster is a warehouse problem. Reviewing them accurately is a judgment problem,...
May 18, 2026
There are few economic bottlenecks more consequential than the Strait of Hormuz. Roughly a fifth of global oil consumption passes through the narrow waterway connecting the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea, making it less a regional shipping lane than a structural pillar of the global economy. When traffic through Hormuz is disrupted, as it […]
May 07, 2026
Amazon is turning another internal capability into a commercial product. This time, the asset is logistics. On Monday (May 4), the eCommerce and retail titan launched Amazon Supply Chain Services...
March 16, 2026
The war in Iran is increasingly giving the freight sector a fright. As of Monday (March 16), the geopolitical risks of the Middle East engagement have already reshaped global trade patterns around...
August 18, 2025
Today’s uncertain macro environment is increasingly revealing the growing pains of legacy industries. After all, against a backdrop where global trade is buffeted by geopolitical tensions, evolving tariffs and shifting...
October 07, 2026
UPS is hiring 100,000 seasonal employees in hundreds of locations across the United States to meet the demand of the upcoming holiday shipping season, the company said in a Wednesday (Oct. 7) press release. These seasonal employees will join UPS’s global workforce that numbers around 460,000, according to the release. The number of seasonal employees […]
September 30, 2026
UPS has introduced a suite of supply chain solutions aimed at addressing risk, uncertainty and logistical obstacles. The company’s Secure Commerce offering, announced Wednesday (Sept. 30), is designed to offer “data-driven intelligence,”...
September 17, 2026
The Port of Los Angeles reportedly blocked more than 120 million cyberattacks during August. That’s according to a report Thursday (Sept. 17) by Bloomberg News, which notes that these attacks on America’s busiest...
July 23, 2026
Visa and Airwallex are joining forces to develop embedded-finance solutions for freight and shipping platforms. The collaboration, announced Thursday (July 23) is designed to modernize the way businesses in these sectors manage payments working capital...
