No matter what the mode of transport is, somebody will always want to be the fastest. Naturally, this also goes for trucks. Maximum Truck Speeds Around the World Trucks are built for power and endurance and not for speed. And in most countries, they aren't allowed to...
You can read the full articles by clicking the link in the tweets. Online Supermarket Amazon Most people, including myself, are still shopping for groceries at brick & mortar supermarkets. In the Netherlands, only 1.7 % does their grocery shopping online. The...
You can read the full articles by clicking the link in the tweets. Self-Driving Trucks to Start Hauling Freight in 2017 Otto founder Lior Ron has told Reuters that they intend to start hauling freight with self-driving trucks in 2017. While self-driving, the trucks...
Online groceries are still very much a growth market. Looking at the Netherlands, for example, Dutch people spend close to 3% of their grocery money online, according to GfK. That is not a large percentage. Yet. 20% by 2020? There are different predictions when it...
Shipping damages are a problem for any e-tailer or producer selling their product directly to consumers. The product is handled and packaged with care but is usually handed over to a parcel carrier to get it delivered to the customer. The problem is that not all of...
Climate change. It is real, and it is not going away by ignoring it. We have to step up and actively do something. There are many ways to do this, and one of the most important ones is reducing carbon dioxide emissions. If there is one logistics component contributing...
The Dutch Start-up space is booming. We have been a seafaring and trading nation for a long time, so it's no wonder that there is a lot of innovation in the logistics space. I recently came across another great addition to the growing group of Dutch logistics...
Last week Belgian Postal Company bpost launched bringr, which they themselves call an innovative, collaborative platform app. Consumers and companies alike can use the smartphone app to find a driver for delivering their goods. These drivers are not working for a...
The past months there has been a lot of buzz about amazon turning into a logistics service provider, by in-sourcing increasingly more supply chain and logistics functions. It seems Google is looking into making moves into a similar direction. They have already...
The biggest frustration for anyone moving freight across any road network in the world is a traffic jam. Well, it's probably a frustration for almost anybody, I guess. Most traffic jams you and I are in can hardly be called a traffic jam if you compare them to some of...
Package delivery. One of the most important events for all companies that rely on parcel carriers to deliver their goods to customers (consumers and businesses). It can't always go right, and it doesn't. Who's fault it is doesn't really matter to the customer. They...
I have said it before, and I will repeat it. I love Infographics. Good ones that are. Emerging Technologies Shaping the Future of Logistics The global logistics market is estimated to be worth about $4 trillion... The global transportation services market is the...
April Fools is one of those times of year that companies try to be the funniest. Makes sense. A good April Fools joke, especially with good pictures or a video, has a high chance of going "viral", which means that it is shared on websites, blogs, and social channels....
A robot delivering pizza, sure. You're probably wondering what science fiction movie I was watching where I saw that. Well, it was a movie clip, but it is absolute reality. Meet DRU DRU stands for Domino's Robotic Unit. And yes, that is Domino's Pizza. The Australian...
If you would ask somebody in 1996 what new concepts there would be in 2016 for delivering packages, I wonder if they would have said drones or driving robots. Delivery drones especially have been in the news a lot since last year. One of my favourites is the concept...
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Boeing is at it again. Last year in June, I wrote about a system Boeing patented for charging drones midair. This time they have patented a revolutionary way to transport regular 40 feet shipping containers via aeroplane. Yes, you have read that right: regular...
Just last month, Dutch logistics startup Sesam Solutions launched the Parcer: a safe way to receive packages and send them. When you are not there. Not there at all! Last week I sat down with Sesam Solutions' CEO Hans van Nikkelen Kuijper to talk about their...
Amazon has revealed a new Prime Air drone design on the Prime Air page, and they've let former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson reveal the new design in a short video, which shows actual footage of drone delivery. All steps of the process are followed. The item is...
