Former competition watchdog chair Rod Sims has told The Guardian that Australian consumers are being “ripped off by international shipping companies” teaming up to keep freight costs high. Two shipping companies, Israeli-based ZIM and the Swiss-based Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), recently signed a vessel-sharing agreement that negatively impacts Australia. It
Uber has entered reverse logistics with its new feature on the app that allows customers to return unwanted packages to their sender. In 2020, the rideshare business expanded its transportation of people to include package delivery. Now, it has a new feature to return unwanted packages with the help of
Shipping company Maersk is testing driverless trucks on its premises in California. The company has partnered with Kodiak Robotics to test autonomous vehicles. Maersk has moved into the land transport space – and hopes that this initiative can make deliveries even more reliable. The partnership has also launched the first
