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Kentucky-based Material Handling Systems (MHS) has bought Italy’s Officina Costruzioni Meccaniche (OCM). Both companies specialise in providing sortation systems for parcel couriers and logistics companies.
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A report, out today by Deloitte, has found that Australia Post facilitates 82 per cent of Australia’s booming $14 billion eCommerce market and that 80 per cent of Australians see no convenient alternative for receiving parcels other than through the post office.
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An Post is to invite applications for voluntary severance from managers and staff across all its corporate centre and support services next month.
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DHL eCommerce, a division of Deutsche Post DHL Group has announced its partnership with Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan to offer domestic delivery for Shopee sellers and buyers across Malaysia. The move is an extension of DHL eCommerce’s strong ties with Shopee in the region, following the successful integration of DHL’s e-commerce logistics services onto Shopee Thailand’s platform.
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ShipStation, the leading web-based e-commerce delivery solution, has partnered up with Hermes, the consumer delivery specialist.
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hmv’s customers will be able to pick up their CDs, DVDs and video games from over 4,200 HubBox locations across the UK, as well as from hmv’s own stores thanks to a new partnership between hmv and Click & Collect provider HubBox.
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Drones will be able to fly in the same airspace as manned aircraft in a planned new test corridor...
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XPO Logistics has opened its first last mile delivery hub in Canada: a 50,000 square feet facility in Toronto.
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DroneDek, the so-called ‘Mailbox of the future’ has been awarded a US Patent for last mile drone delivery. DroneDek is set to disrupt the parcel, package and mail delivery industry by leveraging several patent claims it was awarded offering customers ultimate convenience.
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The Toll Group has announced plans for a new multi-purpose super depot on the Gold Coast enabling a seamless freight service to customers. Medical supplies, fashion, food and machinery, will all be able to be delivered from the Gold Coast to Australia and the world.
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Bryson, UK importer, manufacturer and distributor of fixings, temporary protection and safety products has teamed up with last mile logistics provider Quiqup and hyper-local mini-warehouse location and technology provider Parcelly. Together, they offer the industry’s first on-demand, same-hour delivery of construction materials to customers across London.
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Royal Mail has been fined £50,000,000 by the communications regulator Ofcom for a serious breach of competition law, after the company “abused its dominant position” by discriminating against Whistl- its only major competitor delivering letters and one of Royal Mail’s wholesale customers.
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