Chinese delivery company SF Holding said it has obtained a landmark license from the country’s military authorities to use drones to deliver commercial packages and was conducting the country’s first drone pilot demonstration zone.
July 6, 2017UPS Drone
UPS Inc., teaming up with drone-maker CyPhy Works, announced drone tests to deliver packages in remote areas.The first test was earlier this week to move medicine from a Boston area community to Children’s Island, located about three miles from the mainland and without automobile access. UPS also has done drone application tests inside warehouses to track stock availability and assessment of relief aid deliveries, also in hard-to-reach locations. (video by UPS Inc.)
September 23, 2016Business
Volvo Said to Near Deal to Deliver Packages to Parked Cars
Working households may soon have an alternative to the modern dilemma of how to take delivery of stuff ordered online: have it dropped off in your car.
November 17, 2014Business
Wal-Mart Joins Retail’s Rush to Same-Day City Delivery
A push by retailers to provide faster delivery of goods purchased online is stimulating demand for same-day delivery and investments in new companies.
October 22, 2012Business
Fleets Say They Discovered Time, Cost Bonanza Through New York’s Night-Delivery Experiment
When Joe Killeen heard that New York City needed participants for its trial off-hours delivery program, he did more than volunteer his Kearny, N.J., trucking firm, New Deal Logistics.
September 20, 2010