Every physical object in the historic centre of Venice arrived by hull. Bread, cement, hotel linen, restaurant deliveries, scaffolding, refuse going the other way, the coffin at a funeral. There is no road network behind the facade doing the real work. The canal in front of you is the road network, and the moored boats in this frame are the freight fleet at rest. The system has three legs. Goods reach the edge of the lagoon by road at Mestre and Marghera, transfer to flat-decked motor barges at the port or at Tronchetto, and then run into the city by water.

This landmark consolidation in the global food delivery space marks a major step in the competition between top platforms. The Financial Details Offer Price: Uber has offered €41.50 per share in cash. This represents a premium of approximately 127% on the unaffected three-month volume-weighted average share price prior to May 8, 2026. Total Valuation: The voluntary takeover offer implies a fully diluted equity value of €13.0 billion (approximately $14.8 billion). Net Valuation: Adjusting for Uber’s previously acquired shares in Delivery Hero, the net value of the deal is $13.

J&T Global Express Limited (1519.HK) reported total parcel volume of 8.326 billion for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026, a 26.2% year-on-year increase, with average daily volume of 92.5 million parcels. Non-China parcels accounted for 35.1% of the total, up 4.3 percentage points quarter-on-quarter, reflecting the company’s accelerating international diversification. Southeast Asia was the standout performer. Regional parcel volume climbed 79.9% year-on-year to 2.768 billion, with average daily volume of 30.

At Manifest 2026, Dispatch Science chose a big stage for a very pointed message: the way last-mile carriers run technology has been broken for a long time, and incremental fixes are no longer enough. Instead of adding yet another layer to the familiar patchwork of transportation management systems, integrations, analytics tools, and custom scripts, the company unveiled a unified logistics platform designed to collapse those layers into a single operational core.

Set against the early-February calm of London, when the city feels sharp, focused, and oddly receptive to big ideas, The Delivery Conference 2026 returns to the Royal Lancaster Hotel with the quiet confidence of an event that knows exactly what it is. On 2–3 February, Metapack and ShipStation will once again draw senior leaders from retail, ecommerce, and logistics into the same rooms, the same conversations, the same slightly over-strong coffees between sessions.

EasyPost Enterprise combines cutting-edge technology with decades of industry experience LEHI, Utah, July 16, 2024 - EasyPost, a leader in shipping technology solutions, has announced the launch of the EasyPost Enterprise suite of solutions. Designed to meet the complex needs of high-performance shippers, the solution enables large organizations to simplify their shipping operations. With a focus on seamless integration, advanced analytics, and real-time processing, the new solution empowers businesses to handle over 1 million shipments per day with sub-second processing times.