Amazon tries to solve logistics dilemma by chartering its own ships and planes - The National News
E-commerce company is increasingly controlling its own delivery network and aims to overtake UPS and FedEx as US's top package carrier
Amazon, beset by a number of logistical challenges, is taking matters into its own hands by chartering its own ships and planes. The initiative is to avoid bottlenecks in delivery networks as the world deals with supply-chain logjams.
The world's largest e-commerce company is leasing private cargo vessels to carry out deliveries and avoid delays, when ships stay idle in ports for several days. The move would help Amazon during peak times such as the holiday season when it processes orders in larger volumes.
The company is also looking for refurbished cargo versions of the Boeing 777-300ER, one of the largest twin-engine passenger jets in operation, along with conversions of Airbus’s popular A330-300 wide-body aircraft, Bloomberg had reported in October.
E-commerce company is increasingly controlling its own delivery network and aims to overtake UPS and FedEx as US's top package carrier
Amazon, beset by a number of logistical challenges, is taking matters into its own hands by chartering its own ships and planes. The initiative is to avoid bottlenecks in delivery networks as the world deals with supply-chain logjams.
The world's largest e-commerce company is leasing private cargo vessels to carry out deliveries and avoid delays, when ships stay idle in ports for several days. The move would help Amazon during peak times such as the holiday season when it processes orders in larger volumes.
The company is also looking for refurbished cargo versions of the Boeing 777-300ER, one of the largest twin-engine passenger jets in operation, along with conversions of Airbus’s popular A330-300 wide-body aircraft, Bloomberg had reported in October.
