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Amazon Logistics The City Reporter · Jul 2, 2026
Luc Rene, an Amazon delivery driver in Queens, had already gone through five bottles of water in as many hours during his shift on Wednesday, the first day of an anticipated four-day stretch of dangerously hot temperatures in New York City. “I’m delivering 300 packages a day, even in this heat,” one of the workers said. All Amazon depots are equipped with water stations and ice machines, according to the company, which says it works closely with its subcontractors to monitor extreme weather and heat index thresholds and adjust routes as needed to allow additional time to rest.
The proposed rule would have required states to provide USPS with information about voters receiving mail or absentee ballots, along with barcode data tied to ballot envelopes. If a state did not certify a list or comply with the new envelope and barcode standards, the Postal Service would not transmit outbound federal ballot mail to that state’s voters. Sullivan agreed that the proposed procedures conflicted with the settlement that resolved the NAACP’s 2020 lawsuit against USPS.
Postal Service delays during Wisconsin's spring election after hundreds of absentee ballots arrived too late to be counted. According to Baldwin, two-thirds of Wisconsin election officials reported problems with election mail during the spring election, with some saying ballots took seven to 10 days or longer to reach polling locations. In her letter, Baldwin asked the USPS Office of Inspector General to identify any issues affecting the timely delivery of election mail so they can be addressed before Wisconsin's fall elections.
The agency’s efforts to boost transparency include using Bluetooth devices to identify bottlenecks for high-value shippers, a spokesperson said. However, the Postal Service has underinvested in technologies that could improve visibility due to its ongoing financial challenges, Steiner said. For customers, the Postal Service typically offers a solid visibility experience when they handle the entire shipping process from pickup to delivery, Samuel Moore, an industry consultant and Los Angeles Postal Customer Council board member, said in an interview with Supply Chain Dive.
The U.S. Postal Service is pursuing a goal of achieving complete end-to-end visibility for every parcel moving through its network, a move aimed at reducing delivery delays. McKean stated that these investments are collectively building a more connected and intelligent postal network that improves customer visibility, enhances operational efficiency, strengthens service performance, and provides data for continuous improvement.
FedEx reported $10 billion in healthcare revenue for fiscal 2026.
The new orders subindex—an indicator of future activity—was also higher for a sixth straight month at 56. “[New orders] demand sentiment was positive in June, with a 2.7-to-1 ratio of positive to negative comments,” said Susan Spence, chair of the ISM Manufacturing Business Survey Committee. Intraquarter updates provided by public LTL carriers in early June showed freight demand continued to improve.
E-commerce retailers and logistics providers are scrambling to comply with new European Union customs rules and fees, effective Wednesday, aimed at addressing concerns over tariff fairness, domestic manufacturing, and product safety associated with a wave of low-value imports entering the bloc through parcel channels. Each B2C parcel entering the EU will be subject to a flat 3 euro ($3.41) charge per product category (e.g. two T-shirts=one item; a T-shirt and a collared shirt= two items, or 6 euros) within a parcel. “If there’s 10 million parcels B2C parcels a day going into a country like the Netherlands and there’s two SKUs on average per package, that’s $60 million in revenue for the country in a single day.
The Trump administration has declined to renew the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in its current form, launching a new phase of negotiations over North America’s signature trade pact while allowing the agreement to remain in force. “The United States will continue to engage with Mexico and Canada to address the Agreement’s shortcomings and our trade deficits with these countries,” Greer said. U.S.-Mexico two-way trade totaled a record $872.83 billion in 2025, reinforcing Mexico’s position as the United States’ largest trading partner.
Ruan announced Wednesday that it has expanded its international trade and logistics capabilities across the U.S. and Mexico by launching a new customs brokerage service. It now provides comprehensive door-to-door transportation solutions, including asset-based operations (3,000 tractors), cross-border drayage, intermodal services and third-party logistics services like brokerage and managed transportation. Ruan also said it is renaming its Brokerage Support Services unit to Freight Brokerage as part of the launch.
