Uber Partners With a New Mobility Company, IBM Develops Platform for Supply Chain Visibility

This week, Uber partnered with T Map Mobility and entered the Korean market, IBM developed a digital platform for supply chain visibility. 

Uber Technologies Joins Hands With T Map Mobility

Uber Technologies has joined hands with T Map Mobility Co. Ltd., a new company formed by SK TelecomOpens a new window . T Map Mobility, along with Uber, plans to make the world’s largest mobility platform company to drive growth in Korea’s e-hailing market. The partnership will combine T Map Mobility’s network of drivers and mapping technology with Uber’s ride-hailing technology and global operations expertise.

Global Container Carriers Join IBM for Supply Chain Visibility

Global container carriers, CMA CGM and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), recently announced their integration with TradeLensOpens a new window , a digital platform for shipping data. The integration will deliver a fully integrated, timely, and consistent view of logistics data for their containerized freight worldwide. IBM and A.P. Moller – Maersk developed the digital platform, which runs on IBM Hybrid Cloud and IBM Blockchain. The three companies will act as platform foundation carriers. They will work together to expand the ecosystem and platform operations and will play a crucial role as validators on the blockchain network.

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DHL Freight Works Towards Zero Emissions

Express delivery services and international shipping company, DHL FreightOpens a new window , has committed to reducing the emission of greenhouse gases and pollutants to zero by 2050. The company plans to reduce all logistics-related emissions to zero with the help of services and solutions that help road freight customers improve sustainability in their supply chains. Moving forward, DHL Freight plans to focus on rail transport. 

project44 Ups Supply Chain Experience With New Capabilities

Advanced visibility platform, project44Opens a new window , unveiled new capabilities to provide enhanced performance, productivity, and customer experience. This will give supply chain organizations the elasticity to meet increasing customer demands despite uncertain and unpredictable market conditions to the supply chain. The new capabilities will enable organizations to have greater network collaboration, shipment automation, predictive decision making, and order and inventory visibility.

Agility Robotics Bags $20M 

Agility RoboticsOpens a new window , a maker of legged robots, announced the close of a $20 million investment. The funding will help the company to address demand from logistics providers, e-commerce retailers, and others for robots that can work alongside humans to automate repetitive, physically demanding, or dangerous work safely and scalably.  

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