The international shipping industry is wrestling with a spate of fires aboard vessels at sea in recent months that have cost companies and their customers hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.
The retailer wants suppliers that ship full trucks of products to deliver orders within a specified two-day window 87 percent of the time, up from an 85-percent rate it targeted previously.
Chinese online retailer JD.com is staking a claim in China’s intensely competitive package-delivery market by opening its logistics network to parcels shipped by consumers and businesses.