The U.S. Postal Service saw quarterly adjusted operating income tumble by nearly two-thirds as parcel volume fell by double digits and revenue contracted during the peak shipping season.
The U.S. Postal Service has launched a new platform for e-commerce retailers to submit bids for its last-mile delivery service.
Businesses are worried that they will incur higher costs to comply with a proposed rule from the U.S. Postal Service that would require submission of parcel dimensions for small packages.
USPS didn’t track deaths. It didn’t verify who was authorized to transport its freight. And it kept hiring carriers with conditional safety ratings while 79 people died in contractor crashes over three years. Now, with Duffy’s DOT threatening to revoke California’s CDL program and USPS’s first enforcement attempt collapsing within days, the Postal Service is trying again, this time claiming safety as its priority, a priority it ignored for a decade.
The U.S. Postal Service is bringing in-house the operation of its Denver regional mail hub and ending its relationship with a private contractor, which will result in large job losses.
Four House lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require the U.S. Postal Service to be more forthcoming with information about temporary post office closures, which inconvenience communities.
Regional airline Air Cargo Carriers has paid a settlement to resolve charges it defrauded the U.S. Postal Service by fudging time stamps to hide late deliveries.
The U.S. Postal Service is moving to eliminate foreign truck drivers who are ineligible to work in the U.S. from third-party motor carriers.
In a novel move, the U.S. Postal Service will open access to its last-mile delivery service for companies with the highest bid.
A House investment reform bill could impact the U.S. Postal Service by eliminating the requirement for investment companies to mail certain financial documents to customers.
U.S. authorities have forced a $1 million settlement payment from a Miami-based all-cargo airline for allegedly defrauding the U.S. Postal Service.
After the U.S. Postal Service deemphasized last-mile delivery service for parcel consolidators, the new chief now says workshare partnerships are a path to revenue growth.
The U.S. Postal Service is looking to its parcel business for revenue growth. On Friday, it announced another round of rate increases.
The good news is the U.S. Postal service trimmed its net loss by $500 million in FY2025. The bad news? It still lost $9 billion and operating losses increased $900 million.
Mark Dimonstein of the American Postal Workers Union left his mark on the postal labor front during his long presidency.
UPS wants to outsource final-mile delivery of its two economy parcel services to the U.S. Post Service, which is better suited to make residential drops because of its lower cost structure.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Office of Inspector General recently closed to major cases of fraud and mail theft.
An Amazon driver shot a U.S. Postal Service worker when they crossed paths at an apartment complex.
The U.S. Postal Service is upgrading floor plans and technology tools at local post offices to improve the customer experience.
Parcel carriers like FedEx and UPS are implementing peak season surcharges to recover costs when there isn’t a spike in volume to gear up for, leaving frustrated customers looking for alternative providers.
The U.S. Postal Service is putting a pause on stamp price hikes for the first time in six years.
House lawmakers have introduced legislation that would force the U.S. Postal Service to go through a series of steps before it can close contract postal units in retail stores.
The U.S. Postal Service is rolling out two types of super-fast automated package sorting machines to improve processing time.
A leadership transition is underway at the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers.
New UPS and DHL surcharges will add delivery costs for customers during the upcoming peak season.
The state of Washington has slapped the U.S. Postal Service with a $33,000 penalty for unsafe handling of hazardous waste.
The U.S. Postal Service intends to add a temporary delivery surcharge on packages for the peak shipping season, starting in early October.
The U.S. Postal Service is on track to lose nearly $7 billion in the current fiscal year as inflation made it difficult to hold the line on costs in the third quarter.
Four years into its turnaround plan, the U.S. Postal Service is still a work in progress. New Postmaster General David Steiner now has the job of returning the agency to financial health.
The American Postal Workers Union and the U.S. Postal Service have finalized a new collective bargaining agreement.
The U.S. Postal Service is raising shipping and stamp prices. Bulk mailing companies say the increase is too high.
The U.S. Postal Service is slowing down service to remote post offices to speed up the rest of the mail distribution system and even out volume flows.
The U.S. Postal Service is saving a great deal of money with UPS as its prime air cargo vendor instead of FedEx, according to a new inspector general’s report.
The Department of Justice has charged four individuals for allegedly stealing U.S. Treasury checks from postal facilities.
The U.S. Postal Service continues to face challenges erasing its losses.
President Trump’s instinct to place the U.S. Postal Service under the direct control of the White House is correct and would allow the agency to be reformed without interference from oversight bodies that have outlived their usefulness, says commentator Satish Jindel.
The U.S. Postal Service’s board of governors on Friday named David Steiner as the next postmaster general, but the choice isn’t official yet. News reports say he was first approved by President Trump.
The U.S. Postal Service board of governors is set to vote soon on a FedEx official to lead the agency, according to a newspaper report.
A U.S. Postal Service distribution center in Tampa is closed after a wall collapsed Monday night.
Eric Kulisch has been named managing editor of PostalMag, a Firecrown publication that covers logistics along with FreightWaves.
FreightWaves acquires PostalMag.com, adding to its suite of niche industry coverage for transportation and logistics.
The U.S. Postal Service is recommending mail and postcard rates be increased about 5 cents to 7 cents, depending on the type of mail.
UPS has changed the name of its SurePost economy service, which it used to manage in conjunction with the U.S. Postal Service.
A new Senate resolution calls for Congress to ensure the Trump administration doesn’t make any drastic changes to the U.S. Postal Service.
Louis DeJoy is out as U.S. postmaster general. His legacy is mixed, but he is credited with putting the Postal Service on a stronger financial footing.
U.S. Postal Service chief Louis DeJoy left office on Monday as the Trump administration ramps up for massive change at the agency.
Postal unions are raising alarms about downsizing and potential privatization of the U.S. Postal Service.
The U.S. Postal Service’s limited ability to operate as a pure private business makes it more difficult to turn a profit. Other postal operators have more management flexibility, a new report shows.
U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has outlined DOGE’s scope of work at the Postal Service in a letter to lawmakers, including how existing assets can support the logistics needs of other agencies.
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is welcoming assistance from Elon Musk’s DOGE team to help address perceived mismanagement by partner agencies and the Postal Service Commission.
The U.S. Postal Service said it is moving ahead with a transportation streamlining initiative, which requires changing the frequency of truck connections between remote post offices and regional processing centers.
President Donald Trump said he might replace the U.S. Postal Service’s leadership and put the agency under White House management.
President Trump is ready to unilaterally put the U.S. Postal Service under White House control, in what would be an unprecedented move to control the nation’s primary mail delivery provider, according to The Washington Post.
U.S. Postmaster Louis DeJoy has expressed a desire to transition out of that role. The Postal Service’s board will soon start looking for a successor.
FedEx will soon begin streamlining flight operations in line with changing market demand and a world in which it no longer is the prime contractor for the U.S. Postal Service.
The U.S. Postal Service will pause some modernization projects for the rest of the year amid “confusion” about the agency’s Delivering for America plan.
UPS is working to transition U.S. Postal Service business from incumbent air cargo supplier FedEx and hire more pilots before the current contract officially ends.
An annual report from Pitney Bowes found that in 2023, U.S. parcel revenue dropped for the first time in seven years despite increased parcel volume.
Express delivery giant UPS is recruiting pilots again after beating out FedEx for the Postal Service’s air transport contract.
UPS will take over flying mail and parcels for the U.S. Postal Service later this year. FedEx is relinquishing the contract but says the move will make it more profitable.
A jury found Jesus Puebla, 27, of Denver, guilty of five counts of vehicular homicide after the straight truck he was driving crashed into an SUV carrying a Wyoming family.
FedEx Express has parked more freighters, reduced aircraft capex and is integrating its daytime freighter network with the Freight segment’s less-than-truckload operation to provide linehaul connecting the U.S. and Europe to boost efficiency.
Satish Jindel, president of ShipMatrix, shares his thoughts on the ways parcel carriers should modernize their networks.
Benjamin Franklin became the first postmaster general in 1775 and changed the United States Postal Service forever.
Dozens of truck drivers at 10 Roads Express, a major Postal Service contractor, have voted to join the Teamsters in recent months.
Motorcycles had a two-decade run at the U.S. Postal Service, but that helped push the industry into new ways of mail delivery.
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Ameritrans Express LLC, a contract delivery service for the U.S. Postal Service, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid claims by some of its contractors that they have not been paid since March.
The U.S. Postal Service has enlisted Ford as part of a push to add more than 66,000 electric delivery vehicles to its fleet by 2028.
Caminantes Trucking implicada en 11 accidentes, 2 de ellos mortales, en un periodo de 2 años
The U.S. Postal Service is canceling its mail contract with a California-based trucking company with a history of safety violations and drivers who were involved in two fatal crashes in the past two years.
Auctane, which counts ShipStation among its shipping brands, has reached an agreement with the U.S. Postal Service to offer customers the best rates available.
Major carriers are temporarily suspending service in some Florida ZIP codes as downgraded storm rages on.
With the Postal Service ending its reseller program, some SMBs could see changes to their postage rates.
Peak season is becoming more of a black box every year, and the U.S. Postal Service is buckling up.
El Servicio Postal llega con algunas décadas de retraso
The Postal Service is leaning on freight brokers as it cuts costs and chases efficiency. That’s bad news for long-time contractors.
Pitney Bowes Parcel Shipping Index predicts record numbers ahead
Pitney Bowes found that U.S. parcel volumes grew 6% last year, and more growth is forecast for the next five years.
A California trucking and logistics company, which contracts with the U.S. Postal Service to haul mail, recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
A 67-year-old Missouri trucking company that hauled mail for USPS shut down and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy after losing contracts.
The Postal Service will begin to shift first-class package delivery times on May 1.
In its initial order for the next-generation delivery vehicle, the Postal Service surprised by ordering a mix of powertrains that includes 20% electric vehicles among the 50,000-vehicle order.
Fake timestamps helped UPS collect full payment for U.S. Postal Service deliveries, federal authorities say.
The U.S. Postal Service wants to grab a larger share of the parcel business, and it is rolling out programs designed to do just that.
A U.S. Postal Service evaluation concluded that electric vehicles make sense for its next-generation delivery vehicle, but a short time frame and lack of funding require the deployment of gasoline-powered vehicles initially.
The U.S. Postal Service is expanding a pilot program that will offer small businesses next-day and even same-day shipping at affordable prices.
While major parcel carriers offer a one-size-fits-all service under the guise of simplification, ACI Logistix applies a consultative approach.
The Postal Service, bogged down by delivery delays and staff shortages, is taking on a monumental task from Washington –– can it succeed?
If shopping in 2021 could be summed up in one word, it would be e-commerce. Online shopping has had profound effects on the global economy.
Organic growth also has been key to the growth and continued success of LGSTX Services.
This week: Love’s distributes meals and OKC Thunder tickets to military families; a trucking insurance company announces its driver of the year; and the U.S. Postal Service asks for help answering letters to Santa Claus.
As Christmas grows closer, these are the dates you should know while contemplating when to ship your gifts.
After a big week for same-day delivery services, here’s a look at the past, present and future of the same-day market.
On the heels of a short seller’s takedown, Workhorse halts electric van deliveries and recalls units already in customer hands.
Seasonal hiring begins as transportation providers plan for another big peak season. FedEx is looking to add 90,000 workers.
The nationwide carrier knows that peak demand is on the horizon, and it’s in need of a bit of assistance.
With its acquisition of Visible SCM earlier this month, Maersk added one of the final components of its e-commerce strategy.
Double-digit surcharge hikes might be minimized or avoided if customers can adjust their shipping timetables.
The company also imposes sweeping levies on former postal business that’s been brought in-house; a separate 60-cents-per-package residential fee kicks in Jan. 17 with no end date.
