FedEx

Andrew Cox and Kevin Hill debate how FedEx and UPS are treating their customers on this episode of Great Quarter, Guys.

FedEx is raising the fees on U.S. residential deliveries, its Ground Economy service and on packages requiring “additional handling.”

As more brands roll out next-day and same-day grocery delivery, the long-term profitability of these programs depends on innovation that can drive down cost and increase flexibility.

Logistics is the name of the game when it comes to getting health care supplies to patients in disaster zones or places experiencing disease outbreaks.

“This is by far the biggest event that we have ever had to deal with,” UPS’ Dan Gagnon said about COVID.

AskWaves: Forget the base rate. Shippers need to worry more about the impact of accessorials.

Truckload shippers are accepting double-digit rate hikes in 2021 and further increases in 2022, Deutsche Bank’s lead transport analyst says.

The biggest changes Bed Bath & Beyond must make are in the supply chain, which has been referred to as “noncompetitive” by management.

The best-in-class retailers are aggressively pursuing logistical control over their products while trying to avoid patchwork responses to final-mile delivery.

Warehouse violence is an outlier that no one talks about. But it’s always a present danger.

Hong Kong has finally made it easier for certain airlines to operate by easing some COVID restrictions for pilots. Cargo operators will benefit the most.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Rural areas are the next e-commerce frontier; Texas FedEx distribution center acquired; Authentic Logistics opens Phoenix office; and CBP seizes counterfeit N95 masks in Houston.

“We are deeply shocked and saddened by the loss of our team members following the tragic shooting,” FedEx said.

Amazon took a page from FedEx’s anti-union playbook, and the message of union irrelevance hit home with the warehouse workers.

The company restores guarantees on domestic next-day air deliveries and U.S. air imports and exports.(Photo: Flickr/Tomás Del Coro CC BY-SA 2.0)

The company restores money-back guarantee on next-day air products and much of its international express portfolio.

Starting April 5, the company will resume refunds for late or missed next-day air deliveries.

The city of Aspen has been running a parking reservation pilot program with Coord that enables commercial delivery fleets to secure parking spaces for their vehicles.

ASL Airlines United Kingdom on Monday flew its first cargo flight with an ATR 72-200 turboprop freighter. It is the first carrier to receive an air operator certificate from the United Kingdom’s Civil Aviation Authority since Brexit. ASL Aviation Holdings, which operates four for-hire cargo airlines in Europe, said the new subsidiary will operate daily […]

FedEx stays mum on how it will aid its ground delivery contractors to transition to all-electric vehicles.