Rep. Morgan McGarvey of Kentucky has asked the Federal Aviation Administration to ban MD-11s from flying again following the November crash of a UPS jet in Louisville last year.
UPS announced that it will eliminate a total of 51 parcel distribution centers this year as part of a network downsizing effort, as it reported lower profits that still topped consensus forecasts by analysts.
Happy Returns, a unit of UPS, is adding 1,700 no-label, no-box returns locations to its network and looking to expand returns service for products that can’t be consolidated.
UPS is investing large sums of money to expand capacity at three key air hubs in its Asia-Pacific network despite a lower capex budget for the corporation as a whole.
FedEx and UPS will not be major players in the B2C parcel market unless they strategically engage with an e-commerce marketplace, says commentator Satish Jindel.
UPS has reached a milestone in the deployment of RFID package tracking technology, enabling it to do away with manual scanners.
Under strong pressure from the Teamsters union, UPS has agreed to limit how many drivers it eliminates through an early-retirement program
UPS says its new distribution center in Taiwan is the crown jewel of its Asia Pacific network.
UPS will withdraw its buyout offer for drivers in 13 states because the Teamsters contract in that region gives local unions more rights to object to management’s move.
UPS is pulling back from its relationship with Amazon, undergoing a huge restructuring to prioritize healthcare, SMBs, and premium e-commerce customers.
Canada-based Cargojet is compensating for the loss of a major Chinese e-commerce shipper by concentrating on new business opportunities closer to home.
A suit against FedEx for a refund of $36 in duties plus fees could expand to millions of plaintiffs if a judge certifies it as a class action in the wake of a Supreme Court decision deeming certain Trump tariffs unlawful.
UPS is using incentives to encourage parcel drivers to leave their jobs.
A U.S. district court in Boston has rejected a Teamsters union motion to stop UPS from buying out package car drivers in an effort to reduce excess capacity.
UPS has placed 22 unionized shipping stations on the chopping block, according to court documents discovered by FreightWaves.
UPS says a Teamster lawsuit seeking to stop it from offering a large buyout package to parcel drivers is without merit and should be dismissed by a district court.
UPS is preparing a second voluntary buyout offer for parcel delivery drivers. The Teamsters union has gone to court to force UPS to withdraw the program on the grounds that it doesn’t adequately compensate drivers and undermines the union.
UPS is continuing to cut down Amazon volumes and consolidate package sorting centers in a bid to improve efficiency and shipment yields.
UPS has accelerated the retirement of its MD-11 freighter fleet because they will likely require extensive repairs to make them airworthy following a fatal crash and there are newer planes in the delivery pipeline.
Bipartisan legislation would make stealing private-carrier packages a federal crime, extending cargo protections to shield drivers and potentially reduce carrier insurance costs.
