UPS

The final-mile’s future lies with heavy goods

Move seen as another effort to position Amazon as competition to incumbents.

Busy border city 22nd Mexican market to get UPS service.

Human Rights Campaign survey shows most, least LGBTQ-friendly companies

Auto sales are declining, but the National Automobile Dealers Association still expects strong sales for 2019, plus the one area where Amazon is losing and opposition to Canada’s carbon tax grows.

Big Apple’s traffic is rotten to the core thanks to rise of on-demand economy; congestion pricing may be cure, but uncertainties abound.

Guests at FreightWaves headquarters enjoyed a cocktail reception, dinner, and talks from industry luminaries.

Service first FAA-sanctioned drone flight for routine, contractual deliveries.

Ohio raises diesel and gasoline taxes; YRC’s rank and file get their hands on a new collective bargaining agreement; Uber’s IPO approaches; warehouse automation growing rapidly; Vietnam’s logistics growing 14-16% CAGR.

Plus; More ride-sharing for kids; Oregon follows California with new diesel pollution bill; fuel cell exec doesn’t want fuel-cells in cars.

Move latest push to expand e-commerce for B2B merchants.

Will cyberattack remain a drag on the company?

Bendix is now making its advanced safety systems available for retrofit for models where it was not factory-installed. Plus, U.S. finds little support for postal rate changes, detention time increasing and air cargo boom may be over.

The U.S. may move ahead with its plan to withdraw from an international rate setting forum if a compromise allowing countries to self declare rates falls through.

United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) is being sued by 19 employees at an Ohio distribution center who allege the company fostered a “racially hostile work environment.” The lawsuit, filed in the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas on March 13, accuses UPS and five specific supervisors of “enabling and tolerating” a racist culture in the […]

United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE: UPS) has invested $270,000 into promoting women in the exporting industry as part of the more than $10 million pledged by the UPS Foundation last year to promote diversity and inclusion.

Amazon one of the companies covered under departing FedEx executives’ non-compete clauses.

Good day, Data mining efforts in the post-ELD era continue apace. On Friday, software firm Trucker Tools LLC and consultancy J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc. launched a platform integration allowing Keller customers using its “Encompass” service to share load-specific truck location data from their Keller ELDs with Trucker Tools’ “Load Track” software. In addition, […]

Electric trucks dominated the vehicle conversations at this week’s Work Truck Show in Indianapolis, plus the cost of charging vehicles, overtime pay changes and another trucker protest planned.

Implementation is delayed until all locals ratify supplements and riders.