April was another good month for trucking companies, with the amount of tonnage rising for the sixth time in the past seven months. The American Trucking Associations, a trade group, said its advance index... View More
Research and Innovative Technology Administration -- Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was 37.0... View More
Deutsche Post DHL officially deeded the Wilmington Air Park to the Clinton County Port Authority (CCPA) in an afternoon ceremony held at the former Employee Welcome Center, highlighting the opportunity... View More
WASHINGTON — Postmaster General John Potter today announced Susan M. Plonkey as acting president, Mailing and Shipping Services. Plonkey succeeds Robert F. Bernstock, who is leaving the Postal Service... View More
MEMPHIS, Tenn.-- FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the world’s largest express transportation company, today announced the appointment of Gerald P. Leary as regional president,... View More
A KeyBanc Capital Markets analyst said Tuesday the truckload industry is recovering faster than expected, with rates increasing and more full trucks crisscrossing highways. Truckload carriers generally... View More
Land Line has reported that "Nearly 12,000 independent contractors for FedEx Ground, including many OOIDA members, are still reeling from the company’s recent news that they must comply with new... View More
In this economy, everyone is looking for ways to reduce expenses. When you use the Declared Value offered by UPS, FedEx, USPS or other carriers, you’re just throwing money away. Since 2002, UPS and... View More
Spring can be a time of self-assessment for many companies. The end of the first quarter provides an opportunity to evaluate operations and consider implementing new tools and processes to help reduce... View More
Still today the management of the inbound freight function is one of the most overlooked areas for significant cost reduction in many companies. Some estimates rate inbound freight costs as high as 35%... View More
Finding waste in your supply chain is easy. Removing waste and actually achieving measurable improvement is a bit more challenging. Many companies say they are implementing best practices – but what... View More
Most parcel agreements signed over the past ten years contain some form of revenue-based incentives. UPS calls them Portfolio Tier Incentives. FedEx calls them Earned Discounts. Whatever they are called... View More
* Ford is surveying 35 top global suppliers to gain a better understanding of their greenhouse gas emissions footprint as part of a broader effort to reduce carbon emissions within the auto industry *... View More
May 24, 2010 – Fremont, Calif. – The newest member of the industrial-grade Magnum™ Switches product line, the Magnum 6KM Mobile Ethernet Switch from GarrettCom®, Inc., is purpose-built... View More
Michael Sawitz, CEO of AIM Mail Centers, a national retail chain of franchised business solution centers, has been elected to serve as president of the National Alliance of Retail Ship Centers (NARSC),... View More
STAMFORD, Conn., May 24, 2010 – Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE:PBI) today held a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno and Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker, among other local and... View More
Yahoo! Finance has reported that "An analyst upgraded shares of FedEx and UPS to "Buy" on Thursday, predicting shares of the two parcel delivery companies still have more room to grow as the global economy... View More
Pitney Bowes is a global provider of integrated mail solutions starting with the creation of a message through its preparation, printing, distribution, receipt, archiving and ultimate retrieval. With over... View More
The Street has noted that "United Parcel Service Inc. added 20 hybrid electric vehicles to its Chicago fleet and 17 to its Washington, D.C. fleet. The 37 new trucks in Chicago and Washington, D.C. are... View More
The Washington Post has reported that "Shipping giant UPS, which said just last month that the improving economy helped boost its first-quarter profit and its outlook for the year, is preparing to furlough... View More
