According to DC Velocity, "For the past year, a quiet war has been waged between the two giant parcel carriers, FedEx Corp. and UPS Inc., and a cluster of self-styled parcel consultants whose mission for... View More

Boeing chief executive Jim McNerney swept briskly into the Westin hotel in downtown Seattle Wednesday morning and addressed to an international trade union conference packed with officials of the company's... View More

Procurement Leaders -- The US government could save an estimated $500bn over the next decade by undertaking a progamme of supply chain optimisation, it has been claimed. Read more!... View More

Procurement Leaders -- The Coca-Cola Company has announced that its supply chain division will be shaken up by its acquisition of the North American operations of Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE). ... View More

Air Cargo World--Capgemini Consulting 15th Annual 3PL Study, compiled in cooperation with global logistics provider Panalpina and the Georgia Institute of Technology, said an average of 11 percent of company... View More

Cincinnati, Ohio, October 11, 2010: DHL, the world’s leading logistics company, announced today it has tapped several local companies to upgrade sorting technologies at its Express U.S. hub at the... View More

Many commercial truckers are plagued with the problem of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), a condition usually caused by the tongue falling back and blocking the airway for anywhere between 10 and 90 seconds... View More

Journal of Commerce--UPS expects to hire about 50,000 temporary workers for the holiday shipping season, about the same number the parcel carrier brought on last year, company officials said Friday. The... View More

Supply Chain Standard has reported that "DHL Global Forwarding and Delta Cargo have agreed on a strategic air cargo security partnership. The partnership is a DHL initiative aimed at stepping up supply... View More

Journal of Commerce--The world trade outlook is improving significantly for 2010 and 2011, according to the International Monetary Fund. The IMF in its latest World Economic Outlook, released this week... View More

Journal of Commerce--UPS bought 130 hybrid electric vehicles to add to its growing alternative-fuel vehicle fleet. The package delivery company will deploy 30 of the new generation hybrids in New York... View More

Journal of Commerce--Truckload demand is rising although it is still below its peak of mid-June, and capacity remains tight on the West Coast, according to Longbow Research. The investment research firm's... View More

WASHINGTON — As it continues to make progress to achieve aggressive energy reduction goals, the Postal Service today marked National Energy Awareness Month, with postal officials highlighting savings... View More

Supply Chain Digest--For the 15th year, Dr. John Langley of Georgia Tech, the consultants at Capgemini, and participants from other sponsors released the annual 2010 Third-party Logistics report, commonly... View More

According to one writer for the Wall Street Journal, "innovation has meant a painful transition for the Postal Service, which will still be needed for parcels, special documents and those occasional handwritten... View More

UPS (NYSE:UPS) employees throughout the world will participate in UPS's eighth annual Global Volunteer Month in October, a month encouraging UPS's more than 400,000 employees to give back through service... View More

Journal of Commerce--A New Jersey-based retail distributor is shutting down after losing its sole remaining client, JC Penney. Interstate Logistics of North Bergen will close its doors Nov. 11, according... View More

Luxury Daily has reported that "Upscale retailer Neiman Marcus is letting shoppers jump from the pages of its catalogs directly into its online shopping platform in one tap via a new iPad application.... View More

Research and Innovative Techonology Administration -- Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was 18.8... View More

Journal of Commerce--The Cass Freight Index for U.S. shipping reached its highest point in more than two years in September, growing 1.9 percent over the month before, Cass Information Systems announced... View More