ATLANTA, July 11, 2011 — UPS Mail Innovations, the business mail services unit of UPS (NYSE: UPS), today announced that tracking information for its shipments now is available on UPS.com, providing... View More
MIAMI and CHICAGO – July 6, 2011 – Brightstar Corp., a global leader in services and solutions for the wireless industry, today announced the appointment of veteran mobility executive Mark... View More
Air Cargo World--Research from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) indicated that airfreight volumes increased slightly in May, although numbers were significantly lower than 2010 averages.... View More
Hempstead Consulting Blog--I’m thinking the parcel carriers will increase the minimum charge far more than the general annual increase that will be announced, because so many shipments with shippers... View More
Post&Parcel--Deutsche Post DHL has signed a European servicing agreement with Mettler-Toledo. The deal will see Mettler-Toledo provide repair and maintenance services for the postal company’s weight... View More
Bloomberg--The Federal Aviation Administration proposed a civil penalty of $689,800 against FedEx Corp. (FDX), saying the world’s largest cargo airline violated U.S. hazardous- materials regulations.... View More
Yahoo! Finance: Analysts believe FedEx' earnings and revenue will continue to improve this year on strong demand, improved pricing, moderate economic growth, continued yield (revenue per package) improvement,... View More
Journal of Commerce--DHL is starting a weekly less-than-containerload ocean service from New York Harbor to Durban, South Africa. The logistics company said the weekly service is designed for U.S. shippers... View More
UPS (NYSE: UPS) and Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside Canada and the United States, today announced that the companies have significantly broadened their existing distribution and logistics agreement... View More
By Rob Martinez--On Oct. 14, 2010, plaintiff AFMS, a parcel consulting firm, filed an amended complaint against defendants UPS and FedEx, stating violations of Sherman Acts 1 and 2. AFMS claims that UPS... View More
Journal of Commerce--Third-party logistics provider Echo Global Logistics expanded in the Southwest by acquiring Advantage Transport, a non-asset truck brokerage firm in Phoenix. The acquisition includes... View More
Journal of Commerce--DHL is dropping its attempt to build domestic express delivery services in China, according to a published report. Reuters reported that DHL parent Deutsche Post DHL sold its... View More
Owners and decision makers of Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) believe the country's exporters should be concerned about the impact of the United States' rising national debt and begin... View More
Software and electronic communication providers IES, Ltd. and Traxon Europe are co-operating to provide seamless electronic data exchange between forwarders and airlines. This has become especially important... View More
Air Cargo World-Kerry Logistics announced that it has begun construction of an 85,300-square-foot facility in Wuxi, China, an economic hotspot in the Jiangsu province. With a capacity of 10,000 tonnes,... View More
Post&Parcel--DHL has signed an agreement with Renault to provide a car battery transportation service, to coincide with the car manufacturer’s launch of its first electric vehicles. The three-year... View More
NASDAQ--FedEx Corp. ( FDX ) is a holding company with subsidiaries that provide a broad range of transportation, e-commerce and business services under the FedEx brand. The company is best known for offering... View More
The European Union would prefer to have a global solution to limiting greenhouse gas emissions from the shipping industry, officials said from Brussels. European Commission Vice President Siim Kallas met... View More
The Dow Jones Transportation Average is up more than 5% from its early June lows, but there are still plenty of whiffs from the Slow Patch Department. Dow Jones Newswires: “As growth in rail carloads... View More
Breaking a long-term decline, in a significant reversal the FTR Associates’ Shippers’ Condition Index (SCI) as reported in the firm’s June Shippers Update improved to a reading of -5.4... View More
