Journal of Commerce--Rising costs and a $39 million tax bill led to a $40.2 million loss for less-than-truckload carrier Vitran in the fourth quarter and a $42.9 million loss for the year. The Canadian-based... View More

Memphis Commercial Appeal--Union leaders have endorsed a tentative labor agreement between FedEx and its pilots and scheduled a ratification vote Feb. 25 to March 23. Read more!... View More

Post&Parcel--The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed yesterday a number of ways it is working to improve the flow of parcels and packages into the United States. Security measures put in... View More

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) ended the first quarter of this fiscal year (Oct. 1 - Dec. 31, 2010) with a net loss of $329 million, compared to a net loss of $297 million for the same... View More

Wall Street Journal--United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) has stopped lobbying Congress to approve a labor provision heatedly opposed by rival FedEx Corp. (FDX), acknowledging the high-profile battle appears... View More

The Columbus Dispatch--R.G. Barry Corp. reported a drop in sales and profit in its quarter that ended in December. The company attributed the weaker performance to short-term problems that have been corrected.... View More

Plantation, Fla. – February 9, 2010: DHL, the world’s leading logistics company, announced today it will invest US $22.5 million to expand its hub facility at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky... View More

UPS today announced an order of 14 purpose-built, electric vehicles from British manufacturer Modec, increasing the size of its UK green fleet to 20. The vehicles will operate out of UPS's Camden and... View More

NetworkWorld--FedEx, which Monday saw a nationwide software glitch impact the mobile devices called PowerPads used by its package-delivery personnel, said it has resolved the problem. However, the FedEx... View More

As the situation in Egypt continues to evolve, our acceptance policy for mail destined to that country also is evolving. Effective immediately, all Post Office™ and other mail acceptance locations... View More

UPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced the expansion of its UPS Expressâ® Freight service into Israel and Slovakia to serve expanding hubs for high-tech, industrial and automotive companies. The UPS... View More

RALEIGH, NC—Supply chain leaders are overwhelmingly more uncertain now than they were last year or the year before. A recent Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium survey, Uncertainty is Certain:... View More

RALEIGH, NC, February 4, 2011 — Bruce Tompkins, executive director of the Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium, has been named one of this year’s “Provider Pros to Know in the Supply Chain... View More

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—FedEx SupplyChain, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), today announced significant enhancements to its FedEx Critical Inventory Logistics® service. FedEx Critical Inventory... View More

On February 3, 2011, the Postal Service™ suspended Global Express Guaranteed® (GXG®) service to Egypt due to FedEx® operational requirements for items sent into and out of Egypt. Until... View More

Boston Herald--Hub start-up PackageFox.com wants to make it easy for unsatisfied customers to get their share of the $2 billion in refunds that go uncollected each year when private shippers don’t... View More

Journal of Commerce--Trade between the United States and India jumped 31 percent year-over-year in the first 11 months of 2010, driven largely by increased imports from India. Bilateral trade from January... View More

(SAN PEDRO, Calif.; Feb. 1, 2011) â¬- Crowley Maritime has relocated its Inglewood, Calif., logistics office to a larger facility in San Pedro, Calif. The new office is strategically located... View More

Journal of Commerce--Global air cargo traffic surged by over a fifth in 2010 from the previous year, driven by a rebound in international trade, the International Air Transportation Association said.... View More

Journal of Commerce--The value of U.S. trade using surface transportation to and from Canada and Mexico was 15.5 percent higher in November than a year earlier, the Transportation Department reported Tuesday.... View More