UPS Company Profile

September 28, 2023 UPS is working with robotics suppliers including Fortna, Geek+, Locus Robotics, Pickle Robot, and more to improve working conditions and increase productivity.

September 28, 2023 MNX has more than 800 employees in 190 countries, according to UPS. Its network includes more than 2,500 agent partners, more than 45,000 couriers, and more than 700 forward stocking locations.

September 27, 2023 A sure sign that the holiday season getting closer each day are the respective announcements made by carriers, transportation and logistics services providers, and shippers alike, announcing their “help wanted” signs have been hung, as they look for seasonal workers.

September 21, 2023 Quarterly revenue—at $21.7 billion—was down 7% annually, and operating income—at $1.49 billion—increased 25%. Net income, at $1.08 billion, topped the $875 million recorded for the same quarter a year ago. Adjusted earnings per share came in at $4.23, up 24% annually and topping Wall Street expectations, at $3.70.

September 20, 2023 With an eye on the 2023 peak shipping season, the United States Postal Service (USPS) said it would not implement any additional surcharges on holiday shipping.

September 18, 2023 With FedEx and UPS raising their rates, savvy shippers can still find rate value for 2024, but time may be running out.

September 12, 2023 Following the formal ratification of the new five-year contract between Atlanta-based global freight transportation and logistics services provider UPS and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters late last month, a high-level UPS executive provided an overview of the deal, from the company’s perspective, on an analyst call yesterday.

September 8, 2023 Keeping in line with recently announced rate increases made by its chief rival FedEx, Atlanta-based global freight transportation and logistics services provider UPS this week announced its own 2024 rate increases this week, which are set to go into effect on December 26.

August 29, 2023 Memphis-based global freight transportation and logistics services provider FedEx announced rate increases today for its FedEx Express, FedEx Freight, and FedEx Ground subsidiaries, which will take effect on January 1, 2024. The company also said that, effective September 4, it will officially rebrand “peak” surcharges to “demand” surcharges,

August 21, 2023 Various reports published late last week indicated that Seattle-based global e-commerce giant Amazon is in the process of rebooting its Amazon Shipping service, which is designed to compete with the parcel duopoly of UPS and FedEx, that it halted at the onset of the pandemic.

August 1, 2023 On July 25, UPS, made a tentative agreement with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Yesterday, the Teamsters reported that 161 out of 162 Teamsters local unions voted to endorse the tentative agreement and urge its full acceptance by all 340,000 full- and part-time UPS Teamsters members.

August 1, 2023 Following a tentative agreement made between Atlanta-based global freight transportation and logistics services provider UPS and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters on July 25, the Teamsters said yesterday that Teamsters local unions voted by a nearly unanimous 161-1 vote in favor of endorsing the tentative agreement and recommend its passage by full membership, for the 340,000 full- and part-time UPS Teamsters members.

July 31, 2023 While the calendar indicates that just about the first seven months of 2023 are officially in the books, this seems like as good of a time as any to take a quick look back at things on a year-to-date basis, as they relate to key supply chain, logistics, and freight transportation trends and themes.

July 27, 2023 With only a few days remaining until the July 31 deadline, the contentious and on-again, off-again labor negotiations between Atlanta-based global freight transportation and logistics services provider UPS and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters reached an amicable outcome, in the form of a new five-year tentative agreement.

July 26, 2023 As freight transportation, logistics, and supply chain stakeholders (likely) breathed a collective sigh of relief yesterday, following the new five-year tentative agreement reached yesterday between Atlanta-based global freight transportation and logistics services provider UPS and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, there has been no shortage of opinions and views on how this agreement, assuming it is ratified by UPS Teamsters members next month, will impact shippers, especially as it relates to pricing.