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Late last week, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) said that 97% of its members that work for Atlanta-based global freight transportation and logistics services provider UPS have signed off on authorizing a strike, which IBT said gives the union “maximum leverage to win demands at the bargaining table.”

A century-old company embraced automation and robotics in its transformation from a provider of postal meters to an operator of e-commerce parcel sortation centers for the Post Office.

The end game regarding the unsettled labor situation between Atlanta-based global freight transportation and logistics services provider UPS and the Teamsters may be getting closer to an end result this week, with local unions representing UPS Teamsters conducting in-person voting for strike authorization.

Deployment of Plus One and Yaskawa robotic solutions consists of 12 new induction systems acquired by FedEx Corp.

USPS officials attributed the operating revenue loss to declining volumes seen mainly in the organization’s Marketing Mail and Shipping and Packages categories.

An OnTrac spokesperson told LM that uniting the companies under a single name and brand identity was the final pieces in combining the LaserShip and OnTrac delivery networks.

The new automated hub is based on a shoe sorter system from FORTNA with loop functionality designed to transport products, such as cardboard boxes and bagged items.

The new edition of the TD Cowen/AFS Freight Index, which was released today by investment firm TD Cowen and Shreveport, La.-based 3PL and freight audit and payment company AFS Logistics LLC, was in line with highlighted rate disparities across various freight transportation modes.

In this Leader’s Q&A, Engineering Innovation CEO Don Caddy discusses the current challenges facing the parcel handling industry and how automation can create major operational efficiencies.

Schmidt looks to maintain leadership roles in airport, parcel and minerals and mining, while strengthing e-commerce and logistics.

For Atlanta-based Roadie, an on-the-way delivery service with the nation’s largest local same-day footprint, and subsidiary of UPS, there is always a heightened focus on final-, or last-, mile logistics. That is especially true at this time of the year, to be sure. LM Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently caught up with Roadie Senior Marketing Manager Will Walker to learn about how the company approaches the busiest time of the year.

GEODIS officials said that Need It Now Delivers operates as an expansive domestic road freight network with over 65 company locations and 300 distribution points, providing strong national coverage, particularly in the eastern U.S. The acquisition significantly expands GEODIS’s U.S. presence in the areas of contract logistics and final mile delivery and strengthens its end-to-end freight network domestically and internationally.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the opening of the new, Leed GOLD certified headquarters built to support the company’s continued North American growth

The new edition of the Cowen/AFS Freight Index, which was recently released by New York-based investment firm Cowen Inc. and Shreveport, La.-based 3PL and freight audit and payment company AFS Logistics LLC, highlighted how rising fuel prices are having a significant impact on both parcel and LTL (Less-than-Truckload) rates, whereas things are somewhat lessening on the truckload side.

To meet the challenges of parcel processing, Fives sets up MARS (Mobile Autonomous Robot for Safe Sorting) project, an innovative sorting system.