UPS

Union-represented aircraft mechanics and other worker for UPS are taking UPS to task, saying yesterday that as they head into contract negotiations with UPS, the company is calling for a massive reduction in both active and retiree health benefits for 1,200 maintenance workers.

Amazon is throwing their hat in the delivery ring, as they’ve recently began shipping some orders in Canada using their own delivery service, Amazon Logistics.

United Parcel Service Inc said it began testing the use of drones for emergency deliveries of medical supplies this week with a flight in rural Massachusetts, which the company hopes will eventually lead to federal approval of drones as a regular delivery option.

Perhaps the most significant change announced by FedEx is that fuel surcharges for FedEx Express and FedEx Ground will be adjusted on a weekly basis instead of the current process in which adjustments are made on a monthly basis with a two-month lag between U.S. government published fuel indexes and the fuel surcharges.

United Parcel Service announced today that it expects to hire about 95,000 seasonal employees to support the anticipated increase in package volume that will begin in November and continue through January 2017.

United Parcel Service, Inc. announced an increase in its Ground, Air, International and Freight average rates, the company has announced these rate hikes a month and a half earlier than last year.

In earlier fashion than usual, UPS yesterday rolled out United States rate changes that will go into effect in the coming weeks and months.

Following the announcement of reaching a tentative agreement on a new five-year labor deal at the end of June, UPS Airlines and the Independent Pilots Association said today that the new deal is now official.

Transportation and logistics titan UPS last week announced it has broken ground on the expansion of its Louisville, Ky.-based Centennial Hub.

UPS said this week it has made changes for U.S. to Canada routes that it said will help businesses and online shoppers receive items from U.S shippers and retailers one day earlier.

UPS Worldwide Freight Express is now offered in 66 origin and 64 destination countries and territories.

While many manufacturing and supply chain stakeholders swear by Lean and Six Sigma methods to address the many complexities of modern industrial manufacturing, research issued today by UPS indicates that may not be the best approach to success.

Quarterly revenue was up 3.8 percent annually at $14.6 billion, with earnings per share up 6 percent at $1.43 for the sixth straight month and matching Wall Street expectations.

As negotiations continue between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, the United States Postal Service (USPS) is still monitoring a possible work disruption affecting Canada Post, noted a USPS customer alert issued on July 11.

Global transportation and logistics titan UPS said this week it has added three countries–Myanmar, Albania, and the Dominican Republic-to its UPS Worldwide Express (WWE) package service.