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Global courier giants DHL and UPS are among the suitors who submitted preliminary offers for Logen Logistics, Korea’s fourth-largest package delivery firm, local reports said last week.

The torch is being passed at UPS Freight as a legendary trucking executive prepares to retire after a remarkable 37-year career that saw him rise from the overnight docks in Philadelphia to the executive suite in Richmond, Va.

FedEx Corp. reported adjusted earnings of $2.51 per diluted share for the third quarter ended February 29, compared to adjusted earnings of $2.03 per diluted share a year ago. Without adjustments, FedEx reported earnings of $1.84 for the third quarter compared to $2.18 per diluted share last year.

Continuing its sustained push on the natural gas front, UPS said this week its has invested $100 million towards building 12 new compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations and adding 380 new CNG trailers for its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet.

UPS is looking past the low diesel prices and plans on spending $100 million on a dozen compressed natural gas stations and 380 new tractors throughout the U.S. as part of an effort to achieve 1 billion miles with alternative fuel vehicles by the end of 2017.

Rather than eliminating jobs, it’s far more likely that technologies and trends like 3D printing and crowdsourcing will have a positive impact on logistics and supply chain jobs.

UPS said this week it has broken ground to expand its package sorting and delivery facility in Herne, Germany, an $80 million project that is expected to be completed by the end of next year.

UPS has expanded its UPS Worldwide Express package service to 23 additional countries and territories, creating an earlier guaranteed-delivery option for customers in locations that previously had only end-of-day guarantees.

UPS said today that it has made additional expansions to its UPS Worldwide Express service, adding 23 additional countries and territories ,which it said will result in earlier guaranteed-delivery options for shippers that only previously had end-of-day guarantees.

Manufacturers looking to leverage aftersales as a differentiator face an obvious dilemma: Ramp-up their existing in-house capabilities or collaborate with a third-party provider – or possibly both.

Manufacturers looking to leverage aftersales as a differentiator face an obvious dilemma: Ramp-up their existing in-house capabilities or collaborate with a third-party provider – or possibly both.

Same-day delivery startup Deliv Inc. is getting a funding boost from an unlikely source: United Parcel Service Inc.

Numina Group, a leading supplier of automated warehouse control systems, has been awarded "The Integrator of the Year Award for 2015."

As the pull of shopping online via mobile devices becomes ever more prevalent, recent research from transportation and logistics bellwether UPS shows that as more consumers shop online, they also bring with them specific preferences and guidelines, too.