All but a handful of the companies ranked on the 2019 Top 50 Global Freight Carriers list posted higher freight revenues in 2018 than the previous year, as the majority of the world’s largest freight carriers continued to enjoy strong demand in many key markets.
November 18, 2019
Government, Business, Top 50
A containership docked at the Port of Rotterdam. (Katie Pyzyk for Transport Topics)
The 2019 Top 50 Global Freight Carriers: Growth Continues Despite Trade Tensions
A containership docked at the Port of Rotterdam. (Katie Pyzyk for Transport Topics)
Business, Top 50
UPS employees load containers onto planes at UPS Worldport in Louisville, Kentucky, in 2012. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
North America's Busiest Cargo Airports
UPS employees load containers onto planes at UPS Worldport in Louisville, Kentucky, in 2012. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
Where North American airports ranked in terms of cargo pounds transported.
November 18, 2019
Business, Top 100
Tim Boyle/Bloomberg News
UPS Net Income Up 15.9%, Revenue Rises 5%
Tim Boyle/Bloomberg News
UPS Inc. reported $1.75 billion in net income in the third quarter of 2019, up 15.9% from the same period a year ago, in an earnings statement released Oct. 22.
October 22, 2019
Business, Technology, Logistics
Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg News
UPS, Shippo Collaborate on Small-Business Shipping
Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg News
UPS Inc. will work with shipping technology company Shippo to offer marketplace shipping rates to the more than 35,000 small- and medium-size businesses that use Shippo’s platform, according to an Oct. 10 news release.
October 10, 2019
Business, Technology, Logistics
UPS says its expanded facility in Whitescreek, Tenn., added more than 300 full- and part-time jobs to the area. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News)
UPS Completes Nashville-Area Distribution Facility
UPS says its expanded facility in Whitescreek, Tenn., added more than 300 full- and part-time jobs to the area. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News)
UPS Inc. has completed the expansion of its Whitescreek, Tenn., ground-package sortation and distribution facility, part of a multiyear investment plan to grow its global logistics network.
September 30, 2019
Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous
TuSimple, a provider of autonomous driving technology for heavy-duty trucks, has locked down three new Series D investors in addition to previously announced participant UPS. (TuSimple)
TuSimple to Use New Funds for System Development, Route Expansion
TuSimple, a provider of autonomous driving technology for heavy-duty trucks, has locked down three new Series D investors in addition to previously announced participant UPS. (TuSimple)
Startup autonomous truck company TuSimple announced commitments from investors for an additional $120 million. These funds are part of an extended Series D round that was oversubscribed and reached a total of $215 million.
September 17, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics
Coyote Logistics' Chicago office buzzes with activity. (Coyote Logistics)
Coyote Logistics: Truckload Rates to Rebound
Coyote Logistics' Chicago office buzzes with activity. (Coyote Logistics)
Despite a freight slowdown in the first half of 2019, shipper demand is at an inflection point, and spot-market truckload business will rebound in the fourth quarter, according to officials from Coyote Logistics, a UPS Inc.-owned third-party logistics company based in Chicago.
August 29, 2019
Business, Logistics
Brian Newman, PepsiCo's executive vice president for finance and operations in Latin America, will become UPS' Chief Financial Officer on Sept. 16. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News)
At UPS, Brian Newman to Succeed Richard Peretz as CFO
Brian Newman, PepsiCo's executive vice president for finance and operations in Latin America, will become UPS' Chief Financial Officer on Sept. 16. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News)
UPS Inc. said PepsiCo executive Brian Newman will replace Chief Financial Officer Richard Peretz.
August 12, 2019
Business, Logistics, Top 100
Tim Boyle/Bloomberg
UPS Announces Strong 2Q Earnings
Tim Boyle/Bloomberg
United Parcel Service Inc. reported second-quarter earnings benefiting from rising demand for its Next Day Air and Ground delivery services.
July 24, 2019
Business, Logistics, Top 100
Tony Gutierrez/Associated Press
UPS Will Go to Seven-Day Ground Service in 2020
Tony Gutierrez/Associated Press
UPS Inc. is joining the seven-day-a-week delivery business, announcing July 23 that beginning Jan. 1, 2020, the Atlanta-based shipping giant will add Sunday nationwide ground service.
July 23, 2019Pages
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