UPS Inc. is advising its freight customers to explore alternative shipping plans as the threat of a strike by workers represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters looms should members reject the company’s latest contract offer.
November 1, 2018UPS Inc.
Business, Logistics
New Houston Facility Creates 575 Jobs, Boosts Automated Sorting, UPS Says
UPS Inc.’s new package delivery facility in northwest Houston’s Willowbrook area has created 575 new full- and part-time jobs, according to a company news release.
January 18, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous
Parcel Lockers, EVs Combine for Energy Savings in Final Mile, Researcher Says
WASHINGTON — Electric trucks and vans show great promise for energy savings in making suburban deliveries for companies such as UPS Inc., according to an Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientist who presented her findings to a forum at the Transportation Research Board’s annual meeting.
January 16, 2019
Business, Top 100
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UPS Warns Freight Customers as Possible Strike Looms
John Sommers II for Transport Topics
Business, Technology, Fuel, Logistics
A UPS electric vehicle. (UPS Inc.)
UPS, Walmart Find Electric Vehicles Offer Benefits, Opportunities
A UPS electric vehicle. (UPS Inc.)
OAKLAND, Calif. — Representatives from UPS Inc. and Walmart Inc., two of the country’s largest fleets, said electric vehicles can provide environmental, economic and community benefits, which make efforts to work through challenges surrounding duty cycle, charging infrastructure and cost worthwhile.
October 29, 2018
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel, Logistics, Top 50, Top 100
UPS Inc.
UPS, Seattle to Launch eBike Downtown Delivery Program
UPS Inc.
UPS Inc. and Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced Oct. 25 the parcel delivery company will begin a pilot project aimed at reducing congestion downtown and addressing air quality concerns. Delivery drivers will use electric pedal-assist cargo bicycles with a customized modular trailer attached to the back of the bike.
October 25, 2018
Business, Logistics, Top 50, Top 100
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UPS Reports Strong Revenue Growth, Higher Profits in 3Q
Tim Boyle/Bloomberg
UPS Inc. reported strong revenue growth and higher profits in the third quarter, despite international headwinds from currency valuations, rising fuel costs and ongoing investment in transformation initiatives.
October 24, 2018
Business, Technology, Logistics
Each package zooms through a tunnel with multiple cameras that scan a bar code on each side of the box. (Dan Ronan/Transport Topics)
UPS’ New Automated Sorting Facility in Atlanta Is Up and Running
Each package zooms through a tunnel with multiple cameras that scan a bar code on each side of the box. (Dan Ronan/Transport Topics)
ATLANTA — UPS Inc. is looking to the future with its new Southeast Metro Automated Routing Terminal. About the size of 19 football fields, the automated facility can be expanded to increase the 1,700 packages a minute it is able to process now.
October 18, 2018
Business, Top 100
UPS Inc.
UPS Announces Hiring Blitz for Holiday Shipping Season
UPS Inc.
UPS Inc. plans to hire as many as 40,000 seasonal employees nationwide when it holds a one-day hiring blitz, the package delivery giant announced Oct. 15. UPS will hold 170 job fairs Oct. 19 and hire employees on the spot.
October 15, 2018
Business
TT File Photo
Union Touts Tentative UPS Deal
TT File Photo
Negotiations were scheduled to resume between UPS Inc. and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters after they reached a tentative five-year labor agreement last month covering 250,000 drivers, loaders, package sorters, dockworkers and operations team members.
July 5, 2018
Business, Logistics
(Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg)
UPS, Teamsters Reach Tentative Deal on Five-Year Contract
(Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg)
More than five weeks before its contract with UPS expires Aug. 1, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the Atlanta-based shipping giant announced late June 21 tentative agreement on a five-year contract that industry officials say could pave the way for UPS to begin Sunday delivery service.
June 22, 2018Pages
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