UPS News Updates

UPS Inc. is developing apps that help customers with simple requests and may someday enable them to track packages using voice commands.

Shipping giant UPS Inc. could receive an incentive package totaling more than $27 million for a new regional distribution hub near Fulton County Airport that will create mostly part-time jobs, according to an analysis by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

UPS Inc. announced Nov. 15 it will begin seasonal cargo operations out of San Bernardino International Airport for the month of December.

Airline maintenance technicians and other employees who service UPS Inc. aircraft have voted to authorize a strike after three years of contract talks. The vote does not indicate a strike is imminent but is meant to increase pressure in negotiations. Teamsters Local 2727 made the announcement Nov. 14 in a move that has little practical effect for the holiday season.

UPS Inc. announced plans Nov. 11 to invest $196 million in its ground package hub in Jacksonville, Florida. The expansion will add more than 260,000 square feet to UPS’ 560,000-square-foot building along with advanced technology and operations automation.

UPS Inc. announced plans on Nov. 10 to spend more than $400 million to build a 1.2-million-square-foot regional package sorting hub in Atlanta that also will create 1,250 new jobs.

UPS Inc. reached an agreement to purchase Marken, a supply chain logistics provider to the health care and biosciences industries, the company announced on Nov. 7.

New York city and state authorities urged a federal judge on Nov. 2 to impose a fine of $872 million against UPS Inc. for allegedly delivering untaxed cigarettes from smoke shops on Indian reservations.

UPS Inc. announced that it is preparing to deliver a record 700 million packages over the holidays, up 14% from last year as consumers continue to shift toward online shopping.

UPS Inc. said stronger international business helped boost third-quarter net income by 1% to $1.27 billion, or $1.44 per share.