TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * USA - DHL to partner with UPS in US
Deutsche Post World Net has today announced a plan to restructure its DHL US Express business
USA -Transport Intelligence (Germany) -28 May 2008: -- Under the plan, DHL and UPS have agreed to develop a contract whereby UPS will provide air uplift for DHL Express US domestic and international shipments within North America. In addition, DHL will redesign its ground linehaul network. Management stated that the impact on service levels would be minimal with less than 4% of shipments affected... As one central part of its restructuring activities, DHL and UPS will pursue a contract to provide air uplift, creating a single airline partner for DHL Express in the US... DHL will continue to operate its courier and ground network as well as pickup and delivery services to customers across the country. The proposed agreement will extend for 10 years. The commencement of UPS service into the DHL network is expected to begin later this year...
* Truck Pre-Buy Unlikely in ’09 - Execs Confident in New Engines
New York,NY,USA -Transport Topics, by Sean McNally -May 26, 2008: -- Executives with four of the largest U.S. trucking fleets all said they are not planning to pre-buy trucks next year... The executives, speaking to investors and reporters May 20-21 here at the Wolfe Research Transportation Conference, said they were confident with the technologies that will be used to meet the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2010 diesel engine emission standards and that projected price increases on those models would be less than originally feared...
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