United Parcel Service expects a 7.5 percent rise in U.S. holiday shopping season deliveries...
New York,NY,USA -Reuters, by Lynn Adler / Richard Chang -Nov 16, 2010: ... and plans to hire about 50,000 seasonal workers to handle the increased volume... The world's largest package delivery company expects about 430 million deliveries during its peak season, up from 400 million last year, as consumer spending rises gradually with a slowly improving economy... Deliveries should reach 24 million worldwide on December 22, matching last year's busiest day. That volume is 60 percent above normal daily business... The Atlanta-based company also said it expects more than 44 million online package tracking requests on December 22... Online sales have been driving holiday package volume at both companies, as shoppers buy more from Web-based retailers as well on Internet sites from traditional chain stores... (Image from msiwix: Logo UPS)
* Georgia - UPS to Sell Logistics Tech Business
Atlanta,GA,USA -Transport Topics -19 Nov 2010: -- UPS Inc. said Friday it will sell its UPS Logistics Technologies unit to Thoma Bravo, a private equity firm... UPS Logistics Technologies, Baltimore, creates transportation routing and fleet management software... The acquisition by Thoma Bravo will not affect other UPS services, the carrier said... The sale will close Dec. 31, UPS said. It did not disclose financial terms of the deal...
* USA - UPS Freight cuts transit time on 150 US/Canada lanes
Atlanta,GA,USA -Eye for Transport (Belgium) -Nov 19, 2010: -- In its latest round of enhanced transit times, UPS Freight has again improved transit times between US cities and Calgary and Edmonton in Alberta, Canada... With a focus on improving service from the Southwest and Western US, UPS Freight now offers two-day service from Denver and Las Vegas to the Calgary and Edmonton markets... In addition, the Dallas Metroplex and southern California now have three-day service to Calgary and Edmonton... UPS Freight customers can process, manage and track their cross-border LTL shipments through UPS WorldShip and Quantum View Manage technology... (Photo from t0.gstatic)
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