UPS targets DHL customers in North America
UPS is actively trying to win DHL US express customers at the same time as negotiating a deal to take over North American uplift for DHL.
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USPS money orders get a makeover
The U.S. Postal Service offers new postal money orders aimed at further deterring fraud.
Read MoreFedEx Ground selects site for New Portland area distribution hub
FedEx Ground has chosen a 77-acre site in Troutdale to build a distribution hub that will be double the size of the existing operation in Portland, Oregon. A formal ground breaking ceremony took place on October 29.
The 415,000 square-foot facility will be built in the new Troutdale Reynolds Industrial Park and will cost about USD 100 million including land, construction and material-handling equipment. Scheduled to open in 2010, the hub will feature the latest automated material handling technology designed to initially process 25,000 packages per hour and eventually 45,000 packages per hour when it reaches full capacity after a projected expansion. The workforce at opening is projected to include more than 500 full-time and part-time employees and about 200 independent contractor opportunities, many of which will transfer from the current facility.
UAL to offer FedEx bag service
United Airlines (UAL) plans to launch a next-day luggage service designed to raise fresh revenue while giving passengers a more reliable way to ship stuff without schlepping it through an airport.
The UAL is teaming with FedEx Corp. The two will offer in the continental U.S. door-to-door, overnight delivery of suitcases, golf clubs and other items the airline normally would transport in the bellies of its jetliners.
FedEx will move the goods — while United handles customer service — for USD 149 one-way for a suitcase or other item of up to 50 pounds carried less than 1,000 miles. It’ll cost USD179 for the same piece transported more than 1,000 miles. Delivery by 4:30 p.m. the next day is guaranteed.
FedEx confirmed it is United’s vendor but declined to elaborate. FedEx already moves items by ground and air for individual travelers who arrange their own transportation and, along with its rivals, works with a growing number of luggage services that have sprung up to help customers bypass airline baggage channels.
U.S. Postal Service brings paper recycling to Post Office lobbies
“Read, Respond, Recycle” is the banner under which the Postal Service will reach out to postal customers with a convenient, environmentally responsible alternative to bringing home or discarding their mail.
The Postal Service has a long and proud environmental record, and annually recycles more than 1 million tons of paper, plastic and other materials. The Post Office Box Lobby Recycling program launched builds on the tremendous success of similar programs that have been ongoing in the northeast part of the United States for more than 10 years.
The PO Box Lobby Recycling program places secure recycling bins in Post Office lobbies. All bins are locked with a key and the opening is slim — about the width of a news magazine. PO Box customers are encouraged to remove and open their mail (read), take whatever action is necessary (respond) and simply place the rest of their mail into the bin (recycle).
This program has been thoroughly tested and presents no risk to mail security or customer privacy and does not effect postal operations or costs, according to Postmaster General John Potter.
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