Tag: North America

International shipping never looked so good

Posted by | Sep 19, 2006 | |

One of the fastest growing Internet-based companies in the country has fashioned an arrangement with the U.S. Postal Service to deliver all international online sales.

eFashionSolutions will use the Postal Service’s Global Shipping Solution (GSS) exclusively for all orders placed through its 26 websites destined overseas. GSS software allows companies like eFashionSolutions to create online customs forms, print labels and track packages door-to-door. The process is easy for customers and helps simplify the customs clearance process, shortening delivery times.

eFashionSolutions designs and manages the fulfillment for the leading designer, luxury and celebrity-licensed brand fashion apparel.

The Postal Service designed the Global Shipping Solution (GSS) specifically to meet the needs of eFashion. The company will offer Global Express Mail and Global Parcel Post through the GSS software. The features that make it easier for customs processing include pre-paying duty fees online, automated customs declaration preparation and international customized mailing forms.

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U.S. FedEx signs airport lease, UPS on the way

Posted by | Sep 19, 2006 | |

FedEx Corp. should be starting work on its new package-sorting center near Charlotte County Airport within the next four to six weeks — and UPS won’t be far behind in expanding its airport facility.

Last week, a developer working for FedEx signed a ground lease with the airport for 4.8 acres on Golf Course Boulevard, according to Gary Quill, airport executive director. FedEx then immediately signed a lease for the 35,000-square-foot building with the developer, Orlando-based Regional Development.

In a related development, UPS has asked the Charlotte County Airport Authority to increase its ground lease on Challenger Boulevard from 2.9 to 6.5 acres for a major expansion of the distribution center it currently operates on the site.

Don Lee, District 2 airport commissioner, said UPS’s request will be discussed at Thursday’s regular Airport Authority meeting. He anticipated no objections — indeed, UPS’s expansion has been anticipated for some time, although it’s been running on a little slower track than the FedEx deal.

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DHL wins new agreement with Cellular Repair Provider

Posted by | Sep 18, 2006 | |

DHL, the express delivery and logistics company, today announced it has been selected by Overland Park, KS-based Cellect Solutions, a new cellular value added services company, as its express shipping provider.

Cellect Solutions provides warrantee return services for regional cellular service providers, coordinating cellular phone warranty repairs from the customer to the manufacturer, and providing loaner phones to cellular phone service customers while the repair is in process. Cellect Solutions will use DHL to provide loaner phones to wireless customers nationwide, ensuring cellular clients maintain uninterrupted service.

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Air Force awards USD2.3B in air fleet deals

Posted by | Sep 18, 2006 | |

The U.S. Air Force on Monday announced the awards of international airlift services contracts worth up to USD2.3 billion to support the Civil Reserve Air Fleet program.

The pacts, which were awarded to more than 10 airlines individually or as teams, will be used by the civilian businesses to support Defense Department airlift requirements in emergencies when the Pentagon’s needs exceed the capabilities of military aircraft.

The contract awarded to the FedEx Corp. team, which also includes Atlas Worldwide Holdings, is worth a guaranteed USD185 million and up to USD1.02 billion, according to the Air Force.

The UPS Inc., team deal will earn at least USD25 million and as much as USD119 million, while Continental Airlines Inc., was awarded a contract for up to USD10 million.

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USA: Federal Express awarded contract for international cargo

Posted by | Sep 17, 2006 | |

Federal Express, El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a USD17,704,603 fixed-price requirements with economic price adjustment contract to provide for door-to-door services for international cargo movement of perishable items for the Defense Commissary Agency and the Defense Logistics Agency, parent organization of the Defense Supply Center, Philadelphia. An average of 8.5 million pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables for commissaries and restaurants, and frozen foods, milk and dry subsistence for re-stocking Navy ships, which is transported per year from San Francisco to customers in Korea, Japan and Guam plus emergency shipments throughout the Pacific. 80 percent of the shipments are to re-stock the commissaries in the Pacific. At this time, no funds have been obligated. Solicitations began June 2006 and negotiations were complete September 2006. This work will be complete September 2007. Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity

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