United Parcel Service Files To Sell $500 Million Of Notes
UPS filed to sell up to $500 million of notes from time to time, according to a prospectus statement filed late Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission
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UPS Logistics to test automated parts access
UPS Logistics Group will test a program for automated, self-service parts distribution. The company’s customers can now pick up or return essential parts 24 hours a day, seven days a week using new technology that enables access to secured UPS Logistics Group storage facilities without the need for UPS staffers
Read MorePitney Bowes Launches Delivery Management Centers for Managing Inbound And Outbound Mail And Parcels
Pitney Bowes (NYSE: PBI) Global Mailing Systems, the world leader in mail and document management technologies, introduced three new Delivery Management Centers. Each of these solutions couples a reliable hardware platform with advanced software that enables customers to manage all of their mail and parcels — inbound, outbound and intra-company. The result is a reduction in shipping costs, the elimination of manual processes, and a heretofore unmatched level of control.
Read MoreTNT quietly builds US presence
Despite investing over $20 million in the US, it has no plans to take on FedEx,
UPS. The brouhaha over Deutsche Post’s takeover of DHL Worldwide Express has
overshadowed recent initiatives by TNT to expand its business in the U.S.
While DHL, whose ownership status is being challenged by FedEx and United
Parcel Service, hopes to play in the same league here as the two giant
integrators. TNT has no such aspirations. Still, TNT, whose customers include Abbott Laboratories, Pepsico, Playboy and the World Bank, has quietly ramped up its presence in the U.S. Over the past two years, it’s invested $20.5 million in the U.S., primarily in technology, depots and trucks.
DANZAS FORMS OCEAN, LCL TEAMS
Danzas AEI Intercontinental says it is strengthening its North American ocean services organization, with an emphasis on trade lane management and less-than-containerload (LCL) services. Danzas has established four new divisions, three in the United States and a fourth in Canada.
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