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UPS names new District Executive

Posted by | Dec 3, 2007 | |

Jill Schubert, a 27-year veteran of UPS, has been named the Vice President of operations for the company’s Minnesota District. In her new role, Schubert will be responsible for more than 5,000 employees and 30 facilities throughout the state.

Schubert most recently managed UPS’s South Illinois District.

Schubert began her UPS career in 1980 as a driver helper. In 1981, she began progressing through a variety of jobs in the Rocky Mountain District. She was promoted in 1999 to air division manager, later serving as a package division manager. In 2002, she moved to the Missouri District as a package division manager before joining UPS Supply Chain Solutions in 2004.

Schubert succeeds Romaine Seguin, who has accepted the position of South Europe District Manager based in Milan.

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UPS sees fast-growing Asia unaffected by softer U.S.

Posted by | Nov 29, 2007 | |

Packaging delivery company United Parcel Service Inc expects regional growth in Asia will remain robust and be unaffected by a slowing U.S. economy, a senior company official said on Thursday.

UPS, the world’s largest package delivery company, has said growth this peak season would be below the previous four years, reflecting slowing U.S. economic growth, the housing sector slowdown and expectations of low retail sales growth.

But rising trade within the Asia-Pacific region was boosting demand for freight and logistics services in countries including China, India, Vietnam and Thailand, said Ken Torok, president of Asia-Pacific region for UPS.

“Asia-Pacific is our fastest growing region, as the momentum in the services sector and infrastructure development continues,” he said at a conference to launch a strategic alliance with local logistics firm AFL Pvt Ltd.

“And in the region, intra-Asia trade is the fastest growing and leading segment,” he said.

The UPS annual Asia Business Monitor for 2007 showed intra-Asia trade accounted for the most volume growth from small and medium enterprises. Also, trade with the Middle East overtook Europe and the United States for Asian firms.

“Growth within the region is so strong, that what happens in the U.S. market will not have as big an impact on Asia as it did some years ago,” Torok said.

For UPS, business in Asia grew by more than 20 percent in the third quarter, while China and India grew by more than 25 percent, Torok said.

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Fuel cost ups shipping bill (U.S.)

Posted by | Nov 29, 2007 | |

Carriers once again are responding to higher oil and gasoline prices by passing along the costs. Rather than raise base rates, they impose fuel surcharges.

– DHL raises the Air Express and International surcharge from 18.5 percent of the total shipping bill, to 19.5 percent. The surcharge for Ground Delivery service rises from 5 percent to 5.3 percent.

-UPS raises the Ground Delivery fuel surcharge from 5 percent to 5.25 percent. The surcharge for air and international deliveries goes from 16.50 percent to 17.50 percent.

FedEx fuel surcharges go up the same as UPS, for the same categories.

In catalogs and on Web sites, most of the tables on shipping costs don’t include a fuel surcharge.

The U.S. Postal Service, whose rates are governed by a federal commission, can’t impose fuel surcharges.

That doesn’t stop the postal service from taking other steps to realign pricing with the actual costs of processing the mail. First class stamp rates rose from 39 to 41 cents in May, Since then, the postal service also takes more consideration of the size and shape of a piece of mail, when calculating prices.

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UPS: Getting big brown machines to go green

Posted by | Nov 23, 2007 | |

United Parcel Service’s fleet of all-electric delivery trucks were no match for the potholed streets and heavy package volumes of New York City.

UPS is experiencing a blast from the past. It again has some electric vehicles carrying packages in various U.S. cities. Diesel-electric hybrids, natural-gas-powered trucks and a slew of other experimental vehicles also cruise city streets and highways.

The company’s morphing into a leader in using truck fleets powered by alternative fuels. And what it’s learning offers pointers for other firms trying to lower costs and environmental impacts by using new vehicle tech.

UPS has over 1,600 of its trucks using either hybrid or alternative-fueled drive systems around the world. The company says it’s invested USD 15 million over the years in alternative vehicles.

At the same time, UPS has a ways to go. So-called green vehicles amount to less than 2 pct of its total global fleet. That gas and diesel engines remain the norm at UPS underscores the hurdles in turning big brown trucks into green ones.

In early October, UPS announced it will add another 306 alternative-fueled vehicles — 139 compressed natural gas trucks and 129 propane delivery trucks — by next year.

Savings vary for the other alternative fuels UPS uses, though they typically run cleaner than diesel trucks.

Today, UPS has over 100,000 vehicles around the globe, and about 600 aircraft. It says about 20,000 of its trucks are classified as “low emission” vehicles. That includes alternative-fuel trucks, as well as newer,cleaner-running regular trucks.

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Fuel costs take a toll on holiday shipping fees

Posted by | Nov 22, 2007 | |

FedEx, UPS and the Postal Service have all increased prices to help counter the higher fuel costs they are paying.

For years, UPS and FedEx have added a surcharge based on the price of diesel and jet fuel which can make shipping costs fluctuate. With crude oil prices hitting record highs, the recent movement in shipping prices has been up — way up.

Anything shipped by air after Dec. 3 will have a 17.5 percent surcharge added to it by UPS or FedEx. For ground delivery, a 5.25 percent fuel surcharge will be added to the companies’ base rate.

The add-ons mean a 2-pound package shipped from Raleigh to Albuquerque, N.M. for two-day delivery in December will cost USD 21.79, up from about USD 17.49 a year ago via UPS express. The same parcel on FedEx will cost USD 18.21, up from USD 16.68 a year ago.

The higher fees include increases in base shipping rates that rose 4.9 percent for UPS and 3.5 percent for FedEx this year. But most of the increase can be blamed on higher fuel costs.

A year ago, the UPS and FedEx fuel surcharge for express delivery in December was 11.5 percent. The ground delivery surcharge was 3.5 percent.

Still, both UPS and FedEx expect record volumes this year. FedEx expects to deliver 11.3 million packages on peak days before Christmas and UPS expects to deliver 22 million.

The Postal Service raised rates by an average of 8.5 percent in May to cover anticipated fuel price increases. It expects to deliver 20 billion pieces of mail, including packages, between Thanksgiving and Christmas, spokesman David Partenheimer said.

The Postal Service offers an USD 8.95 flat rate for two- or three-day priority delivery for most packages, up from USD 8.10 a year ago. The rate is for domestic mail but also applies to people sending gifts to relatives in the military overseas, regardless of the size or weight of the package being shipped.

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