Tag: UPS

Judge will decide DHL case

Posted by | Apr 14, 2003 | |

An administrative law judge will resolve the dispute over the ownership of DHL Airways as part of an amendment to the USD79 billion Wartime Supplemental Appropriations bill approved by the House and Senate on Saturday. The amendment, sponsored by Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, also prohibits DHL Airways from carrying Defense Department cargo for the next six months. DHL had no comment on the amendment. UPS said it “reaffirms UPS’s longstanding concern regarding Deutsche Post’s ownership and control of DHL Airways.” UPS added that it looks forward to “the expeditious appointment of an administrative law judge.”

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Stephen Flowers Named To Lead UPS Americas; Jovita Carranza Moving To Air Operations

Posted by | Apr 9, 2003 | |

Stephen Flowers, a veteran UPS manager with wide international experience, is the new president of the UPS Americas Region, which includes more than 50 countries and territories in Latin America and the Caribbean. Flowers, 41, moves to the Americas headquarters in Miami where he will succeed Jovita Carranza, who will become the vice president of UPS air operations in Louisville, Ky. Carranza is replacing John J. McDevitt, who last week was promoted to UPS’s Management Committee, the group of most senior managers who direct the corporation’s business affairs.

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Airborne Inc criticizes airline ownership proposal

Posted by | Apr 8, 2003 | |

Airborne Inc. lashed out at rival package carriers United Parcel Service and FedEx Corp. over a proposal being considered by the U.S. Senate to toughen ownership rules for air carriers. “It is no surprise that they would attempt to protect their duopoly in any way they can,” Airborne said in a statement Monday. “Their attempts to delay our transaction will limit opportunities for American workers and deny choice to American consumers.” Representatives of UPS and FedEx denied that they are trying to quash competition.

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UPS and Fedex lock horns with DHL

Posted by | Apr 8, 2003 | |

US parcel giants UPS and Federal Express have scored the first hit in a bitter dogfight with German-owned DHL over its USD1bn bid for domestic package delivery operator Airborne Express. Intense lobbying by UPS and FedEx has added a single but significant sentence to Senate legislation intended to approve USD 80bn of funding for the war with Iraq. The amendment means that any company receiving more than 50% of its operating revenue from a foreign entity or ‘not effectively controlled by citizens of the United States’ cannot carry military cargo.

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Fedex, UPS use war bill to fight DHL expansion in US

Posted by | Apr 7, 2003 | |

United Parcel Service Inc. and FedEx Corp. have managed to disrupt plans by rival Deutsche Post AG, which owns DHL Worldwide Express, to expand in the U.S. by using a must-pass war-funding bill. Last week, the Senate voted to include an amendment intended to force regulators to be stricter in enforcing U.S.-ownership regulations for air-cargo carriers against the German company.

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