Tag: USA

ICANN Posts Communication from the UPU regarding .POST Top-Level Domain

Posted by | Sep 9, 2007 | |

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the Universal Postal Union (UPU) have entered into negotiations intended to result in the delegation of the .POST registry.

According to a press release by ICANN, this outreach by the UPU is intended to inform the community about proposed aspects of the UPU’s business model and requested contractual agreement.

These proposals are based upon the UPU’s vision for adding significant value to: the DNS, its member states and their designated operators of postal services, and the recipients of postal services.

Certain aspects of these terms relate to the UPU’s status as an intergovernmental organization (IGO) comprised of member states and as specialized agency of the United Nations.

Significantly, this outreach invites public examination and comment at an early stage of the negotiation. Negotiations will continue and comments made regarding this material will be taken into account as they are received.

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Truckers ask court to delay hours ruling

Posted by | Sep 7, 2007 | |

U.S. trucking companies have asked a federal court to delay a requirement that would reduce by one hour the time truckers can drive continuously.

The American Trucking Association Thursday requested an 8-month stay from a mandate of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The court had ordered the daily driving limit be cut to 10 hours for long-haul truckers.

The trade group says eliminating the rule effective Sept. 14 would be expensive and require the industry to retrain drivers and operating personnel, reprint logs, reengineer routes and make other changes.

Safety advocates, who applauded the court’s ruling, say the industry is putting the public at risk by allowing truckers to drive too many hours.

The court action’s had followed by a week an ATA petition with the federal government, asking for revisions to 2-year-old regulations on truckers’ hours, which the court had rejected in late July.

The ATA argued for the 8-month stay to give the Transportation Department’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration time to review the court’s ruling and the new rules.

A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration spokeswoman did not return a call for comment Friday. After the ATA’s appeal last week, the agency said it was still developing a response to the court ruling but would do so in time for the industry to adapt.
The trade group’s members include United Parcel Service Inc., FedEx Corp., JB Hunt Transport Services Inc. and YRC Worldwide.

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Troutdale gives FedEx USA approval to build distribution center at former Alcoa site

Posted by | Sep 7, 2007 | |

The city of Troutdale gave final approval Thursday to FedEx Ground to build its Northwest distribution hub on 77 acres of the former Alcoa-Reynolds Metals site, north of the Troutdale airport.
The new facility is part of FedEx’s USD 1.8 billion national expansion plan. The company plans to relocate its current Swan Island facility to the new hub, which will be about seven times larger. It will feature a fuel island, trailer garage and other structures totaling about 570,800 square feet in the initial phase.
FedEx will buy the Troutdale site from the Port of Portland, which is finalizing its purchase of the property from Alcoa Inc.
While city officials tout high-wage jobs, future tax revenue and the positive economic impact the company will bring to east Multnomah county, the hub will also increase traffic and air pollution, provide mostly part-time and contractor jobs, and could cost the city up to USD 6 million in lost income, due to tax breaks under a recently approved enterprise zone at the site.
The biggest challenge will be traffic. About 200 semitrailer and pickup and delivery van drivers will work at the new facility in the first phase of development, according to documents filed with the city. A transportation impact analysis prepared for the Port of Portland indicates that, at its peak hour, the facility will generate 423 arrivals and departures.
As a condition of approval, Troutdale asked FedEx to make several road improvements in the area, including construction of a traffic signal at the intersection of Marine Drive and Sundial Road. But the city did not impose conditions that would apply to the already clogged Interstate 84 Exit 17.

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Slower U.S. economy may affect DHL targets-exec

Posted by | Sep 7, 2007 | |

DHL’s operations in the United States are dwarfed by those of rivals Atlanta-based United Parcel Service Inc. and Memphis-based FedEx Corp. Hans Hickler, CEO of DHL USA, said DHL aims to compete with these companies using improved technology and customer service.

While DHL has some room to maneuver on price with its air package delivery service, which is linked to its international network, the company’s smaller ground delivery network has little leverage against FedEx and UPS, he said.

But he added that DHL does “not want to destabilize the market” with dramatic price reductions.

Hickler also said DHL is not interested in following UPS and FedEx in acquiring companies in the less-than-truckload market. Less-than-truckload operators consolidate small loads into a single truck.

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The humanitarian face of mail

Posted by | Sep 6, 2007 | |

The United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA), the Universal Postal Union and Swiss Post unveiled four stamps today to raise awareness of the importance of “humanitarian mail” in times of natural catastrophes or conflicts.

The UNPA issued three stamps, one for each of the UN Offices in New York, Geneva and Vienna, while Swiss Post issued one as a UPU official stamp. It is the first time that the three organizations work together on a common issue.

The four stamps were unveiled during a ceremony at UPU headquarters by Adolf OGI, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary General on Sport for Development and Peace, Edouard DAYAN, UPU Director General, Robert GRAY, Head of the UNPA in New York, and Ulrich GYGI, Chief Executive of Swiss Post.

The stamps all share a common design – a letter carrier holding a letter in one hand as he floats over a sea of hands reaching for the letter. “The design symbolizes the UN’s and the UPU’s commitment to delivering food, aid, material and mail to the victims of natural disasters or armed conflicts,” explained Robert GRAY. In certain cases, humanitarian mail enables people to find lost relatives and serves as a communication link when other communication means have been destroyed or have broken down.

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