Tag: USA

Eaton, EPA showcase new fuel-saving hydraulic hybrid UPS delivery vehicle that will be road-tested in Cleveland

Posted by | Aug 14, 2006 | |

Eaton Corporation and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today showcased the first-ever hydraulic hybrid diesel urban delivery vehicle. The EPA’s patented hydraulic hybrid diesel technology is achieving a 60 to 70 percent improvement in fuel economy and more than a 40 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions in initial laboratory testing of a large UPS truck.

EPA estimates that the technology has the potential to save more than1,000 gallons per year for each urban delivery vehicle. UPS will begin testing the vehicle this year on the road in the Detroit area and then will bring it to Cleveland for additional testing. The vehicle was developed through a partnership between EPA, Eaton, UPS, International Truck and Engine Corporation and the U.S. Army. EPA unveiled the truck in Washington, D.C. in late June.

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DHL USA launches new signature delivery options

Posted by | Aug 14, 2006 | |

DHL announced it will offer three new signature delivery service options to provide customers with more direct control over their delivery needs. The new options, including delivering packages without a required in-person signature, will make deliveries more convenient for DHL customers.

Shipments requiring signatures and destined for residential as well as commercial locations with limited hours of operation often result in multiple delivery attempts. In order to better accommodate the specific delivery needs of customers, DHL has expanded its service offerings from a single in-person signature option to three, allowing customers the flexibility to determine precisely how they want deliveries verified: signed by an adult with valid identification, by a signature of someone at the address, or left at the door or place of business per written instruction. These new options will provide more delivery flexibility and consistency for customers, especially those regularly receiving residential deliveries.

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High-Tech System Slashing UPS’s Fuel Use, Emissions in Oregon

Posted by | Aug 14, 2006 | |

UPS today said it had made substantial progress in deploying new route planning technology that is reducing the number of miles driven by its familiar brown package cars on Oregon’s roads, saving fuel and cutting emissions.

The technology, which UPS calls package flow technology, has now been implemented in more than 69 percent of the UPS locations in Oregon. Over the past 48 months, this has shaved roughly 773,400 miles off the normal route structures in Eugene, Springfield, Medford, Tualatin, Corvallis plus Vancouver, Wash., saving nearly 79,000 gallons of fuel and reducing annual CO2 emissions by 815 metric tons.

“As a transportation company, fuel is a necessity. But we have the technology now to better conserve fuel and operate more efficiently,” said UPS Oregon District Manager K.M. Liu. “And the ability to optimize our business with technology directly helps protect the environment as well.”

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USPS SENDS CONFUSING SIGNALS ON SERVICE STANDARDS AND MEASUREMENTS

Posted by | Aug 11, 2006 | |

The following is a Postal Perspective from PostCom Vice President Kate Muth. The views expressed are solely the author’s. PostCom welcomes the responsible expression of alternative views from other individuals or organizations.

It’s a good thing the Postal Service isn’t running a railway line. It sure has been sending some confusing signals to its customers lately.

Speaking at the Mailers Technical Advisory Committee meeting recently, PMG Jack Potter said he wants to be as transparent as possible when it comes to providing service. “We are competing with Internet and electronic systems and having that transparency is critical if mail is going to be relevant.” The idea of measuring the mailsteam and allowing people to view it is critical to the success of the industry, Potter said.

And yet, the recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on service standards and performance measurement said the most important impediment to progress toward implementing delivery performance measurements for all major mail types is “the lack of management commitment and effective collaboration with the mailing industry to follow up on recommendations for improvements and to resolve issues between USPS and mailers.”

The GAO report says, “A USPS senior vice president told us that USPS had no plans for implementing additional measures of delivery performance. A second USPS senior vice president explained that although some pieces of mail may be tracked as automated equipment reads barcodes on the mail, enabling more information for management and diagnostic purposes, these pieces are unrepresentative, and USPS has no plans for using mail tracking data to develop representative measure of delivery performance. As for major types of mail that are not measured, USPS has publicly reported that it has no system in place for measuring service performance for Standard Mail on a system-wide basis and currently has no plans for the development of such a system.” Likewise, the official said USPS had no plans to develop representative measures for bulk First-Class Mail.

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DHL changes negatively impact quarter's revenues for ABX Air

Posted by | Aug 11, 2006 | |

ABX Air Inc. on Wednesday reported revenues of USD 303.6 million and net earnings of USD 6.5 million, or 11 cents per share, for the second quarter.

The Wilmington-based company’s revenues declined USD 47.7 million and net earnings declined USD 300,000, or 1 cent per share, compared with the second quarter of 2005.

Earnings during the second quarter were negatively impacted by the reduction in truck line-haul management services provided to DHL, ABX’s largest customer

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