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Federal Mediator calls for recess in UPS pilot talks

Posted by | Dec 23, 2005 | |

UPS today said the federal mediator in charge of negotiations between UPS and the Independent Pilots Association (IPA) has put the talks in an indefinite recess. In the NMB’s notification to the parties, the negotiations have been placed in an indefinite recess as of December 23, 2005. Although no future mediation sessions have been scheduled at this time, the mediator indicates both sides should “re-evaluate negotiating positions with respect to the remaining issues and prepare to bring the negotiations to a successful conclusion.” There can be no strike or work stoppage while the parties are in recess. UPS pilots are legally obligated under the Railway Labor Act to continue working under the existing contract during any recess.

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DHL announces rate hikes

Posted by | Dec 22, 2005 | |

DHL, following in the footsteps of rivals UPS, FedEx and the US Postal Service, announced it rate increases for 2006. Effective Jan. 2, rates for DHL@Home, the company’s expedited business-to-residence shipping service, will increase by an average of 6.5 percent. Rates for DHL Global Mail International will rise by an average 9 percent. A 7 percent increase for DHL Global Mail domestic will take effect on Jan 8. Jonathan Baker, a DHL spokesman, said the new rates are timed to coincide with new US postal rates scheduled to be implemented in mid-January. Rates for DHL Domestic and International Air Express will increase 5.5 percent, and DHL Ground Service will go up 3.9 percent, effective Feb. 5.

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FedEx net income surges 33 percent; annual earnings outlook raised

Posted by | Dec 21, 2005 | |

FedEx Corporation today reported earnings of USD1.53 per diluted share for the second quarter ended November 30, compared to USD1.15 per diluted share a year ago, an increase of 33%. FedEx Corp. reported the following consolidated results for the second quarter: revenue of USD8.09 billion, up 10% from USD7.33 billion the previous year, operating income of USD790 million, up 32% from USD600 million a year ago, operating margin of 9.8%, up from last year’s 8.2%, net income of USD471 million, up 33% from USD354 million the previous year. “Customer demand for our broad portfolio of transportation services, a disciplined pricing approach by FedEx and strong productivity gains led to a sharp improvement in our operating margins,” said Frederick W. Smith, chairman, president and chief executive officer. “FedEx is also benefiting from solid economic growth year over year in the US and Asian economies, which we expect to continue in 2006.”

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DHL announces rates for 2006

Posted by | Dec 19, 2005 | |

DHL Express (USA) today announced new rates effective February 5, 2006, in line with recently announced annual increases in the express and parcel industry, including a 5.5% increase for DHL Domestic Air Express and International Express and a 3.9% rise for DHL Ground Service. Concurrent with the 2006 rate changes, DHL will institute a cap of 14.5% on its published fuel surcharge for Domestic Air Express and International Express, a move that will allow customers to better predict and control their transportation spending, and will reduce the index used to determine its air fuel surcharge by 2%, resulting in an effective rate increase for DHL Domestic Air Express and International Express services of 3.5%. The fuel surcharge index calculation for Ground products remains unchanged. Rates for DHL@Home, the company’s expedited business-to-residence shipping service, will increase an average of 6.5%, effective January 2, 2006.

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UPS stays committed to its networks

Posted by | Dec 19, 2005 | |

US global integrator will not be following TNT’s example in quitting logistics.
Announcing its decision largely to withdraw from logistics next year, TNT said earlier this month it had concluded the group’s strength lay in ‘designing, implementing and running delivery network businesses’. The implication was that the majority of TNT’s logistics activities were not ‘network’ operations. In contrast, rival global integrator UPS apparently remains committed to developing its worldwide logistics business as very much a network-based activity. That certainly was the picture painted by Ian Chong, European director of strategy for the US company’s UPS Supply Chain Solutions division when he outlined his organisation’s thinking on that issue after the TNT announcement. ‘In our world, logistics is a network service,’ he said. ‘That is the main focus for us now and has been from day one.’ By that, he confirmed, he meant that a large percentage of the product handled by UPS SCS was routed through the parent company’s package and freight networks.

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