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UPS to expand air freight network

Posted by | May 10, 2005 | |

As part of its expansion in the air freight business, UPS today announced plans to construct five regional freight hubs at airports across the country.
The regional facilities, when completed and brought on line next year, will support a main freight hub to be constructed in Louisville, Ky., home to the company’s main all-points air hub. The six facilities will form the backbone of an expansive air network for the movement of heavy freight for customers of UPS Supply Chain Solutions. The new facilities will be constructed in Ontario, Calif.; Rockford, Ill.; Dallas; Philadelphia, and Columbia, S.C. Those airports already serve as regional hubs for UPS’s separate small package network, meaning UPS jets are routinely flying in and out every day.

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UPS Board Sets Dividend

Posted by | May 10, 2005 | |

The Board of Directors of UPS today declared a regular quarterly dividend of 33-cents per share on all outstanding Class A and Class B shares. The dividend is payable June 1, 2005, to shareholders of record on May 16, 2005.

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UPS drivers receiving new wireless computers

Posted by | May 9, 2005 | |

UPS today announced the rollout of a new generation driver computer that can “talk” with four different wireless communication systems to speed tracking information to customers. There’s really nothing like it,” said Dave Barnes, UPS’s chief information officer. “This is a key component of a bigger system that we call Package Flow Technology. Our drivers are going to have all the information in their handheld computers to make even more reliable deliveries while driving fewer miles.”

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UPS adds slower US business mail service for lower rate

Posted by | May 4, 2005 | |

United Parcel Service business mail services unit Mail Innovations unveiled an integrated suite of mailing services that includes a new option to send non-urgent mail at a lower rate in exchange for less speedy delivery.
Called UPS Mail Logic, the service includes mail pickup, transport and processing to the U.S. Postal Service or overseas. For mail in the United States, UPS Mail Logic delivers at First-Class mail speeds plus one day.

Customers also can choose UPS Mail Logic Saver, which delivers mail in an average of six days. Mail sent with UPS Mail Logic Saver qualifies for a lower per-piece rate.

Domestically, UPS Mail Innovations typically handles mail pieces weighing less than 1 pound, including flats, bound printed matter, including catalogs and lightweight products such as CDs or books. Internationally, UPS Mail Innovations handles mail of all weights.

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Nonprofits, USPS agree on Standard Mail Rule

Posted by | May 2, 2005 | |

Nonprofit mailers are celebrating an agreement with the U.S. Postal Service regarding the interpretation of an impending rule that seeks to clarify the application of Standard mail rates in mail that includes personalisation.
Slated to take effect June 1, the rule requires that mail including personal information for any purpose other than a solicitation must be sent at the First-Class rate rather than the cheaper Standard rate. After several test rulings from the USPS, nonprofits feared that solicitations would be meant to include requests for monetary donations only.

Because the First-Class rate is three times as expensive in some cases, nonprofit mailers worried that mail including common types of personalisation for reasons other than asking for money — such as a request for volunteers — would get hit with the higher rate.

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