Tag: USA

FedEx Ground selects Atlanta-area site for new southern distribution facility

Posted by | Nov 9, 2004 | |

FedEx Ground, the small-package ground delivery unit of FedEx Corp, has chosen a 75-acre site in Kennesaw, Ga., as the location for a new 247,000 square-foot automated distribution facility to be opened by summer 2006. The new facility, which will replace the current FedEx Ground terminal in Marietta, is part of the company’s USD1.8 billion network expansion plan. Announced in September 2002, the network investment includes the construction of nine new hubs, the expansion of 30 existing hubs and the relocation of nearly 290 pickup and delivery terminals. In response to increasing customer demand, the nationwide expansion will nearly double the company’s average daily hub volume package capacity to 5.3 million packages by the end of fiscal year 2010. Four new hubs currently under construction in the metro areas of Cincinnati, Dallas, Memphis and Hagerstown, Md., are scheduled to open in 2005 and 2006.

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FedEx will raise US rates by 4.6%

Posted by | Nov 8, 2004 | |

FedEx Corp has announced plans to charge higher rates for air and ground shipments, indicating a change in the company’s method for passing along high fuel expenses to clients and strong demand in the freight market. The cost of an average air shipment in the US through FedEx will go up by 4.6% on January 3. Earlier this year, the company raised rates by 2.5% for the same items.

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DHL boss out on US loss

Posted by | Nov 8, 2004 | |

Deutsche Post World Net ousted the head of its DHL Worldwide unit over the weekend after forecasting larger-than-expected losses in the United States. The German mail, express and logistics group said Uwe Doerken will be replaced by John Mullen on the company’s management board. Mullen will run DHL Express Americas, which includes Airborne Express of the US and Loomis of Canada, as well as DHL Express Asia Pacific and Emerging Markets. Deutsche Post said last week its US operations may post a loss as high of more than UDS640 million in 2004 compared to an earlier estimate of around USD250 million as it boosts spending on marketing and ground infrastructure. It said it won’t break even in the US until 2006, a year later than expected.

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UPS Launches New Flights to China

Posted by | Nov 4, 2004 | |

UPS this week began the first of 12 new flights to China with MD-11 service to Shanghai. The new flights will triple the current service from six to 18 flights a week and comes on the heels of UPS’s impressive 129% growth in China export volume in the third quarter. “Thanks to these flights, we are moving ahead of customer demand with even greater access to the world’s fastest growing economy,” said David Abney, president, UPS International. “China is probably the most exciting business opportunity in a generation and our growth numbers from the country show that customers are turning to UPS for the efficiency and reliability of its worldwide network.”

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US Postal Service’s 2004 performance at all time high

Posted by | Nov 4, 2004 | |

Praising employees’ performance at every level of the organization, Postmaster General John E. Potter today hailed 2004 as the Postal Service’s best year ever for customer satisfaction and on-time delivery of First-Class Mail. Speaking to the Board of Governors of the Postal Service, Potter said that 94 percent of customers – an all-time high – rated their postal service good to excellent during the last quarter of 2004. During that time, the Postal Service also delivered 95 percent of local First-Class Mail overnight, while two- and three-day scores were the highest ever. “Service performance remains my top priority,” said Potter.

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