Tag: USA

DHL places two new alternative fueled vehicles into the field

Posted by | Jun 21, 2004 | |

DHL Express is placing two different types of alternative fueled vehicles into regular operations and delivery routes as part of their on-going Alternative Fueled Vehicle Strategy. The two vehicles; one a full electric 14 foot delivery van; and the other a hybrid diesel-electric class 7, 26 foot truck, allow DHL to further validate the efficiency, wear, pollutant reduction and operating costs. DHL will work the new Solectria CitiVan electric vehicle into its Manhattan routes. The new Class 7 Multi-Mode Series-Parallel Hybrid drive will be placed into service in the Los Angeles region.

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T-Mobile and FedEx Kinko’s complete deployment of wireless hotspots nationwide

Posted by | Jun 21, 2004 | |

Customers of FedEx Kinko’s Office and Print Centers will find staying connected on the road a little easier, now that nearly all 1,100 U.S. locations offer T-Mobile HotSpot wireless broadband service. The new service allows customers to wirelessly access the Internet, send documents for production, connect with their corporate networks and check e-mail.

FedEx Kinko’s locations offer customers the industry’s broadest range of business services and create an “office on the road” for companies with a distributed sales force or decentralized operations, a growing trend in business.

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IPA, UPS issue statement on move to mediation

Posted by | Jun 21, 2004 | |

UPS and the Independent Pilots Association (IPA), which represents the approximately 2,500 pilots who fly for UPS, announce the following:

The company and union have been in direct negotiations for a new pilot labor agreement since October 2002. Although the parties have utilized their best efforts over the past 22 months, no agreement has yet been reached in the contract areas of scheduling, compensation, pension, scope and benefits.

At this time, the parties believe the next logical step in reaching an agreement is to jointly request the mediation services of the National Mediation Board.

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USPS Gets 140 Replies to First-Class/Standard Proposal

Posted by | Jun 21, 2004 | |

More than 140 mailers and mailing organizations responded to a U.S. Postal Service proposed rule that the agency said seeks to clarify the differences between a personalized Standard Mail piece and a personal First-Class Mail piece. The comment period closed Friday. As of press time Friday afternoon, the USPS said it had received 141 comments and that it was still collecting them. Most of the comments came from nonprofit mailers. The rule proposal was published April 19. It calls for an exclusive-purpose test in which personal information would be permitted at Standard rates only when advertising or solicitation is the exclusive purpose of the piece and personal information is included solely to increase the effectiveness of the ad or solicitation.

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USPS files BankOne and Discover proposals

Posted by | Jun 21, 2004 | |

The Postal Service has filed two experimental mail classification cases with the Postal Rate Commission proposing Negotiated Service Agreements (NSA) with BankOne and Discover Financial Services.

“Bringing these two negotiated service agreements forward shows that we are committed to providing more pricing innovation to the marketplace,” said the Postal Service’s Chief Marketing Officer Anita J. Bizzotto.

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