For the sixth consecutive year, UPS has ranked among the “50 Best Companies for Minorities” in an annual survey published by FORTUNE magazine. The company also this week was honored as among the “100 Best Places to Work in Information Technology” by ComputerWorld magazine.
Read MoreThe U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors approved several major capital projects today at its monthly meeting.
The Board approved funding for Surface Visibility, the third phase of the Surface Air Support System (SASS). Surface Visibility is the third piece of the overall Transportation Visibility strategy. In the first phase, an infrastructure was developed to track FedEx and Amtrak shipments. In the second phase, SASS was expanded to include commercial air visibility. In this phase, the systems will track several visibility points from container loading to the unloading of both Postal Service and postal customer trailers. Wireless scanners will be used to capture data. The system will be deployed at 129 facilities.
Read MoreForeign air carriers may soon get a slice of the lucrative US international mail markets if a current bill to liberalise US postal services gets approved.
Hearings were taking place last week in the House of Representatives on the postal reform act, which includes a complete liberalisation of the air transport of mail, allowing the postal service (USPS) to go to an open bid process. Currently, international US mail has to be carried by US carriers, with foreign companies only allowed to carry mail via codeshares or to destinations not served by US airlines.
DHL has launched an aggressive new advertising and marketing campaign to demonstrate the company’s firm commitment to bringing increased competition and choice to the U.S. express and ground parcel market. The integrated marketing campaign, in which DHL will invest approximately USD150 million over the next six months, will emphasize the company’s unmatched global network, enhanced domestic strength and comprehensive platform of products and services.
Read MoreApplied Digital Solutions, an advanced technology development company, have announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Government Telecommunications, Inc. (GTI), has been awarded a contract option valued at USD25 million from the United States Postal Service to upgrade telecommunications networks at 108 Postal Service facilities.
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