Senior executives from leading U.S. companies have joined together to form the Mailing Industry CEO Council, a non-profit organization that will focus on unifying the mailing industry and promoting the critical role that mail plays in business and commerce.
Read MoreThe United States Postal Service, in partnership with the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC), the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP) and the Coalition for Clean Air, will join together today to roll out the nation’s largest fleet of electric vehicles.
Read MoreUnited Parcel Service has introduced SonicAir, a proactive shipment update service for same-day shippers. Customers can now receive updated shipment information, sent to a wireless devices, pager, phone, fax or e-mail address, without having to request it, or access the same information from UPS’s Web site.
Read MoreThe U.S. Postal Service may begin charging penalties in November to First-Class mailers who do not comply with the agency’s Move Update rules, the postal service said last week.
Move Update, which began in 1997, is designed to reduce undelivered-as-addressed mail, which reportedly costs the postal service $1.8 billion a year. Mailers using automation or presort rates are required to update addresses every 180 days with a USPS-approved method such as the Address Change Service, National Change of Address or FastForward.
United Parcel Service will raise its fuel surcharge from the current rate of 0.75 percent to 1 percent, effective Oct. 7. The surcharge applies to both ground and air shipments, and is based on an August jump in the national average of highway diesel fuel prices reported by the U.S. Department of Energy.
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