The US Postal Service and Barthco International Inc. recently signed an agreement that makes Barthco the key logistics company responsible for distributing international small-package parcels to the US.
The new business cooperation, called the International Customized Mail Agreement (ICM), is part of a recent US Postal initiative to partner with prominent commercial businesses in the transportation of overseas goods.
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United Parcel Service Inc. and FedEx Corp. filed separate petitions in August asking the U.S. Department of Transportation to review the ownership of DHL Airways. They suspect that DHL Airways Inc. is violating a federal law that restricts to 25 percent the foreign ownership of airlines operating within the United States.
The companies believe that DHL Airways is owned and controlled by Deutsche Post, the German postal monopoly that is 70 percent owned by the German government, but the ownership is disguised in a complex arrangement of subsidiaries.
“We are talking about the government of Germany competing against private individuals in the United States,” said Norman Black, a spokesman for UPS. “Nothing more. Nothing less.”
As anticipated, UPS (NYSE:UPS) employees represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have approved by a wide margin the new six-year contract negotiated in July.
According to the union, the agreement was ratified by a margin of better than 70 percent. The new contract, which covers approximately 230,000 UPS employees in the United States, is retroactive to Aug. 1.
“This vote reflects recognition by our employees that this is a fair and balanced agreement that rewards them for their hard work, while allowing the company to remain competitive,” said Mike Eskew, UPS chairman and CEO.
Contract negotiations began in January with an initial exchange of proposals. The company and union then negotiated over the next six months before reaching agreement on July 16, two weeks before the old contract expired. The agreement then was submitted to employees for ratification.
UPS (NYSE:UPS) has launched a new ocean option for shippers who manufacture goods in China and Brazil and import into the United States. The new service dramatically speeds the movement of ocean-transported goods by minimizing stops on land. The new service, UPS Trade Direct Ocean, transforms ocean-containers into pre-labeled small packages or less-than-truckload shipments. Shipments move from the ports to nearby UPS freight facilities with minimal handling, processing and storage.
Read MoreUPS (NYSE:UPS) has launched a new ocean option for shippers who manufacture goods in China and Brazil and import into the United States. The new service dramatically speeds the movement of ocean-transported goods by minimizing stops on land.
The new service, UPS Trade Directsm Ocean, transforms ocean-containers into pre-labeled small packages or less-than-truckload shipments. Shipments move from the ports to nearby UPS freight facilities with minimal handling, processing and storage.
UPS Trade Direct Ocean, operated by UPS Freight Services, is the latest integrated service in UPS’s growing portfolio of transportation and logistics options that enable global commerce and simplify international trade for customers. This contractual service is ideal for large apparel, sporting goods, electronics and other companies that utilize ocean as an economical transport mode and want order delivery direct to their customers.
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