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UPS reports revenue surge fuelled by online shopping boom
- Date: 31/07/2020 10:46
- Category: UPS
United Parcel Service (UPS) has reported a 13.4% year-on-year jump in revenue for its second quarter, reaching $20.5 billion. This means it beat analysts' forecasts of around $17.5 billion. The company reported an average d...
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Business Insider takes a look inside UPS driver training school
- Date: 28/02/2020 12:06
- Category: UPS
Hayley Peterson, a senior correspondent for Business Insider, took a look inside Integrad, the UPS driver training school, to see how students learn to drive and deliver safely for the world’s largest courier company. ...
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China flights have been made voluntary for UPS pilots
- Date: 07/02/2020 11:08
- Category: UPS
The union representing UPS pilots has reached an agreement with the company to make flights to mainland China voluntary as the coronavirus crisis unfolds. Pilots and crewmembers with concerns about their safety can opt to be...
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UPS predicts record-breaking holiday returns volume
- Date: 06/11/2019 10:34
- Category: UPS
UPS is expecting record-breaking parcel returns volume this holiday season, both before and after Christmas. The courier company has predicted that on January 2nd, which it has dubbed National Returns Day, 1.9 million return...
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UPS operating profit up by more than 20% year-on-year
- Date: 24/10/2019 11:22
- Category: UPS
UPS reported an operating profit up by more than 20% year-on-year for its third quarter earnings report, the highest in the company’s history. Consolidated revenue rose 5% to $18.3 billion. Daily volume for US shipment...
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UPS will hire 100,000 seasonal employees this year
- Date: 10/09/2019 15:38
- Category: UPS
UPS will be hiring 100,000 employees this year to fill full- and part-time positions over peak season, from November through to January. Hires include package handlers, drivers and driver-helpers, some of whom will be staffi...
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UPS adds 15 new hybrid electric vehicles to UK fleet
- Date: 04/09/2019 15:07
- Category: UPS
UPS, in partnership with start-up Tevva, has added 15 new hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) to its UK fleet, capable of switching autonomously between electric and diesel power. The vehicles can reach up to 250 miles using the...
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UPS announces minority stake in self-driving truck company
- Date: 16/08/2019 12:20
- Category: UPS
UPS has announced a minority stake in self-driving truck company, TuSimple. The company has been trialling autonomous vehicles on a freight forwarding route between Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona. TuSimple trucks use nine came...
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Customers want transparency and control over parcel deliveries, says UPS study
- Date: 07/08/2019 11:30
- Category: UPS
Online shoppers are looking for transparency over fees and more choice and control over the delivery process, according to a study from UPS. The annual study, entitled “Pulse of the Online Shopper”, reviewed the ...
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UPS creates new drone delivery subsidiary, seeks FAA approval
- Date: 30/07/2019 11:05
- Category: UPS
UPS has created a new drone delivery subsidiary called UPS Flight Forward. It has applied to the US Federal Aviation Administration for Part 135 certification that would allow it to expand its commercial drone flight operatio...
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UPS to add Sunday deliveries in the US next year
- Date: 24/07/2019 11:36
- Category: UPS
UPS will be adding Sunday delivery services in the United States from Jan 1st 2020, following in FedEx’s footsteps. UPS already offers Saturday delivery, but has said it will also be bolstering its volume of Saturday d...
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UPS uses VR headsets for driver safety training in UK and Germany
- Date: 12/06/2019 16:08
- Category: UPS
UPS is to use virtual reality (VR) headsets for driver safety training in the UK and Germany. The technology has been introduced to the UPS Integrad training facilities in Cologne and Burton-Upon-Trent, replacing the touchsc...
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UPS makes biggest purchase of renewable natural gas in US history
- Date: 28/05/2019 15:54
- Category: UPS
UPS has agreed to buy the equivalent of 170 million gallons of renewable natural gas (RNG) from Clean Energy Fuels Corp. According to the company’s press release, it’s the largest purchase of RNG in the history of...
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UPS Foundation supports world’s largest vaccine drone delivery network
- Date: 29/04/2019 15:54
- Category: UPS
The UPS Foundation—the courier company’s corporate social responsibility arm—has announced its support for the world’s largest vaccine drone delivery network in Ghana. Following on from a previous end...
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UPS makes its first commercial drone delivery
- Date: 27/03/2019 16:05
- Category: UPS
United Parcel Service (UPS), in partnership with drone company Matternet, has made its first commercial drone delivery: a medical sample between hospitals. The short flight took place in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Tuesday 2...
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UPS invests $270,000 in Women In Exports initiative
- Date: 14/03/2019 16:01
- Category: UPS
UPS has invested $270,000 into a scheme promoting women in the exporting industry, as part of $10 million pledged by the UPS Foundation towards diversity and inclusion programmes. Through its Women In Exports initiative, UPS...
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Electric vehicles are still a work in progress, says UPS
- Date: 07/03/2019 10:48
- Category: UPS
Carlton Rose, UPS’ president of global fleet maintenance and engineering, told the Green Truck Summit in Indianapolis that UPS is looking into electric solutions for commercial vehicles, but that they are not yet the id...
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UPS partners with TerraCycle to trial reusable packaging
- Date: 29/01/2019 15:06
- Category: UPS
UPS has joined recycling company TerraCycle and a coalition of consumer product companies to trial a new system of reusable packaging. Through the Loop system, companies deliver products in customised, durable packaging that...
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UPS Latch coming to 10 US cities later this year
- Date: 22/01/2019 16:23
- Category: UPS
UPS Latch, the courier company’s Amazon Key-like smart lock service, will be introduced to 10 US cities in 2019. The service, which currently operates only in New York and San Francisco, will come to Atlanta, Boston, C...
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UPS opens its second largest ground packaging facility in the US
- Date: 24/10/2018 11:14
- Category: UPS
UPS has opened a new “super hub” in Atlanta, its second largest ground packaging facility in the US. Measuring a spacious 1.2 million square feet, the facility will sort 100,000 parcels per hour and create 3,000 ...
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Teamsters ratifies contract voted down by UPS drivers
- Date: 10/10/2018 10:10
- Category: UPS
Teamsters, the US labour union, has approved a five-year contract with UPS despite 54% of the 92,605 UPS employees who cast their vote rejecting the deal. The reason is that less than half of the over 200,000 UPS workers who...
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UPS announces new growth strategy for parcels and e-commerce
- Date: 13/09/2018 15:54
- Category: UPS
UPS has announced its new growth strategy for the business, looking to improve operational costs and boost earnings between now and 2022. The company will focus on four “strategic imperatives”: the continued expa...
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UPS applies for "automated determination" blockchain patent
- Date: 22/08/2018 11:10
- Category: UPS
UPS has applied for a patent for blockchain technology that could be used to plan package routes and to track shipments made by multiple carriers. The technology would not only store and track data relating to the shipment&r...
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UPS to test electric vehicles from LA start-up Thor Trucks
- Date: 01/08/2018 15:41
- Category: UPS
UPS has made a deal with LA start-up Thor Trucks to create a pair of battery-powered Class 6 commercial vehicles. The two trucks, which can travel about 100 miles per charge, will be tested around Los Angeles. UPS says it wi...