UPS has made a handshake deal with Teamsters, behalf of the union's UPS members in the US. The current contract expires on 31st July 2018. UPS and Teamsters have negotiated an hourly wage increase of $4.15 over five years an...

UPS will buy 950 electric vans from Workhorse Group, according to the electric vehicle start-up. The model UPS has purchased is the Class 5 N-Gen, of which it had previously ordered 50 as part of a test phase. Each vehicle c...

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters announced last week that 93% of its UPS members and 91% of its UPS Freight members have endorsed strike action, if necessary, ahead of upcoming contract negotiations in the US. The ...

Two UPS employees were injured in an explosion at a freight facility in Lexington, Kentucky, on Wednesday. The courier company said the cause appeared to be accidental. According to UPS, the culprit may have been a gas leak ...

UPS has opened a new £120 million hub at the DP World London Gateway Logistics Park in the UK. The hub is 32,000 square feet, will employ over 500 people and reportedly has the capacity to process up to 28,000 packages...

The Independent Pilots Association (IPA) has accused UPS of violating its pilots' labour contract by outsourcing to third-party cargo airlines to make up for a capacity shortage. The complaint concerns the use of these airli...

UPS has installed a new smart grid at its depot in Camden, London, which will allow all of the depot’s 170 delivery vehicles to go electric. Described by UPS as a “world first”, the smart grid—the res...

UPS has sued the European Commission for blocking its takeover of TNT Express in 2013. The EU’s antitrust regulators had put a stop to the deal based on fears that UPS would monopolise the parcel delivery market in Eur...

UPS will be deploying 50 zero-emission plug-in electric delivery vehicles and testing them along urban routes across the US. According to a press release, for the first time the cost to acquire these vehicles is comparable t...

UPS will be delivering an estimated 88 million flowers for Valentine’s Day this year, according to the company. Referring to its global “lovegistics” network, a pun just about tacky enough to suit the occas...

In new contract negotiations, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters is looking to prohibit UPS from using drones or driverless vehicles for parcel delivery. The Teamsters also seek an end to late-night deliveries, and...

UPS had their so-called National Returns Day this week, on Wednesday 3rd January. The company expected to process 6 million returns and an overall 1.4 million packages. After a rocky start following Black Friday weekend, UPS...

UPS has pre-ordered 125 of Tesla’s new all-electric Semi trucks, which were unveiled last month and are planned for production in 2019. Semis are battery-powered semi-trailer trucks that, according to Tesla, will be ab...

The pressure is on for all of the major courier companies this Christmas, including UPS, FedEx and DHL. As in previous years, a surge in online shopping in the run-up to the festive period—in particular due retail behe...

UPS has started a trail of electric trailer delivery in London, ahead of the city’s ban on gas vehicles. A delivery person will cycle on an e-bike between depot and door with a small trailer in tow. The e-bike is power...

UPS has struck a deal with Big Ox Energy to buy 10 million gallon equivalents of renewable gas (RNG) per year through to 2024. When used, it could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 90%. This follows an earlier five-ye...

UPS has been ordered to pay almost $247 million in damages for the illegal shipment of large volumes of untaxed cigarettes. The order comes from a federal judge in New York, who levied such a significant penalty on the basis...

An EU court has ruled that the EU wrongly blocked UPS’ attempt to acquire TNT in 2013. UPS made a takeover bid of €5.2 billion, but the European Commission rejected the deal on the basis that it would give the com...

UPS is expecting to process an estimated 700 million parcels this Christmas season, a record-breaking 17% increase compared to last year. FedEx is also expecting an increase of 10%. Patrick Fitzgerald, FedEx’s senior v...

UPS has ordered 14 Boeing 747-8 cargo jets in a deal worth $5.3 billion. According to CEO David Abney, this is a reflection of rising demand in the industry after years of stagnant growth. The deal is notable since Boeing wa...

UPS is partnering with drone company Zipline and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, a public-private health partnership, to deliver blood, vaccines and medicinal supplies in Rwanda. Starting in June, Zipline hopes to be making up t...

UPS has appointed Cindy Miller as their new president of global freight forwarding. Miller was previously President of UPS Europe. UPS achieved record growth across the European region under Miller’s leadership, with ...

January 6th was officially National Returns Day, according to UPS. It was predicted to be the busiest day for customers returning their Christmas parcels. More than five million return packages are expected by the end of the ...

UPS and FedEx are hoping to make the most of tracking technology to deal with the influx of Christmas deliveries this year. UPS hopes to save 100 million miles’ worth of journey through the use of a smart routing techno...