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Joe Cutrona, who led the association representing small parcel shippers for two tumultuous decades of change in the U.S. transportation world, died on Christmas Day at his home in Naples, Fla.

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UPS named Mitch Nichols to become president of UPS Airlines as Robert L. Lekites retires from that position after 36 years with the global logistics company.

With a court win in hand, the carrier has freer rein to manage pricing and services across its business units

Shippers in the Northeast were hit by service delays, but ocean, truck and air cargo operators said operations were returning to normal after a blizzard Sunday brought the region nearly to a

Two bills that could have had significant consequences for the supply chain died quietly as the 111th Congress adjourned Wednesday.

FedEx Chairman Frederick Smith, in his most upbeat assessment yet of the global economic recovery, says he expects another round of inventory restocking to drive renewed shipping demand early in 2011.

The U.S. Postal Service expects Monday Dec. 20 to be its busiest mailing day with 800 million pieces entering the system.

FedEx signed an agreement to acquire MultiPack, a Mexican domestic express package delivery company.

FedEx reported its net profit fell 18 percent in the quarter ending Nov. 30 to $283 million as rising costs and stagnant U.S.

Canadian trucking giant TransForce closed its $248 million acquisition of Dynamex Tuesday, outbidding transportation investment group Greenbriar Equity.

TNT Express agreed to acquire a 50 percent stake in French parcel delivery company Adrexo Colis in a bid to strengthen its position in the country's fast growing market for e-commerce and business-to-

A federal judge's ruling for FedEx in a series of lawsuits claiming the company misclassified package drivers as independent contractors strikes a serious blow to attempts to have the workers labeled

United Parcel Service is targeting small and medium-sized European acquisitions rather than big ticket deals, the U.S. parcel delivery firm's chief financial officer said.

DHL launched two direct routes from Paris and Frankfurt to its U.S. hub in Cincinnati in a major expansion of its trans-Atlantic express services.

Moving to shore up security after this fall's failed bombing attempt in the Middle East, UPS said Tuesday it will require customers using retail outlets around the world to show a government-issued ID

TNT said Thursday it plans to sell its air express business, completing the breakup of one of the world’s largest transportation companies in a move that could shake up the competition in the ve

The Federal Aviation Administration is asking for $838,250 in civil penalties from two shippers and an aviation maintenance company for violating aircraft hazardous cargo and safety rules.

India’s Union Ministry of Environment gave the state authority final clearance to build the long-awaited Navi Mumbai airport project, about 20 kilometers from the city.

Deutsche Post said it will target investment at its DHL express and logistics business in the next five years as its mail unit faces stagnant earnings.

Air cargo trucker Towne Air Freight acquired HBI Freight, one of the largest full-service air cargo and home delivery trucking companies on the eastern seaboard.

UPS and FedEx, the two biggest U.S.-based express carriers, announced what they expect to be the busiest shipping days of the holiday season.

Deutsche Post DHL swung to profit in the third quarter after a year earlier loss. The change was driven by surging ocean and air cargo volumes and “extraordinarily high” freight rates.

TNT, the Dutch postal and express group, Nov. 8 rebuffed an ultimatum it dubbed irresponsible by labor unions for cuts in planned layoffs.

DHL Express is ready to grow again after a radical restructuring prompted by its exit from the U.S. domestic market, the head of the Deutsche Post subsidiary said.

A pound of pentaerythritol tetranitrate — PETN — isn’t enough to bring down a target the size of the World Trade Center, but it’s plenty to blow a plane out of the sky.

The JOC Week in Review for November 5 gives you the highlights of top news stories from this week, and also a preview of the Nov. 8 edition of the Journal of Commerce.

The UK's Royal Mail reported first half profit slumped 72 percent from a year ago as losses at its core domestic mail unit outweighed improved earnings at its European logistics and international parc

FedEx will buy India package and freight delivery specialist AFL and its affiliate company Unifreight India, sharply stepping up the company’s investment in one of the world’s fastest growing economie

The U.S. Postal Service announced a 3.6 percent overall price increase for all shipping services starting in January.

UPS announced a 4.9 percent rate hike in January for domestic ground packages and air express shipments in the U.S., the company said Monday.

The UK banned unaccompanied freight from Somalia, extending after Nov.

TNT, the Dutch global express and postal group, reported third quarter earnings fell 24 percent from a year ago on lower mail earnings, higher costs and pricing pressures.

The U.S. Postal Service suspended service for mail coming out of Yemen this weekend as new details emerged about the movement of explosives in packages bound for the United States.

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U.S. Postmaster General John E.

Stronger global demand and daily shipping volume helped UPS boost its profit margin to 8.1 percent from 4.9 percent in the third quarter a year ago.

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UPS expects to hire about 50,000 temporary workers for the holiday shipping season, about the same number the parcel carrier brought on last year, company officials said Friday.