The nations involved in the expansion are Algeria, Argentina, Chile, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Malta, Pakistan, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Africa, Ukraine and UAE.
DHL still expects UPS deal - wnewsj
Although both DHL and United Parcel Service (UPS) had hoped to reach a deal before the new year, there’s no cause to draw a conclusion from the fact the hoped-for time frame has elapsed, a DHL spokesman said Monday.
“We continue to talk to them. We expect to be able to reach an agreement,” said Jonathan Baker, director of corporate communications for the U.S. unit of DHL Express Global.
Snow's gone, but some delivery complaints remain - Seattle PI
Late December's big snow is gone, but the package-delivery problems it caused continue to provoke comment -- including hurrahs for the U.S. Postal Service, disclosures by a UPS truck driver about the service's troubles, and yes, complaints that packages still haven't come.
A UPS driver, who asked not to be named for fear of retribution, said Monday that the company's problems were caused by "poor planning that set the company up to fail this season. I am still apologizing to my customers."
UPS, Merck Enter US Distribution Pact For Drugs, Vaccines - Smart Money
United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) said Tuesday it has entered a pact to manage most of Merck & Co.'s (MRK) U.S. distribution of pharmaceuticals and vaccines and to provide package transportation services for the company.
Through its unit UPS Supply Chain Solutions, UPS has taken control of two Merck distribution centers, which provide the drug maker with temperature-controlled storage, packaging and transportation services. Most of Merck's U.S. vaccines and pharmaceuticals go through the two centers, located in Atlanta and Reno, Nev.
UPS head of US packcage operations retiring - Forbes
The head of UPS Inc.'s U.S. package operations is retiring and will be replaced by a company executive who oversees regional operations in Canada and all of Latin America, the world's largest shipping carrier said Tuesday.
Jim Winestock, who has been with the Atlanta-based company 40 years, will retire in February. The 57-year-old will be replaced as the senior vice president of U.S. operations by Myron Gray.
While receiving a positive response for the post from Mr. Michael French of UPS, he went on to correct me and wrote "I wanted to make sure that you are aware that no layoffs have been announced, and that makes the statement in your blog about a layoff of 10 percent of our drivers inaccurate."
I questioned my carrier in more detail and he did in fact confirm that there was no formal layoff announced, only that there were discussions locally about cutting back the forces and he was cavalier in saying it might be as much as 10%. Given the opportunity to recant he speculated the layoffs might be 3% to 4% and the exact number has not been determined.
