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FedEx’s Binks bows out

FedEx Express Europe president and TNT chief executive, David Binks (left), is to retire in June. He will be succeed by senior vice president of finance – international, Bert Nappier (right). Binks, who started with FedEx in 1983, rose through the ranks, leading FedEx Express teams in Europe, the Middle East and Canada. Most recently, he was instrumental in the completion of the company’s acquisition of TNT. Nappier joined FedEx in 2005 ... [+]

FedEx reorganises and rebrands

FedEx is to realign its specialist logistics and e-commerce solutions under its FedEx Trade Networks banner, from March. It includes the FedEx Custom Critical,  Cross Border, Supply Chain and Trade Networks Transport & Brokerage brands. It will also set up a new company, FedEx Forward Depots, responsibile for critical inventory ... [+]

FedEx opens Shanghai hub

FedEx Express has officially opened its new Shanghai International Express and Cargo Hub located at Pudong International Airport. The 134,000sq m  facility includes a dedicated customer care centre as well as cold chain facilities, and is capable of processing up to 36,000 packages and documents per hour. [+]

FedEx to buy up to 50 feeder planes

FedEx has signed a deal to buy 30 ATR 72-600F for its feeder operations, with options for a further 20 planes. Delivery of the first aircraft is expected in 2020, with subsequent deliveries of about six aircraft per year over a five-year period. They feature a forward large cargo door ... [+]

FedEx counts the cost of TNT virus attack

FedEx said that the NotPetya cyber attack that hit its newly acuired TNT Express arm had hit its sales by about $300 million in the past three months. However, all TNT’s main systems were now working again, although parcels  volumes have been reduced, it said. Parcel broker Fastlane International’s head of ... [+]

FedEx pledges hurricane support

FedEx has committed $1 million in cash and transportation support to deliver critical medical aid and supplies in the wake of Hurricane Irma- in addition to the $1 million pledged after Hurricane Harvey. FedEx is helping the American Red Cross, Direct Relief, International Medical Corps, Heart to Heart International, Salvation ... [+]

Small firms ‘left in the dark’ over TNT cyber attack

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) said in July that it still had “serious concerns” about the TNT NotPetya attack and is effect on its members. It said that while the attack occurred four weeks ago some small firms remain in the dark over when and if they can expect their ... [+]

FedEx counts the cost of TNT cyber-attack

FedEx revealed further information on the cyber attack that hit its newly acquired TNT subsidiary in June in its annual Form 10-K report for fiscal year 2017 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. It said that the worldwide operations of TNT were significantly affected by Petya virus which was ... [+]

FedEx pitches in

As a global logistics firm, FedEx Express gets asked to deliver allmanner of things, but a complete football pitch must be among the biggest and most unusual items. The express transportation firm shipped a complete ‘Pitch in a Box’, an enclosed, artificial-turf football field complete with metal railings and goals in ... [+]

Malware hits Fedex systems, others unscathed – updated

Malware hits Fedex systems FedEx has confirmed that some of its IT systems have been hit by the malware attack that has disrupted companies and organisations around the world, including the National Health Service in the UK. In most cases, the malware has targeted companies with older Microsoft operating systems such as ... [+]

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