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FedEx flies orphan bears to Oakland

They may feature on the California flag but grizzly bears are few and far between in most of the US these days. They are however a little more plentiful in Alaska and two grizzly and two brown bear cubs recently made their way from Anchorage to Oakland aboard a FedEx Express aircraft. The orphaned cubs, all one-year-old boys, came from mothers who were deemed public threats by the Alaska Department of ... [+]

FedEx forwarding chief to retire

FedEx Freight president and chief executive Michael Ducker will retire on 15 August. Ducker took the helm at forwarding arm of the global express logistics giant in 2014 after spending close to 40 years at FedEx Express. His successor will be named later. [+]

UPS to sue Brussels for billions over failed TNT deal

UPS said on 26 February that it plans to sue the European Commission over its blocking of its planned takeover of Dutch-headquartered operator TNT five years ago. It follows the General Court of the European Union annulation of the Commission regulators’ decision last year on the grounds that they had used ... [+]

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 ... [+]

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 ... [+]

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