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UPS has set a new goal to cut its carbon emissions by 20% after reaching its 2016 three years early. The express logistics firm had aimed to reduce its air and ground fleet's carbon output by 10% by 2016.
UPS describes its current 3,647 alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles worldwide as a "rolling laboratory" to test, optimize and deploy new-generation vehicles. In 2013, it ramped up use of cleaner-burning natural ...
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The Unite trade union is comparing parcels carrier UPS to a Victorian mill owner as it stepped up a ten month campaign to highlight the ‘impossible workloads’ faced by employees. The union has started an intensive leafleting campaign at UPS London depots in late January with demonstrations at Camden, the ...
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UPS is offering a full container load (FCL) rail service from China to Europe It is available from Chengdu to Lodz, Poland, and from Zhengzhou to Hamburg, Germany. UPS says the service is up to 50% than ocean freight and 70% cheaper than air freight, with UPS technology providing end-to-end ...
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Unite says that the nine month dispute at UPS Parcels in central London has flared up again with the union accusing the company of victimising two of its reps. It has been involved in the dispute at Camden, the biggest UPS depot in Europe, over unreasonable workloads and alleged bullying ...
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UPS has named David Abney, currently the company’s chief operating officer, as its new chief executive officer. Scott Davis, who has served as the company’s chairman and CEO since 2008, will retire from UPS and will become non-executive chairman. Both moves are effective on 1 September. Abney (pictured below) is ...
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UPS is launching a Proactive Response Secure product in key European markets to combat product spoilage and protect revenue for high-value, time- and temperature-sensitive shipments. The new service helps critical shipments reach their destinations even if unexpected events occur and covers potential losses if products are damaged or spoiled.
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UPS has completed the purchase of UK-based temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical specialist Polar Speed. It specialises in active temperature-controlled deliveries to hospitals, pharmacies, wholesalers, surgery centres and even direct to patients. It operates a fleet of 118 actively monitored temperature-controlled vehicles for transporting both 2-8°C refrigerated and 15-25°C products in accordance with ...
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Staff at UPS Parcels Camden depot in north London have called off their strike scheduled for Friday 20 December, after it was agreed that the conciliation service Acas would broker talks in the New Year over workloads and alleged bullying. A sacked steward for the Unite union has also been ...
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Staff at UPS Parcels' Camden, Northl London depot staged another strike today ( Friday, 20 December) – in a dispute over workloads and alleged bullying.
It follows the sacking of a Unite shop steward. The Unite Union said: “The steward was sacked after his van was broken into and the company ...
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Agility, Maersk, TNT Express, and UPS - the four companies that make up the Logistics Emergency Teams (LETs) to humanitarian relief efforts during natural disasters - are offering vital warehousing, transport, and logistics support in the current emergency in the Central Philippines. Described as the first multi-company commitment to the ...
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