Category: UPS News

Earlier this month, international shipping provider UPS announced its continued support of Global Volunteer Month, calling on its employees to reach out to UPS community relations managers and its business resource groups to give their time to local volunteer and charity efforts.

The initiative started as a weeklong celebration of volunteerism by the Nixon administration in 1974 and was extended into Global Volunteer Month in 1991 when President George H.W. Bush launched his 1000 Points of Light campaign.

According to Points of Light, 87% of people would like to make time for volunteer opportunities, 44% of people are unsure of how or where to volunteer.

To make volunteerism easy for its U.S. employees, UPS recently released its Community Connections platform for employees to search for available volunteer opportunities.

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UPS Healthcare is expanding its cold chain capabilities in Hungary to support distribution throughout Central & Eastern Europe

As part of its global expansion strategy, UPS Healthcare has recently completed several significant investments in Hungary to offer customers faster shipping times and greater flexibility as they look to grow their businesses in existing and new markets.

These investments include the addition of 13,000m2 of state-of-the-art warehousing space to its hub near Budapest. Housing multiple validated temperature-controlled environments for a variety of temperature-sensitive medicines and biologics, this expansion means that UPS Healthcare’s campus has 37,000m2 of dedicated Healthcare space in the country.

The additional warehouse space is complemented by a growing fleet of temperature-controlled vehicles which serve 32 countries in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the launch of UPS Premier, a new service that prioritizes and tracks critical shipments to within 3 meters of their location anywhere in UPS’s global network.

A New Bedford company could come to the rescue of UPS, which missed last fall’s deadline for Steamship Authority truck reservations to Nantucket, losing out on dozens of ferry spaces it normally books to transport packages to the island.

41 North Offshore LLC is seeking a license from the SSA to make up to 70 freight runs to the island between mid-May and mid-October, with each barge carrying three tractor-trailers. UPS has already contacted the company about transporting its trucks, according to the 41 North license application to the Steamship Authority.

In order to accommodate UPS’ lack of reservations, the boat line is offering the shipper the remaining available space on its Nantucket ferries, and prioritizing UPS trucks on its wait-lists, SSA general manager Bob Davis said late last month.

See it, buy it, when do I get it?

We’re all familiar with consumers’ need for speedy delivery, as companies like DoorDash Inc., Uber Technologies Inc., Gorillas Technologies GmbH and others vie to ship items to customers in record time. (For many, it’s still a money-losing venture.)

But new research shows shoppers are looking for something else in their delivery options: a more customized experience.

Nearly 70% of consumers are willing to pay for services that would provide enhanced personalization, according to a report from UPS Capital. These services include allowing shoppers to dictate arrival timelines, track packages in real-time, purchase insurance to ensure packages arrive safely and more. They’re also worried about missing and damaged packages, and they’re seeking more control and choices when it comes to the post-purchase experience.