Category: UPS News

The Atlanta unit of United Parcel Service Inc., Coyote Logistics, revealed plans to develop a 48,000-square-foot operations center in Atlanta. The project will lead to the creation of 325 professional jobs, including full-time sales and customer service positions.

The location, 255 Ottley Drive within Armour Yards, will allow the UPS subsidiary to benefit from the area’s expansive transportation infrastructure and well-connected business community. The Armour Yards office will accommodate the firm’s information technology, customer service and sales employees.

No major injuries were reported when a tractor trailer truck crashed on the F.E. Everett Turnpike in Nashua Wednesday night.

Police and firefighters responded to the area between exits 5 and 6 southbound about 10:27 p.m. Rescuers found a United Parcel Service 18-wheeler off of the highway.

Nashua Fire Rescue Deputy Chief George Walker said Thursday the driver was out of the rig when firefighters arrived. He was transported to St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua with unknown injuries.

A UPS driver delivering packages Monday likely saved a man’s life following a serious crash in Jefferson County.

Coy Danner was headed west on County Line Road near 4500 East around 4 p.m. when he says he saw the tail end of a pickup truck suddenly swing around.

“As drivers, we’re always looking for kids and dogs in the road, but I’ve never seen anything like this,” Danner tells EastIdahoNews.com. “The water shot up, and all of a sudden that truck was gone, and there was water splashing up.”

A United Parcel Service driver attempted to cross a private bridge that collapsed under the truck’s weight at 1:41 p.m., according to the sheriff’s office.

The single-lane bridge has a metal truss system and wood decking.

The Catlett Volunteer Fire and Rescue Co. responded to the accident, which produced no injury.

Santa’s helper
Amazon.com owns the online shopping world at Christmas. Last year, it accounted for 44% of all the e-commerce sales made during the last two weeks of the holidays, and 38% of total Christmas sales. It already accounts for half of all e-commerce sales made, holiday or otherwise, and analysts say it could soon drive as much as 80% of all online sales.

Holiday e-commerce sales hit record levels last year, with so-called Cyber Monday sales surging 12% from the year-ago period to hit $3.45 billion, blowing past analyst expectations of just $3.36 billion. Adobe Digital Insights notes it was the first time ever online sales exceeded $3 billion for the day, “and the first day ever to drive over $1 billion in mobile revenue.”

The second-day air surcharge of $0.97 per piece that UPS is imposing — the highest of the surcharges — seems specifically targeted at Amazon because of its Prime membership program and its two-day delivery guarantee. Yet, because of Amazon’s size and scope, it has the financial wherewithal to absorb the fee increases, whereas small and medium-sized businesses trying to compete with the e-commerce king do not.