Category: UPS News

A woman who is recovering after a crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike left her car stuck under the belly of an 18-wheeler Monday afternoon admits she was shocked she and her mother were still alive moments after the accident.

Moening, 55, was driving her Mazda Miata south of Lansdale and north of Blue Bell near mile marker 25 of the Turnpike around 2:30 p.m. Monday. Her mother, 78-year-old Nahlin Duka, was on the passenger side. As they were driving, a UPS truck was merging from the middle lane to the right lane. Officials say the truck driver didn’t see the Miata and the two vehicles collided. The crash caused the car to get stuck under the belly of the 18-wheeler.

All told, this was a positive report for UPS, and also for FedEx. Dim weight pricing appears to be working, and it may help UPS deal better with peak demand. The strength of B2B e-commerce growth augers well for margin in the future; again, this is good for both companies. Although if Abney is right, FedEx’s bid for TNT Express might not go as smoothly as many think.

All told, despite the significant changes in end demand since the recession, UPS productivity has held up quite well on an underlying basis. That’s the good news. However, using adjusted figures can be misleading if it turns out there’s a structural problem with UPS’s network that will cause recurring difficulties in dealing with peak demand during the holiday period.

Meanwhile, international package productivity is somewhat subject to developments in global trade policies. On balance, provided UPS demonstrates it can successfully deal with peak demand, the changing environment doesn’t seem to have had a major impact on its ROA.

Township Police were summoned to the United Parcel Service terminal on Karago Avenue Monday after an employee allegedly threatened the lives of fellow workers.

The UPS manager told officers that as an employee was clocking out she began shouting, “I will come back and kill you all.”

Before leaving, she then allegedly told one of the workers present which of her fellow employees would be safe.