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Wednesday’s ice storm isn’t slowing down UPS.
Louisville-based UPS Worldport is responsible for thousands of coronavirus vaccine shipments every day. There are trackers in each shipment so crews can monitor delivery routes to make sure vaccines get to their final destinations on time.
Despite the winter weather, a spokesperson said UPS remains at 99% on vaccine deliveries.
UPS employees and a union leader are calling for more security after more than a dozen vehicles belonging to employees at the Memphis International Airport were broken into this week.
In the parking lot of the UPS facility at the Memphis International airport, employees tell us they’ve been targeted time after time.
“They’ve been hit pretty rough,” said James E. Jones, president of Teamsters Local 667-Memphis.
We confirmed thieves hit 13 cars this week, nine of those in the UPS parking lot. But we dug deeper and discovered these break-ins are just the latest in a rash plaguing the property.
There seem to be two primary drivers at UPS these days.
The Covid-19 pandemic.
And a new CEO.
Both came on the scene at about the same time last year.
In March, the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus a global pandemic.
That same month the United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE: UPS) board of directors announced Carol Tomé would be the company’s next CEO effective June 1.
UPS Healthcare announced today an investment and further expansion of its capabilities in cell and gene services via Marken, a UPS company. UPS Healthcare is adding eight centers of excellence to support Marken’s global network of cell and gene services, bringing the total to 14 certified sites. The expanded network will support Marken’s well-established services including cryogenic transport services, patient data protection, superior temperature monitoring technology and real-time GPS tracking.
As an important part of UPS Healthcare’s offerings, Marken’s worldwide network includes 56 certified locations to handle the sensitive shipments required during the clinical development of cell and gene therapies. The eight new locations – New York, Miami, Amsterdam, Paris, Melbourne, Sidney, Tokyo and Seoul – strengthen Marken’s global Center of Excellence network, which already includes centers in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia, London, Frankfurt and Singapore.
A 23-year-old UPS employee is dead after he was shot while delivering packages in Raleigh, North Carolina Wednesday.
One witness said he heard at least seven shots. Dylan Scott Wall was shot and taken to a hospital for treatment, police said, but died as a result of his injuries.
SWAT team members surrounded a house near the scene of the shooting and after a brief standoff arrested Stephen Joseph Bynem, 30.