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UPS CEO ‘Relieved’ at Updated North American Trade Deal – Global Atlanta

United Parcel Service Inc. CEO David Abney is “relieved” that the U.S., Canada and Mexico have reached a deal to upgrade the rules of their trading relationship, potentially removing a cloud of uncertainty hanging over the global economy. 

“We’re very relieved; we went through a lot of anxiety,” Mr. Abney said during a luncheon discussion on “Rebooting Global Trade” hosted by the World Affairs Council of Atlanta. 

Trade is the lifeblood of the Atlanta-based package giant’s international business; UPS is estimated to carry up to 3 percent of global GDP by value, with 450,000 employees all over the world delivering 20 million packages per day. 

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UPS safety relay chooses Newark as a hand off site for baton traveling the U.S. – Newark Advocate

A baton is traveling the nation in the name of safety for UPS delivery centers and has made a stop in Newark, Ohio. Each week, the baton is shipped to a new center and on Monday, Oct. 1, it arrived at the Newark UPS center.

Josh Mason, Newark UPS safety chair and coordinator for the Newark safety relay, said “It was quite surprising and an honor to be chosen,” he said. “We’re such a small center and we were chosen among other big centers like Texas, California, and Florida. They were looking to feature a center in Ohio and other centers in Columbus and Cleveland also volunteered but we were chosen.”

The relay’s goal is to promote zero injuries and accidents. In Newark, they honored their workers with a breakfast for those in the circle of honor — employees that have promoted safety for more than 20 years.

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The drones are coming – Fleet Owner

Unmanned aircraft can help with package deliveries, yard and depot surveillance, traffic management, and more. How are drones being used and tested today, and what does it mean for delivery drivers?

While testing remains in the early stages, this past summer the company received a patent for product-distribution warehouses that float in the sky and are carried and held aloft by blimps. It is part of Amazon’s plan to move toward more drone deliveries from ground-based shipments.

The floating warehouses, or aerial fulfillment centers (AFCs), “may be positioned at an altitude above a metropolitan area and be designed to maintain an inventory of items that may be purchased by a user and delivered to the user by a UAV that is deployed from the AFC,” the patent document said.

Elsewhere, UPS in early 2017 made a successful delivery by drone in partnership with Workhorse, an Ohio manufacturer of the unmanned aircraft as well as electric and hybrid electric vans and pickups.

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UPS’s New Atlanta Super Hub Showcases Next Generation Operating Facility

  • Strategically located 1.2 Million square-foot regional sortation and distribution center the second largest in UPS U.S. network; will sort 100,000 pieces per hour
  • New operation streamlines processing and expands capacity for rapidly growing package volume throughout the Southeast U.S.
  • Advanced scanning and sortation technology integrate with data-driven tools to increase efficiency and service reliability
  • Area business and retail customers gain speed to market from UPS connectivity to regional transportation infrastructure
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Before Black Friday, UPS To Hold Nationwide ‘UPS Brown Friday’ Hiring Events

  • One-day hiring blitz on October 19 part of UPS’s larger effort to hire about 100,000 seasonal employees
  •  Nearly 170 job fairs across the country; anticipate signing up nearly 40,000 in one day

UPS (NYSE: UPS) announced today that it expects to sign-up nearly 40,000 seasonal employees this Friday, in a one-day hiring blitz it’s calling ‘UPS Brown Friday’.