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‘A Lot Like Uber’: UPS To Test Drones For Deliveries In Africa – AFK Insider

United Parcel Service, the world’s largest package delivery company, has partnered with two other companies to test drones for delivering blood transfusions and vaccines in remote parts of Rwanda.

If all goes well, ordering drone delivery could work a lot like ordering an Uber, one of the partners said.

Through its UPS Foundation, UPS has committed $800,000 to the project with Zipline, a California robotics company; and Gavi, a Switzerland-based group that works to bring vaccines to children in poor countries, CourierJournal reported.

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UPS My Choice Service Enables Users To Track Location Of Their Delivery On Live Map

Follow My Delivery enhancement gives customers more visibility

UPS today announced the launch of Follow My Delivery, a new enhancement to the UPS My Choice® service that offers unprecedented flexibility, convenience and visibility on the day of delivery. More than 22 million UPS My Choice members in the U.S. utilizing their mobile devices or computers can now monitor the progress of their most urgent UPS® Air and UPS Worldwide Express® packages on a live map. The new Follow My Delivery map feature enables delivery recipients to see a detailed view of where their package is located when it’s out for delivery. UPS plans to expand the Follow My Delivery feature to more services in the future.

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UPS Expands Operations At San Antonio Facility

Expansion project will double the building’s package processing capacity. UPS will add alternative fuel vehicles and a CNG fueling station.

UPS today announced the expansion of its building in San Antonio. The expanded ground sorting facility will be retrofitted with automated sorting systems and have twice the package processing capacity. The additional capacity is necessitated by area business growth and increasing customer needs in south Texas.

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UPS Creates Global Partnership with Zipline and Gavi to Transform Delivery of Humanitarian Aid and Life-Saving Vaccines with Drones

Rwanda Drone Network is Potential Model for Other Countries

The UPS Foundation (NYSE: UPS) today announced a partnership with Zipline, a California­-based robotics company, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to explore using drones to transform the way life-saving medicines like blood and vaccines are delivered across the world.

All too often, critical health products spoil or fail to reach the individuals who urgently need them. This public-private partnership combines a century of global logistics expertise, cold chain and healthcare delivery from UPS with Zipline’s national drone delivery network and Gavi’s experience in developing countries focused on saving lives and protecting health in the most remote places of the world.

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Former Trail Blazer No. 1 overall NBA Draft pick turned UPS driver is at peace – Oregon Live

On going to work for UPS after his basketball career:

“I did very well with the interview process… I drove the package car… I drove the package car for six months, I kept getting promoted, promoted, and promoted, I’m at the top of my game now. In fact, I’ve been here 29 years. Today is my anniversary today… a lot of my co-workers here say, ‘You’re seven feet tall, did you ever play basketball?’ I say, ‘Yes, you can Google me…'”