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UPS® (NYSE:UPS), a leading global logistics provider and advocate for global trade, applauds the Global Express Association for commissioning an economic study, “Express Delivery and Trade Facilitation: Impacts on the Global Economy,” and the work of Frontier Economics to show the strong correlation between increases in trade and the evolution of express delivery supply chains.
The Elkhart-based UPS truck was driven by Marvin Reinholtz, 38 of Osceola, Ind., who was “found outside partially pinned under the front right tire of his own tractor and the rear left tire of the Kenworth,” ISP said.
Reinholtz was pronounced dead at the scene by the Lake County coroner’s office. The coroner’s office determined his cause of death was blunt force trauma from a motor vehicle accident.
e wall and struck a disabled 2006 International semi owned by UPS, also pulling pulling double trailers, ISP said.
Service guarantees door-to-door delivery in as few as 1-3 days
UPS® (NYSE:UPS) today announced the expansion of its UPS Worldwide Express Freight™ service in 12 new origin and nine new destination countries for urgent, time-sensitive and high-value international heavyweight shipments. UPS now offers the guaranteed service – perfect for product launches, inventory shortages or equipment failure replacement parts – to 50 origin and 51 destination countries and territories.
With a record number of consumers shopping online for the holidays, post-holiday returns and exchanges will keep UPS (NYSE: UPS) busy right through the new year. UPS National Returns Day is Jan. 6, 2015, when the company expects consumers will ship more than 800,000 packages back to retailers and merchants. By the end of the first full week in January, UPS anticipates transporting 4 million return packages in the United States.
A white Christmas wasn’t in the cards for most of the U.S., but that bodes well for package delivery. So does the fact that both Federal Express and UPS say they’ve refined their systems to help prevent missing packages.
UPS reported things were “running smoothly” on Christmas Eve day and “we continue to deliver strong volume,” spokeswoman Andy McGowan said in an email.
“Our drivers are delivering throughout the day today and we will make every attempt to deliver all packages in time for Christmas,” added McGowan. “We have worked closely with our customers to meet their needs while ensuring that our network provides reliable delivery service.”
But mishaps still happen.