UPS launches Google mobile Application

It was only a matter of time that UPS as well as the other large integrators publicized their mobile applications in an effort to make it easier for decision makers and support staff to use their systems.

"The App is the latest in a suite of mobile applications UPS has developed for shipping decision-makers such as small business owners and on-the-go professionals like salespeople and repair people. The Android App joins other UPS Mobile applications for the iPhone and BlackBerry - all of which are also targeted to consignees who benefit from the ability to quickly track shipments."

The new App enables Android users to track shipments, create shipments using the My UPS address book, calculate shipping rates and time-in-transit and then find the nearest UPS location.

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UPS Builds Logistics hub at Calgary

The new distribution centre for UPS was built at Calgary Airport and is part of the YYC Logistics Park infrastructure just recently announced. The official opening was on Feb 22, 2010 and the 150,000-square-foot distribution facility will house 157 trucks for ground transportation as well as serve as a staging ground for aircraft. Read more.....

UPS prepares for the London 2012 Olympic Games

Excerpt from the UPS website on their preparations for London 2012.

"Tonight, the world celebrates the start of the Vancouver Olympic Games. For the UPS team assisting with the London Olympics, it is a milestone on the journey to the 2012 Summer Games. Organizing an Olympic Games is the single biggest peacetime logistical event in the world, followed just two weeks later by the second biggest – the Paralympic Games." Read more......

Fedex Trade Networks expands Forwarding Services in UK, Europe and India

It appears that Fedex Trade networks is gearing up to participate in the European and UK Freight forwarding industry. Although part of the Fedex Group, this division is not at all involved in the express side and handles traditional consultative freight forwarding for air, sea and road shipments requiring customized logistics solutions.
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DHL Deutsche Post at the forefront of Green Policy

DHL won the German Sustainability Award in November 2009 in recognition of the company's Go Green policy assuming economic, ecologic and social responsibility. The focus is to improve the companies CO₂ efficiency by 30 percent by 2020, reducing the CO₂ emissions for every letter and parcel sent, every tonne of cargo transported, and for every square meter of warehouse space used.

In addition, their contribution on disaster relief logistics was acknowledged. In light of the Haiti earthquake, DHL's disaster program gave them an additional boost as a leading logistics provider in tune with the times.

The GoGreen website is useful and it contains some tools to measure carbon footprint, air versus ocean from /to selected places, however this seems to be more for display than an online tools for companies.