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FedEx Freight Canada’s new service center for the Vancouver area.
 
17 May 2013
FedEx Freight Canada, a subsidiary of FedEx, has held an opening ceremony for its new service center for the Vancouver, British Columbia, area.
 
17 May 2013
FedEx Trade Networks has broken ground at its future residence, the Riverview Solar Technology Park in Tonawanda, N.Y.
 
14 May 2013
Deutsche Post DHL’s profit edged 2.9 percent higher in the first quarter as strong growth in its international express and a boom in German parcel deliveries offset the impact of a weak European economy.
Bouquet of flowers
 
10 May 2013
With Mother’s Day just a few days away, logistics companies are ramping up operations to prepare for extra holiday-related shipments...
 
08 May 2013
Nippon Express Co., Japan’s largest international freight forwarder, said on May 8 that its net profit sank 11.6 percent year-over-year in fiscal 2012, which ended on March 31, to 23.831 billion yen ($240.72 million) on a consolidated basis.
TNT truck
 
29 Apr 2013
TNT Express’s first quarter revenue shrank 4.5 percent to 1.67 billion euros ($2.2 billion) as the Dutch parcel delivery company scaled back international operations to focus on its core European market in the wake of a collapsed takeover bid by its larger U.S. rival United Parcel Service.
 
25 Apr 2013
Freight transportation leaders' testimony at a newly formed House panel suggests the federal government is moving forward on a national freight infrastructure strategy, even if it lacks the will to fully implement it.
 
24 Apr 2013
FedEx Express has entered into a new express air transportation contract with the U.S. Postal Service.
 
12 Apr 2013
By the end of April, DHL Express
 
08 Apr 2013
United Parcel Service is appealing the European Union’s decision to block its planned 5.2 billion euro ($6.8  billion) ta