Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Free
Faster access than browser!
 

United Parcel Service

Index United Parcel Service

United Parcel Service (UPS) is an American multinational package delivery and supply chain management company. [1]

146 relations: Airborne Express, Airline alliance, Alaska, All Nippon Airways, Atlanta, Atlanta metropolitan area, Battery electric vehicle, Beatty, Nevada, Big Brown, Brussels, Burlington, Ontario, Cab over, Canada, Canada Post, Carbon offset, Cargo, Chicago, Choice Logistics, Cologne, Common carrier, Compressed natural gas, Contiguous United States, Corvallis, Oregon, Courier, Daimler Trucks North America, Dale Jarrett, Dartford, David Abney, Deutsche Post, DHL Express, Dodge Caravan, Dow Jones Transportation Average, Dubai, Dubai International Airport, Eastern United States, Eugene, Oregon, European Commission, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Trade Commission, FedEx, FedEx Ground, FF Dax, FontShop International, Forbes, Ford L-Series, Ford Model T, Ford Transit Connect, Freight forwarder, Freightliner Argosy, Georgia (U.S. state), ..., Germany, Great Depression, Greenwich, Connecticut, Guangzhou, Hawaii, HistoryLink, Hybrid electric vehicle, India Post, Intermodal freight transport, International 9000, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, International ProStar, Interstate Commerce Commission, Jack Rogers (UPS), James E. Casey, Japan Post, Kent C. Nelson, Kentucky Derby, Kenworth, Less than truckload shipping, Logistics, Long combination vehicle, Los Angeles, Louisville International Airport, Louisville, Kentucky, LSO (company), LYNX Express, Mack Trucks, Mail, Mail Boxes Etc., MaxiCode, Medford, Oregon, Menlo Worldwide Logistics, Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, Mergers and acquisitions, Michael L. Eskew, Midwestern United States, Military mail, Modec, Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Morgan Olson, Multi-stop truck, Multinational corporation, National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Natural environment, Navistar International, NBC News, New York (state), Oakland, California, Online shopping, Ontario, OnTrac, Package delivery, Parcel post, Philadelphia, Portland, Oregon, Pound sterling, Preakness Stakes, Public company, Puerto Rico, Pullman (car or coach), Pullman Company, Purolator Inc., Reporting mark, Rockford, Illinois, Ron Carey (labor leader), Royal Mail, S&P 100, S&P 500 Index, Salem, Oregon, Sandy Springs, Georgia, Scott Davis (businessman), Seattle, Semi-trailer, Standard Carrier Alpha Code, Star Alliance, Supply chain, Supply chain management, TFI International, The UPS Store, Thomas Friedman, TNT Express, Tractor unit, Trailer skirt, United Parcel Service strike of 1997, United States, United States Environmental Protection Agency, United States Postal Service, UPS Airlines, UPS Capital, UPS Freight, Utilimaster Corporation, Vancouver, Washington, Washington (state), West Germany, White Motor Company. Expand index (96 more) »

Airborne Express

Airborne Express was an express delivery company and cargo airline.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Airborne Express · See more »

Airline alliance

An airline alliance is an aviation industry arrangement between two or more airlines agreeing to cooperate on a substantial level.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Airline alliance · See more »

Alaska

Alaska (Alax̂sxax̂) is a U.S. state located in the northwest extremity of North America.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Alaska · See more »

All Nippon Airways

, also known as or ANA, is the largest airline in Japan on the basis of fleet size.

New!!: United Parcel Service and All Nippon Airways · See more »

Atlanta

Atlanta is the capital city and most populous municipality of the state of Georgia in the United States.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Atlanta · See more »

Atlanta metropolitan area

Metro Atlanta, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as the Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, is the most populous metro area in the US state of Georgia and the ninth-largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the United States.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Atlanta metropolitan area · See more »

Battery electric vehicle

A battery electric vehicle (BEV), or all-electric vehicle is a type of electric vehicle (EV) that uses chemical energy stored in rechargeable battery packs.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Battery electric vehicle · See more »

Beatty, Nevada

Beatty (pronounced BAY-dee) is an unincorporated town along the Amargosa River in Nye County in the U.S. state of Nevada.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Beatty, Nevada · See more »

Big Brown

Big Brown (foaled April 10, 2005 in Kentucky) is a retired American hero Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2008 Kentucky Derby and 2008 Preakness Stakes. He suffered his only defeat in the Belmont Stakes, and was later named the champion three-year-old colt of 2008.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Big Brown · See more »

Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the de jure capital of Belgium.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Brussels · See more »

Burlington, Ontario

Burlington is a city in the Regional Municipality of Halton at the northwestern end of Lake Ontario.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Burlington, Ontario · See more »

Cab over

Cab-over, also known as cab over engine (COE), cab forward (U.S.), or forward control (UK), is a body style of truck, bus, or van that has a vertical front, "flat face" or a semi-hood, with the cab of the truck sitting above (or forward of) the front axle.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Cab over · See more »

Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Canada · See more »

Canada Post

Canada Post Corporation (Société Canadienne des Postes), known more simply as Canada Post (Postes Canada), is a Crown corporation which functions as the primary postal operator in Canada.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Canada Post · See more »

Carbon offset

A carbon offset is a reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide or greenhouse gases made in order to compensate for or to offset an emission made elsewhere.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Carbon offset · See more »

Cargo

In economics, cargo or freight are goods or produce being conveyed – generally for commercial gain – by water, air or land.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Cargo · See more »

Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Chicago · See more »

Choice Logistics

Choice Logistics is a company based in the United States, specializing in distributing service parts.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Choice Logistics · See more »

Cologne

Cologne (Köln,, Kölle) is the largest city in the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the fourth most populated city in Germany (after Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich).

New!!: United Parcel Service and Cologne · See more »

Common carrier

A common carrier in common law countries (corresponding to a public carrier in civil law systems,Encyclopædia Britannica CD 2000 "Civil-law public carrier" from "carriage of goods" usually called simply a carrier) is a person or company that transports goods or people for any person or company and that is responsible for any possible loss of the goods during transport.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Common carrier · See more »

Compressed natural gas

Compressed natural gas (CNG) (methane stored at high pressure) is a fuel which can be used in place of gasoline (petrol), Diesel fuel and propane/LPG.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Compressed natural gas · See more »

Contiguous United States

The contiguous United States or officially the conterminous United States consists of the 48 adjoining U.S. states plus Washington, D.C. on the continent of North America.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Contiguous United States · See more »

Corvallis, Oregon

Corvallis is a city in central western Oregon, United States.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Corvallis, Oregon · See more »

Courier

A courier is a company that delivers messages, packages, and mail.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Courier · See more »

Daimler Trucks North America

Daimler Trucks North America LLC, formerly Freightliner Corporation, is an automotive industry manufacturer of commercial vehicles headquartered in Portland, Oregon, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the German Daimler AG.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Daimler Trucks North America · See more »

Dale Jarrett

Dale Arnold Jarrett (born November 26, 1956) is a former American race car driver and current sports commentator known for winning the Daytona 500 three times (in 1993, 1996, and 2000) and winning the NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship in 1999.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Dale Jarrett · See more »

Dartford

Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Dartford · See more »

David Abney

David Abney (born c. 1956) is an American business executive.

New!!: United Parcel Service and David Abney · See more »

Deutsche Post

The Deutsche Post AG, operating under the trade name Deutsche Post DHL Group, is a German postal service and international courier service company, the world's largest.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Deutsche Post · See more »

DHL Express

DHL Express is a division of the German logistics company Deutsche Post DHL providing international courier, parcel, and express mail services.

New!!: United Parcel Service and DHL Express · See more »

Dodge Caravan

The Dodge Caravan is a minivan manufactured and marketed by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (and predecessor Chrysler companies) and marketed under the Dodge brand. Introduced for the 1984 model year, it is the longest-used nameplate currently in use by Chrysler. Introduced as the Dodge version of the Chrysler minivans alongside the Plymouth Voyager (and the later Chrysler Town & Country), the Dodge Caravan is currently in its fifth generation of production. Largely marketed in the United States and Canada, outside North America, the Dodge Caravan was marketed as the Chrysler Voyager. In North America, the Grand Caravan served as the basis for the Volkswagen Routan assembled by Chrysler. Since 1984, more than 11 million Chrysler minivans (including rebadged variants and export versions) have been sold worldwide. Since its 1983 introduction, the Dodge Caravan has been assembled at Windsor Assembly, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada; prior to 2010, Saint Louis Assembly (in Fenton, Missouri) was an additional source of production.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Dodge Caravan · See more »

Dow Jones Transportation Average

The Dow Jones Transportation Average (DJTA, also called the "Dow Jones Transports") is a U.S. stock market index from S&P Dow Jones Indices of the transportation sector, and is the most widely recognized gauge of the American transportation sector.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Dow Jones Transportation Average · See more »

Dubai

Dubai (دبي) is the largest and most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

New!!: United Parcel Service and Dubai · See more »

Dubai International Airport

Dubai International Airport (مطار دبي الدولي) is the primary international airport serving Dubai, United Arab Emirates and is the world's busiest airport by international passenger traffic.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Dubai International Airport · See more »

Eastern United States

The Eastern United States, commonly referred to as the American East or simply the East, is a region roughly coinciding with the boundaries of the United States established in the 1783 Treaty of Paris, which bounded the new country to the west along the Mississippi River.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Eastern United States · See more »

Eugene, Oregon

Eugene is a city of the Pacific Northwest in the U.S. state of Oregon.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Eugene, Oregon · See more »

European Commission

The European Commission (EC) is an institution of the European Union, responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the EU treaties and managing the day-to-day business of the EU.

New!!: United Parcel Service and European Commission · See more »

Federal Aviation Administration

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the United States is a national authority with powers to regulate all aspects of civil aviation.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Federal Aviation Administration · See more »

Federal Trade Commission

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is an independent agency of the United States government, established in 1914 by the Federal Trade Commission Act.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Federal Trade Commission · See more »

FedEx

FedEx Corporation is an American multinational courier delivery services company headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.

New!!: United Parcel Service and FedEx · See more »

FedEx Ground

FedEx Ground is a package shipping company that is a subsidiary of the FedEx Corporation.

New!!: United Parcel Service and FedEx Ground · See more »

FF Dax

FF Dax is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Hans Reichel, published by FontFont library.

New!!: United Parcel Service and FF Dax · See more »

FontShop International

FontShop International is an international manufacturer of digital typefaces (fonts), based in Berlin.

New!!: United Parcel Service and FontShop International · See more »

Forbes

Forbes is an American business magazine.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Forbes · See more »

Ford L-Series

The Ford L-Series (also named Ford Louisville or Ford Aeromax) is a range of heavy-duty trucks that were assembled and marketed by Ford between 1970 and 1998.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Ford L-Series · See more »

Ford Model T

The Ford Model T (colloquially known as the Tin Lizzie, Leaping Lena, or flivver) is an automobile produced by Ford Motor Company from October 1, 1908, to May 26, 1927.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Ford Model T · See more »

Ford Transit Connect

The Ford Transit Connect is a compact panel van developed by Ford Europe and derived from the Ford Focus.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Ford Transit Connect · See more »

Freight forwarder

A freight forwarder, forwarder, or forwarding agent, also known as a non-vessel operating common carrier (NVOCC), is a person or company that organizes shipments for individuals or corporations to get goods from the manufacturer or producer to a market, customer or final point of distribution.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Freight forwarder · See more »

Freightliner Argosy

The Freightliner Argosy is a heavy-duty semi-trailer truck produced by Daimler Trucks North America.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Freightliner Argosy · See more »

Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Georgia (U.S. state) · See more »

Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Germany · See more »

Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Great Depression · See more »

Greenwich, Connecticut

Greenwich is an affluent town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Greenwich, Connecticut · See more »

Guangzhou

Guangzhou, also known as Canton, is the capital and most populous city of the province of Guangdong.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Guangzhou · See more »

Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaii) is the 50th and most recent state to have joined the United States, having received statehood on August 21, 1959.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Hawaii · See more »

HistoryLink

HistoryLink is a website that is an encyclopedia of Washington State history.

New!!: United Parcel Service and HistoryLink · See more »

Hybrid electric vehicle

A hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) is a type of hybrid vehicle that combines a conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) system with an electric propulsion system (hybrid vehicle drivetrain).

New!!: United Parcel Service and Hybrid electric vehicle · See more »

India Post

The Department of Posts (DoP), trading as India Post, is a government-operated postal system in India.

New!!: United Parcel Service and India Post · See more »

Intermodal freight transport

Intermodal freight transport involves the transportation of freight in an intermodal container or vehicle, using multiple modes of transportation (e.g., rail, ship, and truck), without any handling of the freight itself when changing modes.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Intermodal freight transport · See more »

International 9000

The International® 9000 Series was a line of Class 8 semi-trailer trucks manufactured by International Trucks.

New!!: United Parcel Service and International 9000 · See more »

International Brotherhood of Teamsters

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) is a labor union in the United States and Canada.

New!!: United Parcel Service and International Brotherhood of Teamsters · See more »

International ProStar

The International ProStar was a Class 8 Commercial vehicle manufactured by International Trucks.

New!!: United Parcel Service and International ProStar · See more »

Interstate Commerce Commission

The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) was a regulatory agency in the United States created by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Interstate Commerce Commission · See more »

Jack Rogers (UPS)

John W. (Jack) Rogers is an American businessman who is the retired Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of United Parcel Service, a position he held from May 1984 to November 1989.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Jack Rogers (UPS) · See more »

James E. Casey

James E. Casey (March 29, 1888 – June 6, 1983), American businessman, was born in Pick Handle Gulch near Candelaria, Nevada.

New!!: United Parcel Service and James E. Casey · See more »

Japan Post

was a government-owned corporation in Japan that existed from 2003 to 2007, offering postal and package delivery services, banking services, and life insurance.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Japan Post · See more »

Kent C. Nelson

Kent C. (Oz) Nelson is an American businessman who is the retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of United Parcel Service, a position he held from November 1989 to December 1996.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Kent C. Nelson · See more »

Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby, is a horse race that is held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Kentucky Derby · See more »

Kenworth

Kenworth is an American and Australian manufacturer of medium and heavy-duty Class 8 trucks, with corporate office and engineering headquarters in the Seattle, Washington suburb of Kirkland.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Kenworth · See more »

Less than truckload shipping

Less than truckload shipping or less than load (LTL) is the transportation of relatively small freight.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Less than truckload shipping · See more »

Logistics

Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Logistics · See more »

Long combination vehicle

Long combination vehicles are combinations of multiple trailers on tractor trucks as compared to standard 5 axle semi trailer-trucks with one trailer.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Long combination vehicle · See more »

Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Los Angeles · See more »

Louisville International Airport

Louisville International Airport is a public and military use public airport centrally located in the city of Louisville in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Louisville International Airport · See more »

Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 29th most-populous city in the United States.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Louisville, Kentucky · See more »

LSO (company)

LSO, formerly Lone Star Overnight, is a regional shipping carrier that focuses on overnight delivery, utilizing both air and ground transportation, to every address in Texas, southeastern New Mexico and all major metro markets in Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama & Tennessee, plus the country of Mexico.

New!!: United Parcel Service and LSO (company) · See more »

LYNX Express

LYNX Express was a courier (parcel delivery) company operating principally in the United Kingdom.

New!!: United Parcel Service and LYNX Express · See more »

Mack Trucks

Mack Trucks, Inc., is an American truck–manufacturing company and a former manufacturer of buses and trolley buses.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Mack Trucks · See more »

Mail

The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards, letters, and parcels.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Mail · See more »

Mail Boxes Etc.

Mail Boxes Etc. (MBE) is one of the world´s largest networks of retail Centers offering pack and ship, logistics, communications and marketing services to business and private customers.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Mail Boxes Etc. · See more »

MaxiCode

MaxiCode is a public domain, machine-readable symbol system originally created and used by United Parcel Service.

New!!: United Parcel Service and MaxiCode · See more »

Medford, Oregon

Medford is a city in, and county seat of, Jackson County, Oregon, United States.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Medford, Oregon · See more »

Menlo Worldwide Logistics

Menlo Logistics is a global supply chain company operating in 20 countries on five continents.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Menlo Worldwide Logistics · See more »

Mercedes-Benz Sprinter

The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter is a light commercial vehicle (van) built by Daimler AG of Stuttgart, Germany as a van, chassis cab, minibus, and pickup truck.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter · See more »

Mergers and acquisitions

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are transactions in which the ownership of companies, other business organizations, or their operating units are transferred or consolidated with other entities.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Mergers and acquisitions · See more »

Michael L. Eskew

Michael L. Eskew is an American businessman who is the former chairman and chief executive officer of UPS from 2002 to 2007.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Michael L. Eskew · See more »

Midwestern United States

The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the American Midwest, Middle West, or simply the Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2").

New!!: United Parcel Service and Midwestern United States · See more »

Military mail

Military mail, as opposed to civilian mail, refers to the postal services provided by armed forces that allow serving members to send and receive mail.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Military mail · See more »

Modec

Modec was an electric vehicle manufacturer in Coventry, in the United Kingdom, specialising in Commercial vehicles in the N2 category.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Modec · See more »

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (often shortened to the Cup Series) is the top racing series of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR).

New!!: United Parcel Service and Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series · See more »

Morgan Olson

Morgan Olson is an American aluminum vehicle company that is the leading producer of aluminum walk-in vans.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Morgan Olson · See more »

Multi-stop truck

Multi-stop trucks (also known as walk-in delivery or step vans) are a type of light-duty and medium-duty truck created for local deliveries to residences and businesses.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Multi-stop truck · See more »

Multinational corporation

A multinational corporation (MNC) or worldwide enterprise is a corporate organization that owns or controls production of goods or services in at least one country other than its home country.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Multinational corporation · See more »

National Motor Freight Traffic Association

The National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) is a nonprofit membership organization headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.

New!!: United Parcel Service and National Motor Freight Traffic Association · See more »

Natural environment

The natural environment encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally, meaning in this case not artificial.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Natural environment · See more »

Navistar International

Navistar International Corporation (formerly International Harvester Company) is an American holding company, that owns the manufacturer of International brand commercial trucks, IC Bus school and commercial buses, Workhorse brand chassis for motor homes and step vans, and is a private label designer and manufacturer of diesel engines for the pickup truck, van, and SUV markets.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Navistar International · See more »

NBC News

NBC News is the news division of the American broadcast television network NBC, formerly known as the National Broadcasting Company when it was founded on radio.

New!!: United Parcel Service and NBC News · See more »

New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

New!!: United Parcel Service and New York (state) · See more »

Oakland, California

Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Oakland, California · See more »

Online shopping

Online shopping is a form of electronic commerce which allows consumers to directly buy goods or services from a seller over the Internet using a web browser.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Online shopping · See more »

Ontario

Ontario is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and is located in east-central Canada.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Ontario · See more »

OnTrac

OnTrac is a logistics company specializing in contracting regional shipping services in the Western United States.

New!!: United Parcel Service and OnTrac · See more »

Package delivery

Package delivery or parcel delivery is the delivery of shipping containers, parcels, or high value mail as single shipments.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Package delivery · See more »

Parcel post

Parcel post is a postal service for mail that is too heavy for normal letter post.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Parcel post · See more »

Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Philadelphia · See more »

Portland, Oregon

Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Multnomah County.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Portland, Oregon · See more »

Pound sterling

The pound sterling (symbol: £; ISO code: GBP), commonly known as the pound and less commonly referred to as Sterling, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the British Antarctic Territory, and Tristan da Cunha.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Pound sterling · See more »

Preakness Stakes

The Preakness Stakes is an American flat thoroughbred horse race held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Preakness Stakes · See more »

Public company

A public company, publicly traded company, publicly held company, publicly listed company, or public corporation is a corporation whose ownership is dispersed among the general public in many shares of stock which are freely traded on a stock exchange or in over the counter markets.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Public company · See more »

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico (Spanish for "Rich Port"), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, "Free Associated State of Puerto Rico") and briefly called Porto Rico, is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the northeast Caribbean Sea.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Puerto Rico · See more »

Pullman (car or coach)

In the United States, Pullman was used to refer to railroad sleeping cars which were built and operated on most U.S. railroads by the Pullman Company (founded by George Pullman) from 1867 to December 31, 1968.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Pullman (car or coach) · See more »

Pullman Company

The Pullman Car Company, founded by George Pullman, manufactured railroad cars in the mid-to-late 19th century through the first half of the 20th century, during the boom of railroads in the United States.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Pullman Company · See more »

Purolator Inc.

Purolator Inc. is a Canadian courier that is 91% owned by Canada Post, 7% owned by Barry Lapointe Holdings Ltd.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Purolator Inc. · See more »

Reporting mark

A reporting mark is an alphabetic code of one to four letters used to identify owners or lessees of rolling stock and other equipment used on certain railroad networks.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Reporting mark · See more »

Rockford, Illinois

Rockford is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois, the 171st most populous city in the United States, the largest city in Illinois outside the Chicago metropolitan area, and the city of the 148th most populous metropolitan area in the United States.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Rockford, Illinois · See more »

Ron Carey (labor leader)

Ronald Robert Carey (March 22, 1936 – December 11, 2008) was an American labor leader who served as president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 1991 to 1997.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Ron Carey (labor leader) · See more »

Royal Mail

Royal Mail plc (Post Brenhinol; a' Phuist Rìoghail) is a postal service and courier company in the United Kingdom, originally established in 1516.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Royal Mail · See more »

S&P 100

The S&P 100 Index is a stock market index of United States stocks maintained by Standard & Poor's.

New!!: United Parcel Service and S&P 100 · See more »

S&P 500 Index

The Standard & Poor's 500, often abbreviated as the S&P 500, or just the S&P, is an American stock market index based on the market capitalizations of 500 large companies having common stock listed on the NYSE or NASDAQ.

New!!: United Parcel Service and S&P 500 Index · See more »

Salem, Oregon

Salem is the capital of the U.S. state of Oregon, and the county seat of Marion County.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Salem, Oregon · See more »

Sandy Springs, Georgia

Sandy Springs is a city in northern Fulton County, Georgia, United States, and part of the Atlanta metropolitan area.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Sandy Springs, Georgia · See more »

Scott Davis (businessman)

D.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Scott Davis (businessman) · See more »

Seattle

Seattle is a seaport city on the west coast of the United States.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Seattle · See more »

Semi-trailer

A semi-trailer is a trailer without a front axle.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Semi-trailer · See more »

Standard Carrier Alpha Code

The Standard Carrier Alpha Code (SCAC) is a privately controlled US code used to identify road transport companies.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Standard Carrier Alpha Code · See more »

Star Alliance

Star Alliance is one of the world's largest global airline alliances.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Star Alliance · See more »

Supply chain

A supply chain is a system of organizations, people, activities, information, and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Supply chain · See more »

Supply chain management

In commerce, supply chain management (SCM), the management of the flow of goods and services, involves the movement and storage of raw materials, of work-in-process inventory, and of finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Supply chain management · See more »

TFI International

TFI International Inc. is a Canadian transport and logistics company based in Montreal, Quebec.

New!!: United Parcel Service and TFI International · See more »

The UPS Store

The UPS Store network is the world's largest franchisor of retail shipping, postal, printing and business service centers.

New!!: United Parcel Service and The UPS Store · See more »

Thomas Friedman

Thomas Loren Friedman (born July 20, 1953) is an American journalist and author.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Thomas Friedman · See more »

TNT Express

TNT Express is an international courier delivery services company, now a subsidiary of FedEx, with its headquarters in Hoofddorp, Netherlands.

New!!: United Parcel Service and TNT Express · See more »

Tractor unit

A tractor unit (prime mover or traction unit) is a characteristically heavy-duty towing engine that provides motive power for hauling a towed or trailered load.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Tractor unit · See more »

Trailer skirt

A trailer skirt or side skirt is a device affixed to the underside of a semi-trailer, for the purpose of reducing aerodynamic drag caused by air turbulence.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Trailer skirt · See more »

United Parcel Service strike of 1997

The United Parcel Service strike of 1997, led by International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) President Ron Carey, started on August 4, 1997, and involved over 185,000 teamsters (IBT members).

New!!: United Parcel Service and United Parcel Service strike of 1997 · See more »

United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

New!!: United Parcel Service and United States · See more »

United States Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency is an independent agency of the United States federal government for environmental protection.

New!!: United Parcel Service and United States Environmental Protection Agency · See more »

United States Postal Service

The United States Postal Service (USPS; also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service) is an independent agency of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, including its insular areas and associated states.

New!!: United Parcel Service and United States Postal Service · See more »

UPS Airlines

UPS Airlines is an American cargo airline based in Louisville, Kentucky.

New!!: United Parcel Service and UPS Airlines · See more »

UPS Capital

UPS Capital is division of UPS in which it is a financial services business company that offers traditional and non-traditional financial services and insurance products.

New!!: United Parcel Service and UPS Capital · See more »

UPS Freight

UPS Freight is the Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) trucking division of UPS.

New!!: United Parcel Service and UPS Freight · See more »

Utilimaster Corporation

Utilimaster Corporation is an American company that makes walk-in vans (also known as step vans), parcel delivery vans (PDVs) and truck bodies.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Utilimaster Corporation · See more »

Vancouver, Washington

Vancouver is a city on the north bank of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, and the largest suburb of Portland, Oregon.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Vancouver, Washington · See more »

Washington (state)

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

New!!: United Parcel Service and Washington (state) · See more »

West Germany

West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; Bundesrepublik Deutschland, BRD) in the period between its creation on 23 May 1949 and German reunification on 3 October 1990.

New!!: United Parcel Service and West Germany · See more »

White Motor Company

The White Motor Company was an American automobile, truck, bus and agricultural tractor manufacturer from 1900 until 1980.

New!!: United Parcel Service and White Motor Company · See more »

Redirects here:

2 Day Air, 3 Day Select, @UPS, American Messenger Company, Merchants Parcel Delivery, UPS Air Hub, UPS express critical, UPS truck, United Parcel, United Parcel Service Inc, United Parcel Service Inc Class B, United Parcel Service Inc., United Parcel Service Incorporated, United Parcel Service of America, United Parcel Service of America, Inc., United Parcel Service, Inc., Worldwide Services.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Parcel_Service

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »