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    FedEx announces agreement to buy Australian logistics services company

    FedEx on Thursday announced an agreement to buy Australian logistics services company Manton Air-Sea Pty Ltd.

    By Wayne Risher October 19, 2018
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Airport board approves hangar renovations at Charles Baker Airport

    Charles Baker Airport, the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority’s facility for small planes in north Shelby County, is getting a renovation of four aircraft hangars.

    By Wayne Risher October 19, 2018
  • Transportation & Logistics

    American Airlines adds 2nd daily Memphis-Miami flight

    American Airlines has beefed up Memphis-Miami service with a second daily nonstop that started Oct. 4.

    By Wayne Risher October 18, 2018
  • Transportation & Logistics

    I-40 bridge lighting to cause occasional lane closures next week

    Bridge lighting installation is scheduled to cause intermittent lane closures on Interstate 40 on the Hernando DeSoto Bridge 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday, Oct. 22, to Thursday, Oct. 25, weather permitting, the Tennessee Department of Transportation says.

    By Wayne Risher October 18, 2018
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Port master plan envisions heavy capital investment, big rewards

    A new master plan for the Port of Memphis calls for infrastructure upgrades to keep Presidents Island stable and a concerted push to maximize the potential of 2,300 undeveloped acres in nearby Frank C. Pidgeon Industrial Park.

    By Wayne Risher October 18, 2018
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Airport’s mock disaster drill unleashes walking wounded on runway

    Zombies didn’t take over a runway at Memphis International Airport Monday morning, but it sure looked like it. A mass-casualty disaster exercise featured 117 students, moaning, limping and generally pouring on the theatrics as they pretended to be victims of an airliner crash landing. The mock disaster, which closed Runway 36L/18R from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday, began with explosions and fireballs around 10:30 a.m., attracting fire trucks and ambulances to the airfield southwest of the terminal.

    By Wayne Risher October 16, 2018
  • Transportation & Logistics

    FedEx hubs ramping up hiring for holiday shipping season

    FedEx isn’t worried about recruiting employees for the coming peak season despite Amazon’s move to a $15 minimum wage starting Nov. 1, a high-ranking official said Friday.

    By Wayne Risher October 13, 2018
  • Transportation & Logistics

    TDOT sets weekend road closings, including at Poplar, I-240 for bridge replacement

    The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has scheduled full weekend closures of Interstate 240 and Poplar in East Memphis for the next three weekends as part of a project to replace bridges over I-240.

    By Wayne Risher October 12, 2018
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Last section of I-269 set to open Oct. 26, completing new loop around Memphis

    DeSoto County’s last segment of Interstate 269 opens Oct. 26, completing a seamless four-lane expressway from Tunica to eastern Shelby County.

    By Wayne Risher October 11, 2018
  • Transportation & Logistics

    FedEx, Williams-Sonoma among firms hiring thousands

    FedEx will hire 3,800 people in the Memphis area for the holiday shipping season, out of 55,000 additional personnel systemwide.

    By Wayne Risher October 10, 2018
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Bids top $62 million on first round of Lamar Ave. upgrades

    The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) is reviewing bids received Friday, Oct. 5, for the first section of Lamar Avenue’s long-awaited upgrade in southeast Shelby County.

    By Wayne Risher October 09, 2018
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Former Yahoo! chief Carol Bartz featured in CBHS FedEx Speaker Series

    Former Yahoo! and Autodesk chief executive officer Carol Bartz will speak in Memphis Thursday as part of Christian Brothers High School’s FedEx Speaker Series.

    By Wayne Risher October 09, 2018
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Postal workers protest privatization proposal

    Letter carrier Maurice Hill worries what would become of people on his Berclair postal route if U.S. mail were privatized and he didn’t go door to door each day.

    By Wayne Risher October 08, 2018
  • Transportation & Logistics

    FedEx volunteers make short work of 14,000 care packages for military

    It would be hard to find a community service project more in FedEx’s wheelhouse than the assembly of holiday care packages for U.S. military personnel that took over the FedEx Event Center at Shelby Farms Thursday.

    By Wayne Risher October 08, 2018
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Southwest, Allegiant collect bulk of airport’s incentives

    Southwest Airlines has been the biggest beneficiary of Memphis International Airport’s incentives for new nonstop flights, receiving more than half of $837,000 awarded since 2012.

    By Wayne Risher October 04, 2018
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Amazon wage increase could drive Memphis warehouse pay higher

    Amazon’s move to pay at least $15 an hour could have a ripple effect on Memphis wages that are near the bottom nationally in the transportation and logistics sector.

    By Wayne Risher October 03, 2018
  • Transportation & Logistics

    New Southwest flight gives Memphis three Denver options

    Southwest Airlines will launch its Memphis-Denver nonstop on Wednesday, giving Memphians three choices for nonstop travel between Memphis International Airport and the Mile High City.

    By Wayne Risher October 02, 2018
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Community activists, elected officials rally for XPO Memphis workers

    A coalition of community activists marched Monday in solidarity with workers at a Memphis XPO Logistics facility that’s the focus on a union organizing campaign.

    By Wayne Risher October 02, 2018
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Airport eyes sweeter incentives to attract new flights

    Memphis International Airport is looking at sweetening incentives for new flights and possibly seeking money from the business community to help pay for it.

    By Wayne Risher October 01, 2018
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Amazon seeks applicants for 1,500 Memphis jobs

    Amazon’s emerging presence in Memphis – as an employer instead of an online seller – is hitting full stride with the announcement Thursday that the world’s largest online retailer wants to hire 1,500 people at two Memphis facilities.

    By Tom Bailey September 27, 2018
  • Education

    Free tuition at U of M Global expands to FedEx Indianapolis hub

    FedEx’s free tuition offering for hub workers has reached Indianapolis, where more than 3,500 employees are eligible to pursue degrees at the University of Memphis' online offering, U of M Global.

    By Wayne Risher September 26, 2018
  • Transportation & Logistics

    FedEx marks change of guard in exits of Barksdale, Ducker

    FedEx marked departures of two lions of its 45-year history on Monday with standing ovations from shareholders and high praise from company leader Frederick W. Smith.

    By Wayne Risher September 24, 2018
  • Transportation & Logistics

    CN Railway donation boosts transportation workforce center

    CN, the Canadian National Railway, has donated $500,000 to the University of Memphis to support the Southeast Transportation Workforce Center.

    By Wayne Risher September 20, 2018
  • Education

    Free tuition program going gangbusters at FedEx hub

    Debra Clark thought there must be a catch when her manager announced FedEx was offering Memphis hub workers tuition-free online education at University of Memphis.

    By Wayne Risher September 20, 2018
  • Transportation & Logistics

    FedEx cites TNT acquisition, flexibility in confident earnings forecast

    FedEx leaders stood strong Monday in the face of tariff threats, Amazon delivery plans and lower-than-expected, but robust quarterly profit growth.

    By Wayne Risher September 18, 2018

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