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    Modest increase projected for FedEx in holiday peak season

    Shipping industry consultant SJ Consulting believes FedEx peak season volume will increase a relatively modest 3%, in part because of the expansion of Amazon's delivery network.

    By Wayne Risher November 27, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    FedEx peak projection: 33 million shipments moving on Cyber Monday

    FedEx expects to more than double normal package volume of 15 million packages a day on three Mondays in December, starting with Cyber Monday, Dec. 2.

    By Wayne Risher November 22, 2019
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    Airport preps for busiest day since 2007 during Thanksgiving travel

    Remember when it was possible to arrive at Memphis International Airport minutes before a flight? Those days are over, at least at peak times like Thanksgiving.

    By Wayne Risher November 22, 2019
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    FedEx sees drones as tool for streamlining courier routes

    FedEx Express regional president Richard W. Smith talked about Wing drones, Roxo the SameDay Bot and automation plans for the Memphis hub during an interview with The Daily Memphian.

    By Wayne Risher November 10, 2019
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    Little-known unit of black women kept mail flowing to World War II troops

    Indiana Hunt-Martin, one of seven surviving members of World War II's 6888th Postal Battalion, spoke at FedEx Express World Headquarters Friday, Nov. 8, during an early Veterans Day program.

    By Wayne Risher November 09, 2019
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    IMC Companies buys intermodal company, expands national footprint

    Memphis-based IMC Companies has acquired intermodal company TRANSInternational System.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff October 30, 2019
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    FedEx’s first drone delivery is from Dick’s Sporting Goods

    FedEx and Wing Aviation completed what FedEx called the nation’s first “scheduled, commercial residential delivery” by drone in the U.S. in Virginia on Friday, Oct. 18.

    By Wayne Risher October 18, 2019
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    Presidents Island rail upgrade chugging along

    An addition of nearly a mile of new railroad tracks to the Port Commission public terminal on Presidents Island should be finished by May 31, 2020.

    By Wayne Risher October 16, 2019
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    FedEx expands delivery of heavy, bulky online purchases

    FedEx Freight Direct, a service that can move heavy, bulky e-commerce purchases into a consumer's home or business, is expanding to reach 80% of the contiguous U.S. population.

    By Wayne Risher October 15, 2019
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    Airport says fall break traffic projections were spot on

    A crush of fall break travelers and a bank of early morning departures combined for the biggest crowd at Memphis International Airport's main security checkpoint since at least July 2008.

    By Wayne Risher October 14, 2019
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    Airport B Concourse revamp hits 25% completion mark

    Memphis International Airport’s B Concourse modernization is sitting at 25% complete as construction crews start erecting steel framework of a larger, light-filled space for passenger loading and unloading.

    By Wayne Risher October 10, 2019
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    FedEx seeks to simplify e-commerce returns via Walgreens

    FedEx Returns Technology will be deployed at FedEx pickup and dropoff locations inside about 9,000 Walgreens stores in time for the holiday peak season.

    By Wayne Risher October 08, 2019
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    $25M building permit filed for Memphis warehouse

    Patterson Warehouses received a six-year, payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) incentive in July from the Economic Development Growth Engine for Memphis and Shelby County.

    By Elle Perry October 07, 2019
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    FedEx volunteers put taste of home in USO holiday bags

    More than 200 FedEx volunteers assembled 12,000 holiday gift bags for the USO Holidays campaign Thursday, Sept. 26, at FedExForum.

    By Wayne Risher September 26, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Memphis airport maintains No. 2 world ranking for cargo

    Memphis held its No. 2 ranking among the top cargo airports globally for 2018, according to the Airports Council International.

    By Wayne Risher September 25, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    FedEx doesn’t dwell on past in annual shareholder meeting

    FedEx shareholders returned 12 directors to the board, endorsed company plans for named executive officer compensation and shot down two proposals from dissident stockholders during the company's annual meeting in Memphis Monday.

    By Wayne Risher September 23, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Airport officials monitor FedEx fleet reductions as cargo volume falls

    Memphis International Airport officials say they are keeping an eye on FedEx Express operational needs as the company moves to reduce air express capacity to save money.

    By Wayne Risher September 19, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    FedEx to add more than 3,250 workers in Memphis area for peak season

    FedEx said Wednesday it will hire more than 3,250 workers in the Memphis area and more than 55,000 companywide to meet customer demand during the upcoming holiday peak season.

    By Wayne Risher September 18, 2019
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    Dean Kamen’s iBot saved FedEx years of R&D on delivery robot, inventor says

    The new iBot personal mobility device could ride the coattails of Roxo, the FedEx SameDay Bot. Inventor Dean Kamen told The Daily Memphian he has high hopes for the collaboration.

    By Wayne Risher September 18, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    FedEx paints belt-tightening picture in earnings miss

    Memphis-based FedEx Corp. on Tuesday, Sept. 17, reported earnings for the June-August quarter.

    By Wayne Risher September 18, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    FedEx flexes network to deliver humanitarian aid in Bahamas

    A FedEx Express Boeing 757 named Ryanne airlifted 56,000 pounds of relief supplies and equipment from Memphis to the hurricane-ravaged Bahamas on Monday, Sept. 9.

    By Wayne Risher September 09, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Roxo the FedEx robot meets, greets at City Hall

    FedEx SameDay Bot Roxo delivered a gift bag of swag to Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland as FedEx marked the midpoint of a two-week test of the autonomous delivery device.

    By Wayne Risher September 05, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Good sign? Pallet maker plans big expansion

    The Pallet Factory has been making pallets for 42 years.

    By Tom Bailey September 04, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    American’s ‘Super 80’ flies out of Memphis for final time

    American Airlines' last MD-80 aircraft are heading into retirement. Memphis International Airport figured prominently in the start of the aircraft's 36-year run at American.

    By Wayne Risher September 04, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    FedEx Logistics to add Colombia export manager Cargex

    FedEx Logistics, a Memphis-based trade and specialty services unit of FedEx Corp., has announced an acquisition that will boost its presence in Colombia and Latin America.

    By Wayne Risher August 29, 2019

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