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    FedEx fully automates package sort with hometown ingenuity

    The new sorting technology is expected to end nights at the hub when the bottom falls out due to weather, outages or package spikes. 

    By Jane Roberts November 10, 2024
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    FedEx’s new automated hub boasts 11 miles of belts and whistles

    The facility is large enough to sort 56,000 packages an hour.

    By Jane Roberts November 01, 2024
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    Florida man pleads guilty to defrauding FedEx in mail scheme

    Shaun Kavanaugh, 46, of Orlando, Florida, pleaded guilty Oct. 22 to mail fraud. He received more than $750,000 from FedEx. 

    By Aarron Fleming October 30, 2024
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    Memphis airport will get nonstop flight to NOLA for Mardi Gras

    Throw the beads! The flight will operate daily from the end of February to the beginning of March 2025.

    By Jane Roberts October 28, 2024
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    FedEx aims to make life easier for small or medium shippers

    The fdx.com commerce platform offers merchants more insight into their logistics, with an eye to helping brick-and-mortar businesses compete with Amazon.

    By Jane Roberts November 13, 2024
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    Aviation intel: Memphis airport tour takes you behind scenes, across fields

    The airport is building a better understanding, one person at a time, on what it takes to expand and add cities. 

    By Jane Roberts October 26, 2024
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    Pilot who forged career in sky joins state Aviation Hall of Fame

    When he started flying at FedEx in 1983, Albert Glenn was one of eight Black pilots in the ranks. He’s spent the rest of his life raising money and starting training programs to help Black students interested in aviation.

    By Jane Roberts October 28, 2024
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    FedEx added $85B to global economy, billions more through suppliers

    In 2023, FedEx spent $284 million with Shelby County suppliers. Statewide, it spent $637 million with suppliers.

    By Jane Roberts October 24, 2024
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    IMC employees dispatch disaster aid for hurricane victims

    On Monday, Oct. 14, IMC employees packed grills, charcoal, diapers, formula, tents, sleeping bags, baby medications and generators into a 20-foot shipping container. 

    By Jane Roberts October 15, 2024
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    Southwest starts nonstops to Las Vegas, Phoenix

    The airline’s new service will operate Thursday through Monday, joining several Memphis nonstops added in the last six weeks, including Austin, Texas, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

    By Jane Roberts October 04, 2024
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    Memphis importer-exporter glad to see dockworkers’ strike suspended

    “Now, hopefully equipment will be discharged where it was ladened to be discharged or at least at another U.S. port so we can get it delivered to our customers,” said the president of Mallory Alexander International Logistics.

    By The Associated Press October 04, 2024
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    In the nation’s No. 2 city for cargo theft, experts seek answers

    The city is positioned to be a transportation powerhouse, but crime is a problem. Cargo thefts in Memphis were up nearly 60% in the first six months of 2024 over all of 2023, said Memphis Logistics Summit panelist Melzie Wilson.

    By Jane Roberts October 03, 2024
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    Strike closes East, Gulf coasts’ ports; locals hope for quick solution

    Importers in Memphis are trying to locate loads dropped off ships before the strike started and notify customers.

    By Jane Roberts October 02, 2024
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    Memphis to get daily nonstop flights to Austin, Texas

    The flight service comes after American Airlines dropped the same route earlier.

    By Jane Roberts September 30, 2024
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    Strikes at East and Gulf Coast ports could cripple Memphis shippers and US economy

    About 43% of imports into the U.S. flow through the coastal ports.

    By Jane Roberts September 27, 2024
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    Memphis airport to get new flight to Nashville

    Southwest Airlines plans for flight service to begin in the spring.

    By Jane Roberts September 25, 2024
  • Transportation & Logistics

    AutoZone reports Q4 growth but falls short of expectations

    The Memphis-based automotive parts retailer reported a higher net income compared to the same period last year, and earnings per share rose 11%.

    By Aisling Mäki September 24, 2024
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    Fedex shareholders vote with company, nix independent proposals

    Teamsters sought reporting on what FedEx is doing to protect jobs as it moves away from reliance on fossil fuels; United Church Funds wanted the company to align lobbying with climate goals; both failed. 

    By Jane Roberts September 24, 2024
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    FedEx admits first quarter tougher than expected in disappointing earnings report

    The little good news was that cost-cutting measures FedEx has achieved helped offset the revenue and expense pressure.

    By Jane Roberts September 19, 2024
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    KQ Communications lands airport marketing contract

    The airport also plans to bid out work that would mark every open parking space with a green light. 

    By Jane Roberts September 19, 2024
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    FedEx has a new way to help customers pick, pack, sort returns

    FedEx processes hundreds of millions of returned items a year, a complicated dance, said the director of University of Memphis’ automated identification lab.

    By Jane Roberts September 17, 2024
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    EEOC sues FedEx for way disabled workers treated

    The EEOC lawsuit says FedEx violated the Americans with Disability Act by not providing accommodations for workers loading and unloading freight.

    By Jane Roberts September 13, 2024
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    Spirit adding nonstop flights to Fort Lauderdale

    Spirit entered this market in April 2022 with daily nonstops to Las Vegas and Orlando.

    By Jane Roberts September 04, 2024
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    Friday will be Memphis airport’s busiest day of holiday weekend

    Nearly 10,000 people are expected to go through security.

    By Jane Roberts August 29, 2024
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    United flight diverted to MEM after turbulence, 1 taken to hospital

    The flight, which originated in Cancun, was on its way to Chicago.

    By Jane Roberts August 29, 2024

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