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    FedEx introducing same-day delivery robot on Wednesday

    Memphis-based FedEx introduced a driverless package delivery robot called the FedEx SameDay Bot on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" Tuesday night.

    By Wayne Risher February 27, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    XPO guarantees jobs to workers displaced by warehouse closing

    XPO Logistics Inc. said Monday it's guaranteeing jobs at other XPO warehouses for all workers being displaced by the scheduled April 15 closing of a Memphis facility operated for Verizon.

    By Wayne Risher February 26, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    FedEx outlines pay package for Raj Subramaniam

    New FedEx Corp. president and chief operating officer Raj Subramaniam would earn $1.2 million in base salary and bonuses over the next year under a compensation package outlined Wednesday, Feb. 20.

    By Wayne Risher February 21, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Discussion continues about front-office changes at FedEx

    FedEx's series of high-level management changes are fueling speculation about the reasons and perhaps worrying investors and employees, but have the potential to bring fresh eyes to the organization.

    By Wayne Risher February 20, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Is Raj Subramaniam ‘the guy’ at FedEx? Only time will tell

    Selection of Raj Subramaniam for the No. 2 job at Memphis-based FedEx Corp. starting March 1 could put him in the driver's seat to eventually become CEO, some analysts believe.

    By Wayne Risher February 18, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Bronczek departs FedEx, replaced by Subramaniam

    David J. Bronczek has abruptly retired from FedEx Corp.'s No.2 spot, with Raj Subramaniam named to replace him effective March 1.

    By Wayne Risher February 22, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    FedEx Logistics HQ project wins $3 million in grants, tax freeze worth millions

    Public incentives flowed Thursday into a project to retrofit the Gibson Guitar Factory and make it FedEx Logistics' global headquarters. A tax freeze and two grants sailed to approval.

    By Wayne Risher February 14, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Airport’s inner workings come into focus on ‘World Class Tour’

    Memphis International Airport's Jon K. Thompson World Class Tour offers a behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of the airport and the FedEx Express hub.

    By Wayne Risher February 09, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    FedEx touts service upgrade as milestone in European growth

    FedEx Express Europe announced Wednesday that it was upgrading FedEx Intra-European Economy parcel shipments in seven countries with plans to go Europe-wide by May 31.

    By Wayne Risher February 07, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Weekend shutdowns of I-240, Park in East Memphis make way for big bridge slide

    Key sections of Interstate 240 and Park Avenue in East Memphis will be closed for the next three weekends for replacement of the Norfolk Southern railroad bridge over I-240.

    By Wayne Risher January 30, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    FedEx pulls back curtain for peek at business relationship with Amazon

    Memphis-based FedEx on Tuesday reiterated that Amazon.com is not its biggest customer and said for the first time that Amazon contributed less than 1.3 percent of total revenues in 2018.

    By Wayne Risher January 30, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    FedEx sweeps aside age limit for chairman Smith

    FedEx directors eliminated a roadblock to chairman Frederick W. Smith remaining on the board after his 75th birthday this year. Directors also elected David J. Bronczek as their 13th member.

    By Wayne Risher January 29, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Memphis-grown IMC helps ‘move the needle’ on critical piece of supply chain

    Memphis-based IMC, the country's largest provider of drayage or container hauling, says a five-year-old nonprofit national model to provide intermodal chassis is gaining traction in the Mid-South and beyond.

    By Wayne Risher January 28, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Airport snares $3 million grant for aircraft repair facility

    Memphis International Airport won a $3 million grant from the state to help design and develop an aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility.

    By Wayne Risher January 28, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Airport posts increases in flights, seats and passengers in 2018

    Memphis International Airport posted gains in passengers, flights and available seats on planes in 2018 for the first time since Delta Air Lines dehubbed the airport.

    By Wayne Risher January 30, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    FedEx Logistics finding its footing in changing economic landscape

    Richard W. Smith, president and CEO of FedEx Logistics, discussed the company's organization and rebranding and riffed on topics ranging from Amazon to drones in a Memphis speech Tuesday.

    By Wayne Risher January 23, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    FedEx Express opens voluntary buyout offer period

    FedEx said Friday it had opened an offer period for voluntary buyouts to certain employees in its FedEx Express and FedEx Corporate Services units. 

    By Wayne Risher January 18, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Airport, FedEx combine for more than $1.6B in upgrades at Memphis International

    Partial demolition of Concourse B got underway Thursday at Memphis International Airport, signaling the start of the most visible part of a project to modernize the airport's oldest concourse.

    By Wayne Risher January 17, 2019
  • Food News

    Airport eatery serves up love for unpaid TSA officers during shutdown

    Runway 901, a bar and grill near gate A23 at Memphis International Airport, has extended its employee discount to Transportation Security Administration workers for the duration of the federal government shutdown.

    By Wayne Risher January 12, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    FedEx rebrands specialty, trade unit as FedEx Logistics

    The FedEx specialty services unit led by the company founder's son, Richard W. Smith, has been rebranded as FedEx Logistics. It was formerly FedEx Trade Networks.

    By Wayne Risher January 18, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Port of Memphis lands state grant for major rail upgrade

    The Port of Memphis will significantly expand rail service to the public terminal on Presidents Island with a $1.7 million state grant.

    By Wayne Risher January 17, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    FedEx announces plan for expansion by acquisition in Israel

    Memphis-based FedEx Express and Israel's Flying Cargo Group said Tuesday that FedEx plans to buy Flying Cargo's international express business.

    By Wayne Risher January 15, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    FedEx agrees to $35.3 million settlement over illegal cigarette deliveries

    FedEx has settled a lawsuit claiming it illegally shipped cigarettes directly to consumers in New York, according to that state's Attorney General Letitia James.

    By Natalie Martin and Wayne Risher January 14, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Via Airlines to launch MEM nonstops to Pittsburgh, Austin in June

    Maitland, Florida-based Via Airlines will enter the Memphis market in June, offering four nonstops weekly from Memphis to Pittsburgh and Austin, Texas.

    By Wayne Risher January 09, 2019
  • Transportation & Logistics

    FedEx sets first job fair of New Year to bolster hub workforce

    FedEx's first job fair of 2019 is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 12, near the FedEx Express hub at Memphis International Airport. The company says 500 jobs are available.

    By Wayne Risher January 09, 2019

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