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FedEx effect adds $80 billion to global economy

FedEx directly contributed more than $80 billion to the global economy in the 2023 - close to the total GDP of Sri Lanka - financial year despite recent economic pressures, according to the express and logistics company’s annual economic impact report, released on 6 November. Produced in consultation with data and analysis firm Dun & Bradstreet, the study demonstrates the positive impact FedEx has on individuals and communities around the ... [+]

FedEx adds Vietnam flights

FedEx Express is to introduce a four times a week B767 freighter service from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to Europe via its Asia Pacific Hub in Guangzhou, China.  It will reduce delivery times from Southern Vietnam to two business days in many cases. Along with existing flights via Singapore ... [+]

FedEx launches green fuel trial

FedEx Express Europe has started trials of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) renewable diesel in five of its trucks in the UK.  It follows the launch of the fuel in heavyweight, long-distance vehicles in the Netherlands, as a more environmentally favourable alternative to fossil fuels. FedEx’s goal is to achieve carbon-neutral ... [+]

FedEx to build new Dublin base

FedEx Express Europe is to build a new logistics facility in Dublin. The new hub at the Horizon Business Park south of Dublin Airport will be FedEx’s headquarters in Ireland and will include a 14,560sq m warehouse, 30  truck loading bays and 137 van bays, a pickup and delivery station, ... [+]

FedEx offers DIY emissions reporting

FedEx Express Europe is rolling out its new, self-serve emissions reporting tool. FedEx Sustainability Insights was launched in May 2023 for US-based customers, and is now available with local language and metrics adaptations for customers in 11 European markets, including the UK and Ireland. The Cloud-based tool uses package scan ... [+]

Fedex opens south-east Poland site

FedEx Express has opened a new warehouse and office facility in Kielce, Poland. It covers more than 2,600 square meters with 40 gates for courier vehicles and five for linehaul trucks, and up to 2,000 parcels can be scanned and weighed simultaneously by an automatic sorter. To handle larger freight ... [+]

FedEx makes online shipping easier

FedEx Express says its customer can now synchronise its FedEx Ship Manager software with the Shopify, BigCommerce and WooCommerce online stores and promises that more e-commerce platforms and marketplaces will be added soon. The upgrade allows businesses to create shipments and paperwork from their online orders, saving considerable time compared ... [+]

FedEx opens bigger, faster Duiven hub

FedEx Express has reopened and enlarged its international road hub in Duiven, near Arnhem in the eastern Netherlands. The new hub, which has been being rebuilt over the last two years, has increased handling capacity and will provide better reliability and improve the working environment for team members, says FedEx. The ... [+]

FedEx commits over $1m to earthquake relief

FedEx Corp says it has committed more than $1m worth of in-kind shipping so far to the earthquake relief effort in southern Turkey and Syria. To date, it has chartered five freighter aircraft between February 17 to 21 delivering approximately 230 tonnes of relief supplies including tents, blankets and baby ... [+]

FedEx sets up shop in Nigeria

FedEx Express has established a direct commercial presence in Nigeria. Customers now have greater access to a wider portfolio of shipping solutions including new account opening, tracking shipment status, creating air waybills, scheduling courier pickups, and managing billing.  FedEx’s local partner Red Star Express will continue to provide the infrastructure ... [+]

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