UPS also adds midday overseas freight delivery service
UPS said it is expanding its time-critical delivery service, offering guaranteed delivery by either 12 p.m. or 2 p.m. from all 71 origin countries to 35 key destination countries.
The new service, called UPS Worldwide Express Freight Midday, guarantees time-definite delivery for urgent, international, palletized shipments weighing more than 68 kilograms (150 pounds).
“We have customers in the industrial, auto, high-tech, and healthcare fields that need shipments fast, and sometimes end-of-day just isn’t soon enough,” said John Miltenis, vice president of international marketing for UPS. Miltenis added the new Midday product, “unique in the market.”
UPS Worldwide Express Freight Midday offers door-to-door delivery in one to three days, with customs brokerage included.
Also new for 2018, UPS Worldwide Express Freight service has expanded to Lebanon, Latvia, and Lithuania, and added outbound service to Saudi Arabia.
UPS has started an international guaranteed midday freight delivery service for cargo originating in 71 countries and shipped to 35 destination countries.
UPS has started an international guaranteed midday freight delivery service for cargo originating in 71 countries and shipped to 35 destination countries.
The express carrier has committed to time-definite deliveries of 12 p.m. or 2 p.m. for urgent palletized shipments of more than 150 pounds within its UPS Worldwide Express Freight service.
“Delivery is door-to-door in as few as 1-3 days, with customs brokerage included,” UPS said.
“We have customers in the industrial, auto, high tech, and healthcare fields that need shipments fast and sometimes end of day just isn’t soon enough,” John Miltenis, UPS’s vice president of international marketing, said in a statement.
Also starting this year, UPS Worldwide Express Freight service has expanded to Lebanon, Latvia, and Lithuania and added outbound service to Saudi Arabia.
For palletized cargoes in general, UPS offers the following international delivery transits:
• One or two business days to the U.S. from Asia Pacific, Europe and the Americas;
• One or two business days from Hong Kong to the U.S., Asia Pacific, Europe and Canada;
• And two or three business days to Europe from Asia Pacific, the U.S. and the Americas.
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In addition, UPS recently announced the expansion of UPS Worldwide Express to include more than 7,000 postal codes in 57 countries. The express service now offers guaranteed midday delivery by 10:30 a.m., 12 p.m., or 2 p.m. for small packages and envelopes to 124 counties.
