United Parcel Service

United Parcel Service (UPS) is an American multinational company that delivers packages and provides logistics and supply-chain services. Its brown delivery trucks and integrated air and ground network are defining features.

UPS Airlines: UPS Airlines is the cargo airline operated by United Parcel Service, carrying packages through a global air network. It moves time-sensitive shipments between major UPS sorting hubs, especially overnight.
James E. Casey: James E. Casey was an American entrepreneur who co-founded the company that became UPS. He founded the American Messenger Company in Seattle in 1907 with Claude Ryan.
UPS Ground: UPS Ground is the company’s road-based package delivery service in the United States. It handles the bulk of routine domestic parcel shipments moved through UPS’s ground network.
FedEx: FedEx is an American multinational company specializing in transportation, e-commerce, and business services. It is UPS’s closest large U.S. rival in express shipping and integrated parcel delivery.
Teamsters: The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is a labor union representing workers in transportation and other industries. Its UPS contracts shape wages, benefits, and working conditions for a large share of UPS employees.
Worldport: Worldport is UPS’s global air hub at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. Its automated sorting system connects overnight flights arriving from across the UPS network.
Claude Ryan: Claude Ryan was an American entrepreneur who co-founded the American Messenger Company with James E. Casey. His partnership with Casey established the small Seattle messenger business that preceded UPS.
UPS Express: UPS Express is a family of expedited shipping services with guaranteed delivery times. These services use the air network when speed matters more than standard ground transit.
DHL: DHL is a global logistics company specializing in international express delivery, freight, and supply-chain services. Its international express network competes with UPS for cross-border shipments.
2023 UPS-Teamsters negotiations: The 2023 UPS-Teamsters negotiations produced a five-year collective bargaining agreement after a high-profile labor dispute. The talks highlighted how a potential UPS work stoppage could disrupt U.S. package delivery.

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DHL GroupCompared with: UPS competes with DHL in international express and parcel delivery.