Last week, Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg warned airlines that they faced federal government action—presumably including fines—over mounting flight cancellations and delays. While pilot shortages won’t be quickly resolved, Buttigieg urged airlines to hire more customer service representatives to help customers rebook when things go wrong…
FedEx Data Breach: 119k Passports or Photo IDs Found on Unsecured Server…
Thousands of FedEx (FDX) customers’ private information was exposed after the company left scanned passports, driver’s licenses and other personal documentation on a publicly accessible server. The incident was first discovered by researchers at a German-based security center called Kromtech earlier this month. According to the security firm, the server belonged to Bongo International, a […]
U.S. Exporters, Truckers Exhale As Trump Threats to NAFTA Ease…
It appears the 23-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is safe—for now. Hearing pleas from the business lobby, as well as individual transportation companies such as UPS and FedEx, the Trump administration has backed off threats to unilaterally sever NAFTA. Trucking executives, transportation officials and shippers have enjoyed 400% growth in cross-border trade since […]
FedEx Driver Who Saved American Flag at Anti-U.S. Protest Just Learned His Fate…
FedEx worker Matt Uhrin was not about to stand for it. When a group of protesters in Iowa City, Iowa, were burning an American flag, he leapt to action, taking a fire extinguisher and his moxie with him to put out the flames…
FedEx Delivers 18,000 Christmas Trees to Members of the Military and Their Families…
FedEx has teamed up with the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation to give American military members and their families Christmas trees through the Trees for Troops program. FedEx has shipped more than 176,000 live Christmas trees to service members and their families to 65 bases in 17 countries to every branch of the military since the program’s […]