UPS, long regarded as the leading provider of small package delivery, has aggressively expanded freight and other transportation solutions through a series of strategic acquisitions. The latest addition to this portfolio includes Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) and Truckload (TL) freight services, which complement UPS¿s global capabilities to provide customers a single source for multiple modes of transportation.

Products:

•  UPS Freight® LTL: standard regional, interregional and long-haul LTL service
•  UPS Freight® LTL Guaranteed: guaranteed day-definite delivery
•  UPS Freight® LTL Urgent: expedited, multi-modal service, including guaranteed delivery for specified time and location
•  UPS Freight® Truckload: offers both Dedicated Capacity (committed TL capacity for specified lanes) and Dedicated Fleet (full service fleet management)

Service Coverage:

• United States (all 50 states) and all of Canada
• Mexico: 600 points and all major cities
• Puerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands
• More than 22,000 one- and two-day lanes

Service Features:

• Regional, interregional and long-haul transportation of palletized and heavy LTL shipments
• Online tracking of shipments within network
• Three- and four-day transcontinental sleeper teams
• Cross-border services, eliminating the need for international carrier transfers
• Advanced customs clearance and simplified documentation
• Specialty Solutions include customized Government, Trade Show, Temperature Controlled and Consolidation/Distribution services

Network Infrastructure:

• 200-plus North American facilities
• 18,900 trailers
• 5,800 tractors

Related UPS Services:

•  UPS Air Freight: U.S. domestic and international air freight and air cargo options, ranging from guaranteed UPS Next Day Air^¿ Freight to economy service for less urgent shipments. UPS Air Freight also provides full-service, door-to-door options as well as dedicated charter services for shipments of nearly any size.
•  Ocean Freight: Full-Container-Load via UPS¿s status as a Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier, and weekly Less-Than-Container-Load ocean departures managed by UPS Supply Chain Solutions^SM.
• Freight Forwarding: UPS Supply Chain Solutions books transportation of cargo, arranges pickup and delivery, and manages shipping documentation to any global destination.
• UPS Hundredweight Service^¿: Special UPS pricing for multiple ¿Less-Than-Pallet-Load¿ shipments destined to the same address via the UPS small package system.
• UPS Trade Direct^SM: Available by air, ocean and ground, the first wave of bundled solutions that combine the freight and brokerage capabilities of UPS Supply Chain Solutions with UPS's small package delivery capabilities. Once packages clear customs as a single freight movement, the container shipments are broken apart into single packages and delivered to multiple destinations across the United States, Europe or Asia via LTL or UPS¿s small package system.