Shipping & Package Delivery Industry News and Headlines: Monday, September 05, 2005

NASCAR Fans Test Drive the UPS Truck in Videogame

First-ever UPS Videogame Product Placement Earns a Pit Position

ATLANTA, Sept. 2005 - NASCAR fans who responded to the UPS (NYSE:UPS) advertising campaign by encouraging Dale Jarrett to race the big brown truck now can experience the thrill themselves in NASCAR 06: Total Team Control, the latest EA SPORTS™ branded NASCAR videogame.
Beginning tomorrow, race fans can complete a virtual lap in the UPS package delivery truck as a fully-functioning vehicle, representing UPS's first videogame product placement of the truck.

Gamers can "race the truck" in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series level by either earning access through virtual on-track performance or by entering a special unlock code in the driver profile screen - "First Name: Race; Last Name: TheTruck." This code activates the familiar package car for competition when players race as Dale Jarrett for the Robert Yates Racing team.

"No other NASCAR sponsor has a brand asset similar to the big brown UPS truck that is so fully integrated into a marketing campaign with a product placement of this nature," said Patrick Guilbert, UPS vice president of sponsorship and events.

UPS is the official express delivery company of NASCAR and primary sponsor of the #88 UPS Ford Taurus driven by Dale Jarrett for Robert Yates Racing in the NEXTEL Cup series. The UPS shield also can be found on the #38 M&Ms Ford Taurus and the #90 CitiFinancial Ford Taurus through an associate sponsorship with the Yates team.

NASCAR 06: Total Team Control is produced by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and Xbox® videogame system from Microsoft. The official Web site for the game is totalteamcontrol.com.

Updated Map of Post Offices affected by Hurricane Katrina - Updated 8-5-05

The map to the left shows the status of all USPS Post Offices that were affected by Hurricane Katrina earlier this month (August - September 2005). Green coded areas indict fully operational post offices, yellow represents partial service, red represents NO service, while white falls into other, which is not described further.

Click on the map for a larger image.

Hurricane Katrina Victims Change your address online

Hurricane Katrina Victims can change your address online. See the link to the United States Post Office website(s) below:

Change of Address: https://moversguide.usps.com/?referral=USPS

USPS Website: www.usps.com

Katrina's economic pain coming - Expect higher delivery Fuel Surcharge

Northwest Herald:

Katrina's economic pain coming
UPS and FedEx have told customers they will add surcharges of between 5 percent and 15 percent.

FedEx: Hurricane Katrina Update 9-5-05

Severe Weather Disruption

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Hurricane Katrina

Coastal and inland areas of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida are under emergency evacuation orders due to Hurricane Katrina. As a result, there may be local disruptions to all FedEx operations. FedEx may have limited access to conduct pickups and deliveries in affected areas. Consistent with the provisions of the FedEx Service Guide, the FedEx money-back guarantees are not in effect for shipments.

Suspension of Standard Mail (Letters and Flats) and Periodicals Mail acceptance to storm-stricken areas

Suspension of Standard Mail (Letters and Flats) and Periodicals Mail acceptance to storm-stricken areas

Effective immediately, the Postal Service is not accepting any Standard Mail (Letters and Flats) or Periodicals Mail — from any source — addressed for delivery within the following three-digit ZIP Code ranges: 369, 393, 394, 395, 396, 700, 701 and 704.

This emergency action has been taken as a result of severe facility damage, evacuations and other issues resulting from Hurricane Katrina.

We are now formulating plans to address the handling of Standard and Periodicals Mail already in the mailstream and addressed for delivery to these eight ZIP Code areas.

We will update this information as circumstances warrant.

Revised: Express Mail Service suspended in areas damaged by Hurricane Katrina

Revised: Express Mail Service suspended in areas damaged by Hurricane Katrina

Sale of Express Mail has been restored to Mobile, AL ZIP Code ranges 365 and 366. Due to significant network disruption and catastrophic damage caused by Hurricane Katrina, the sale of Express Mail to the following ZIP Codes remains suspended:

ZIP Code City/State

369, 393 Meridian, MS.

394 Hattiesburg, MS.

395 Gulfport, MS.

396 McComb, MS.

700-701 New Orleans, LA.

703 Houma, LA.

704 Mandeville, LA.

In addition, Express Mail sold between Aug. 26 and Aug. 29 to these ZIP Codes are ineligible for refunds due to Domestic Mail Classification Schedule section 182.51(h), which allows the Postal Service to deny refunds for Express Mail delayed by an “act of God.”

The Postal Service will notify customers when the service suspension is lifted.