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Metzler out as LSO’s president, CEO

The parent of regional parcel delivery carrier Lone Star Overnight (LSO) has fired Richard M. Metzler, its president and CEO, and does not plan to fill either position, FreightWaves has learned. 

Meztler, whose last day was Thursday, ran Austin, Texas-based LSO since March 2018. He has spent decades in the transportation and logistics field at companies across the modal spectrum. It is unclear what Metzler’s next move will be.

The move comes as LSO, which operates in 10 states including every ZIP...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/metzler-out-as-lsos-president-ceo

Should FedEx, UPS care about the LaserShip-OnTrac merger?

FedEx and UPS delivery vans.

Depending on how the holiday season pans out, FedEx Corp. and UPS Inc. will get close to $200 billion in combined annual revenue by the time they finish their reporting years: UPS’ on Dec. 31 and FedEx’s the following May 31. It stands to reason, then, that a merger of regional parcel delivery carriers LaserShip and OnTrac, with $1.7 billion in combined annual revenue between them, wouldn’t appear on the giants’ radar.

Vienna, Virginia-based LaserShip’s mid-October $1.3 billion purchase of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/should-fedex-ups-care-about-the-lasership-ontrac-merger

Mapping the final foot: Beans.ai emerges with grand plans to optimize delivery

Several years ago, Nitin Gupta needed help. His mother had gone into shock and Gupta immediately called 911, summoning paramedics to his Mountain View, California, apartment complex.

“Five or six minutes into my call they arrived at the building, but I couldn’t leave my mother alone [to guide them to the apartment] and it took them 15 minutes to find my unit,” he related to Modern Shipper in a recent interview.

Fortunately, Gupta’s mother survived and is doing well today. Reflecting on the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/mapping-the-final-foot-beans-ai-emerges-with-grand-plans-to-optimize-delivery

LaserShip names Mike Roth, top Amazon logistics executive, interim CEO: Source

Regional parcel delivery carrier LaserShip, which is poised to acquire fellow regional carrier OnTrac for about $1.3 billion, has named Mike Roth, a longtime Amazon.com Inc. operations executive, as its interim CEO, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Barring an unforeseen event, Roth will steer the integration of the two companies, which is expected to lead to the development of the first national parcel delivery network built from regional players. Roth succeeds Brett Bissell, who...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/lasership-names-mike-roth-top-amazon-logistics-executive-interim-ceo-source

OnTrac to stop accepting new peak business on Sept. 1

Regional parcel delivery carrier OnTrac, which serves eight western states including every zip code in California, will not take on any new fourth-quarter business after Sept. 1, a company executive confirmed Wednesday.

Businesses will need to be fully onboarded with the Phoenix-based carrier as of that date for their parcels to be moved during the peak holiday shipping season, Mark Magill, OnTrac’s vice president of business development, told FreightWaves in e-mailed comments. 

OnTrac...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ontrac-to-stop-accepting-new-peak-business-on-sept-1

OnTrac imposes peak delivery surcharges for first time

West Coast regional parcel delivery company OnTrac will impose peak-season holiday delivery surcharges for the first time in its 29-year history, a move that puts additional cost pressure on large parcel shippers already facing major surcharge hikes from FedEx Corp. (NYSE:FDX) and UPS Inc., (NYSE:UPS) as well as less expensive levies from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).

A “large-package” surcharge of $37.50 took effect Sunday and will run through Oct. 31. Effective Nov. 1, the surcharge will...

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