UPS has added five Latin American and three European destinations to its UPS Worldwide Express Freight service, the second expansion this year. The freight service is for urgent, time-sensitive and high-value international heavyweight shipments.
New origins include Bulgaria, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Romania and Serbia. The new destinations that have been added are El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.
UPS Worldwide Express Freight offers faster palletized shipments of more than 150 pounds, with door-to-door and day-definite delivery, the company said. Customs brokerage service is included, and Saturday deliveries are available in some U.S. and Canadian locations.
“Eastern Europe is experiencing growth in the manufacturing and automotive industries and Latin America is undergoing rapid expansion of general industrial, healthcare, apparel and high tech businesses,” said Nick Basford, UPS vice president of international marketing.
UPS said this service will be suitable in the case of product launches, inventory shortages or equipment failure replacement parts. Worldwide Express Freight is very similar to UPS Worldwide Express package service, and includes automated shipment preparation, online tracking and proactive notification technology. In addition, both express freight and package shipments are consolidated into one bill.