Sentence examples for ground shipment from inspiring English sources

FedEx posted a larger-than-expected quarterly profit as its ground shipment business did well, and the company said it benefited from lower jet fuel prices.

I waited four days for regular ground shipment; for last-minute orders, send e-mail to the site for a quote on overnight shipping.

United Parcel Service notes a shift to slower and less expensive ground shipments from air cargo.

A spokeswoman, Cristina Torelli, said ground shipments in transit would be delivered by nonunion workers.

In a recent seven-day period, the center tracked 10,000 ground shipments, 1,900 air missions and 25 ships.

The postal service said that except for ground shipments from Canada, it had not accepted international mail since Wednesday.

United Parcel said that starting next year there would be an average increase of 4.9percentt for ground shipments and an average increase of 6.9percentt on all air express and international shipments originating in the United States.

FedEx said yesterday that it would raise its United States rates an average of 3.5percentt for air and ground shipments beginning in January, joining its rival United Parcel Service in carrying out the yearly increase a month early.

Big Brown hasn't countered yet, but its dominance of U.S. ground shipments is under attack from both sides now.

FedEx Home Delivery and Ground shipments must be in place by the 17th to arrive by Christmas.

United Parcel Service will increase ground-shipment rates in 2010 by 4.9percentt, less than this year, as volume drops.