UPS, headquartered in Sandy Springs, Georgia, is warning customers that some packages may be delayed following an aircraft accident at its main U.S. hub in Louisville, Kentucky, Tuesday night.

When President Obama changed the de minimis exemption from $200 to $800 in 2016, the U.S. saw a major increase in low-value imports flooding into the country. The volume of de minimis shipments jumped from 140 million in 2014 to 1.36 billion in 2024.

A deadly UPS cargo plane crash at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport triggered a temporary airfield shutdown, and could lead to delays.

UPS to use sensors, data analytics, AI to track medical packages in real time UPS will launch a precision logistics service in early 2020 that relies on high-powered sensors and a tool combining data analytics and machine learning to better track high-priority shipments of drugs and medical devices, The Wall Street Journal reports.