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== Operating units ==

FedEx Corporation divides its business into the following main operating units:

=== FedEx Express ===

[[File:04162016 FedEx B777F N861FD PANC NASEDIT2 (43991806764).jpg|thumb|FedEx Express [[Boeing 777F]]]]
[[File:TNT electric van .jpg|thumb|TNT Express [[Electric vehicle|electric van]] in Europe]]

{{Main|FedEx Express}}

FedEx Express is the company's original overnight [[courier]] services, providing next day air service within the US and time-definite international service. It operates one of the largest civil aircraft fleets in the world, has the largest fleet of wide bodied civil aircraft, and carries more freight than any other airline.<ref name="WATS freight">{{Cite web |year=2006 |title=WATS Scheduled Freight Tonne – Kilometres |url=http://www.iata.org/ps/publications/wats-freight-km.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130014458/http://www.iata.org/ps/publications/wats-freight-km.htm |archive-date=January 30, 2010 |publisher=[[International Air Transport Association]] |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Included in this unit are:
* '''Caribbean Transport Services''': Until 2008, part of FedEx Freight. Provides airfreight forwarding services between the US mainland, [[Puerto Rico]], and other [[Caribbean]] destinations.
* '''[[TNT Express]]''': Formerly an independent international courier delivery company headquartered in [[Hoofddorp|Hoofddorp, Netherlands]], now a subsidiary of FedEx. It has fully owned operations in 61 countries, and delivers documents, parcels and freight to over two hundred countries.
* '''FedEx Custom Critical''': Delivers urgent, valuable, or hazardous items using trucks and chartered aircraft.<ref name="prohibited">{{Cite web |title=FedEx Custom Critical Solutions |url=http://customcritical.fedex.com/ |access-date=September 18, 2013 |archive-date=September 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920122701/http://customcritical.fedex.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Drivers are independent [[owner/operator]]s and services in Mexico use [[Freight interline system|interline carriers]]. Formerly Roberts Express, a subsidiary of Caliber System.
* '''FedEx Cross Border''': Provides information services, compliance management, and currency conversion services for cross-border retailers. Formerly Bongo International.

=== FedEx Ground ===

[[File:FedEx Ground delivery truck Navistar.jpg|thumb|[[FedEx Ground]] delivery truck]]

{{Main|FedEx Ground}}

FedEx Ground provides day-definite mail and [[package delivery]] to commercial locations in the US and Canada and residential locations in Canada. Its services are cheaper than the time-definite services offered by FedEx Express. The company was formerly Roadway Package System (RPS), a division of Caliber System.<ref name="AboutFedEx">{{Cite web |title=FedEx history |url=https://www.fedex.com/en-us/about/history.html |access-date=April 19, 2022 |website=FedEx |archive-date=August 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819040055/https://www.fedex.com/en-us/about/history.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The unit also includes:
* '''[[FedEx Home Delivery]]''': Provides domestic residential delivery services on an expanded schedule better suited to personal deliveries. Operates only in the US, residential deliveries in Canada are provided by FedEx Ground. The service's logo includes a drawing of a dog carrying a package.<ref>[http://fedex.com/us/services/us/homedelivery/index.html fedex service info – u.s. – home delivery] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731070640/http://www.fedex.com/us/services/us/homedelivery/index.html |date=July 31, 2020 }}. Fedex.com. Retrieved on July 11, 2011.</ref>
* '''[[FedEx Ground Economy]]''' (formerly FedEx SmartPost): Consolidates parcels from merchants such as e-commerce and catalog companies, transports them in bulk between its hubs, and uses FedEx Ground or Home Delivery for [[Last mile (transportation)|final mile]] delivery. Formerly Parcel Direct, a subsidiary of catalog publisher [[Quad Graphics]], acquired by FedEx in 2004.<ref name="Parcel Direct Acquisition">{{Cite web |title=Current Report Sept 2004, Inc 2004 Current Report, Form 8-K, Filing Date Sept 22, 2004 |url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/1289/110465904028198/filing-main.htm |access-date=December 26, 2012 |publisher=secdatabase.com |archive-date=May 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515015657/http://edgar.secdatabase.com/1289/110465904028198/filing-main.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== FedEx Freight ===
[[File:FedEx Freight - Detroit (49525266082).jpg|thumb|right|FedEx Freight hub in Detroit]]
[[File:FEDEX Freight (8915186339).jpg|thumb|FedEx Freight [[semi-trailer truck|truck]] in [[Las Vegas]]]]

FedEx Freight is the largest [[less-than-truckload shipping|less-than-truckload]] (LTL) freight carrier in the US, reporting {{USD|8.9 billion}} in revenue for 2021,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cassidy |first=William B |date=March 8, 2022 |title=JOC Rankings: Higher rates lead to unprecedented US LTL revenue gains |work=Journal of Commerce |url=https://www.joc.com/trucking-logistics/joc-rankings-higher-rates-lead-unprecedented-us-ltl-revenue-gains_20220308.html |access-date=April 13, 2022 |archive-date=April 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414005350/https://www.joc.com/trucking-logistics/joc-rankings-higher-rates-lead-unprecedented-us-ltl-revenue-gains_20220308.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and operates LTL and other freight services in the US and Canada. The unit was formed in 2002 when FedEx bought regional US LTL carrier [[American Freightways]] (AF) and established FedEx Freight as a parent company for AF, renamed FedEx Freight East, and FedEx's existing regional LTL subsidiary, Viking Freight, renamed FedEx Freight West. Viking had been a Caliber subsidiary when Caliber was acquired by FedEx in 1998. FedEx bought Lakeland, Florida-based national LTL carrier Watkins Motor Lines in 2006 and renamed it FedEx National LTL. All three operated as an independent subsidiaries of FedEx Freight<ref name="FedEx Buys Watkins">{{Cite web |date=May 29, 2006 |title=FedEx buys Watkins Motor Lines |url=https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fedex-buys-watkins-motor-lines |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811225041/https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fedex-buys-watkins-motor-lines |archive-date=August 11, 2021 |access-date=April 13, 2022 |website=FreightWaves |publisher=American Shipper}}</ref>  until January 2010 when they were merged with their parent to form a single entity, FedEx Freight Inc.<ref name="FDXF Merged">{{Cite news |last=Malone |first=Scott |date=September 17, 2010 |title=Market falls as FedEx fails to deliver |page=E2 |work=Ottawa Citizen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84244359/ |access-date=April 13, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=August 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827214610/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84244359/the-ottawa-citizen/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The unit is the parent of:
* '''FedEx Freight Canada''': Formerly Watkins Canada Express, the Canadian services of Watkins Motor Lines.

=== FedEx Logistics ===

FedEx Logistics provides supply chain, specialty transportation, cross border e-commerce, customs brokerage, and trade management technology and services. The division was known as FedEx Trade Networks until January 2019<ref>{{Cite press release |title=FedEx Trade Networks Rebrands as FedEx Logistics |url=https://about.van.fedex.com/newsroom/fedex-trade-networks-rebrands-as-fedex-logistics/ |access-date=2019-05-30 |website=FedEx |archive-date=July 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704025921/https://about.van.fedex.com/newsroom/fedex-trade-networks-rebrands-as-fedex-logistics/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and is composed of a number of FedEx acquisitions as well as the operations of former Caliber subsidiaries Caliber Logistics and Caliber Technology. Divisions include:
* '''FedEx Air and Ocean Cargo Networks''': International air and ocean freight forwarding. Formerly C.J. Tower & Sons, TowerGroup International Inc. (acquired by FedEx in 2000), and FedEx Trade Networks Transport & Brokerage, Inc.
* '''FedEx Customs Brokerage''': Customs and international trade compliance services. Formerly World Tariff, Ltd. (acquired by FedEx in 2000) and FedEx Trade Networks Trade Services, Inc.
* '''FedEx Forward Depots''': Critical inventory and service parts logistics. Also includes the TechConnect business equipment repair and refurbishment facilities, 3-D printing services, and the FedEx Packaging Lab.
* '''[[FedEx Supply Chain]]''': Third-party logistics including transportation management, warehousing, fulfillment, and returns. Formerly GENCO.

=== FedEx Office ===
{{Main|FedEx Office}}

FedEx Office is the retail arm of the corporation offering [[Printer (publishing)|print]] and [[Copier service|photocopy]] services, business services including signage and marketing, and retail sales of FedEx shipping services. The unit also included FedEx SameDay City, a [[same-day delivery]] service. FedEx Office was formerly an independent company, Kinko's, until it was acquired by FedEx in 2004 and rebranded FedEx Kinko's. It was again rebranded in June 2008 becoming FedEx Office.<ref>[http://about.fedex.designcdt.com/our_company/company_information/fedex_services/fedex_kinkos FedEx Office | About FedEx] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722071521/http://about.fedex.designcdt.com/our_company/company_information/fedex_services/fedex_kinkos |date=July 22, 2011 }}. About.fedex.designcdt.com. Retrieved on July 11, 2011.</ref> Its divisions include:
* '''FedEx Office Print and Ship Centers''': Successor to the original Kinko's operations. Also provide FedEx Hold at Location services, where a package can be delivered to and held at a FedEx Office location for later pickup by the receiver. FedEx Office also operates its own [[courier]] network for location to location and local delivery. Includes some locations previously called FedEx World Service Centers which predated FedEx's Kinko's acquisition.
* '''FedEx SameDay City''': Same-day delivery courier providing Standard, pickup by noon and delivered by end of day, and Priority, delivery within two hours, services. Discontinued in 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dropoff.com/blog/fedex-shuts-down-same-day-delivery-what-to-expect/ | title=FedEx Shuts Down Same-Day Delivery: What to Expect | date=February 10, 2023 }}</ref>