Western regional parcel carrier OnTrac will launch a delivery service later this year in conjunction with the U.S. Postal Service, a move that will give retailers a fourth major package delivery option in a territory of 60 million buyers.
The service, which hasn’t been formally named, is slated to begin in late August or early to mid-September, according to Mark Magill, director of business development for Phoenix-based OnTrac. The company has hired Andy Webber—who had been vice president of operations for DHL Global Mail, a unit of DHL—to head operations for the new venture.
OnTrac has been granted authority by USPS to begin the service and will spend the next few months putting the necessary equipment and systems in place to launch in late summer, according to Magill.
OnTrac currently serves seven Western states, and its network goes as far east as Colorado. An eighth state, Idaho, comes online March 4. Most notable is OnTrac’s presence in California, the nation’s most populous state, where it serves every ZIP code. OnTrac serves the major metro areas in the other states.