To help keep shippers like you updated, Transportation Impact has compiled a summary of the week’s shipping and logistics news related to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. We’ll continue to provide weekly updates as the situation warrants, with more frequent updates…
FedEx and UPS shippers take note, both carriers have suspended their money-back service guarantees, in response to COVID-19. The following is from FedEx, effective March 23, 2020. Global Suspension of Money Back Guarantee: The impact of COVID-19 is causing local,…
To help keep small parcel shippers like you updated, Transportation Impact has compiled a summary of the week’s logistics news related to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. We’ll continue to provide weekly updates as the situation warrants, with more frequent updates…
Business has to go on. In fact, as a company that ships small parcels, it’s likely what you do is about to become more important than ever in COVID-19. This has, for the time being, changed how people are shopping.…
Over the five years since UPS and FedEx first introduced DIM weight pricing for freight and ground shipping, the cost of this method of rating shipments has increased each year, and it’s something shippers can no longer afford to ignore.…
It is the most important time of year for small parcel shippers, but not just because peak shipping season is here. It’s the 2020 GRI season, too, and the best opportunity for companies to evaluate and make improvements to their…
As we head into 2020, it’s a good time to look at some of the noteworthy highlights from the past year in the small parcel shipping industry. It continues to be a time of great change for the industry, with…
UPS has announced its 2020 General Rate Increase (GRI), which means it’s time again for small parcel shippers to look past the headlines and figure out how the increases will impact their shipping costs in the coming year. As we…
As the industry ramps up for peak small parcel shipping this holiday season, it becomes important to take note of how UPS and FedEx’s delivery commitments and guarantees change at the end of the year. What most shippers think of…
Small parcel shippers might be surprised to learn that FedEx has announced there will be no additional residential surcharges during the upcoming peak holiday season for standard-sized packages. The parcel carrier will, however, apply surcharges on shipments that are oversized…
