FedEx has announced the continuation of its 2020 Peak Surcharges for Oversize, Additional Handling, and Smartpost past the previously-scheduled end date of January 18, 2021. While the surcharges are not as high as the Peak Season Surcharges, the market has…
In mid-September, FedEx announced its standard 4.9% annual General Rate Increase. Not included was mention of changes to FedEx SmartPost rates — but the small parcel carrier has recently announced it will institute rate increases for this service in line with…
UPS announced new Peak Season Surcharges with some beginning as early as October 4, 2020, and ending January 16, 2021. Not surprisingly, the surcharges are focused on Residential and Large-sized deliveries. A portion of the surcharges is squarely focused on…
The big unknown in any question about what small parcel shippers should expect in the “new normal” is, of course, how will COVID continue to impact customer behavior and the carriers’ ability to operate in the future. If the market…
On Thursday July 23rd UPS made an update announcement back tracking on the decreases they made a month earlier. This announcement increases the surcharge amount for shipments from China up to what it was before the June 23 announcement. It…
Since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, the small parcel shipping industry has been front and center to its impact. In addition to creating shifts in how carriers, FedEx and UPS must operate their delivery networks, COVID-19 has impacted consumer…
Consumer spending data says yes Despite data collected this week that indicated a balance of pricing power between shippers and carriers, FreightWaves projected a shift that should favor carriers throughout the next three months as this freight surge continues. Using…
Peak Season update from the UPS website: As previously announced, one or more Peak Surcharges apply to certain international shipments and U.S. domestic packages. Effective June 28, 2020 until further notice, the amount of the Peak Surcharge applied to shipments…
In today’s increasingly competitive B2C and logistics spaces, no company can afford to be an island. Collaborative logistics offers advantages that go beyond the bottom line. Twenty years into the age of the internet — an incalculable and infinitely interwoven…
Pressure on shippers and carriers is (thankfully) easing with peak season in the rear view mirror. But now is not the time for shippers to get complacent when it comes to keeping their logistics operation running cost-efficiently. Carriers still have…
