Effective January 16, 2022, UPS will implement a peak surcharge of $0.30 USD per package on UPS Standard service to the U.S. from Canada, and $0.42 CAD per package on Trade Direct shipments from the U.S. to Canada. These are…
Here is a market update with TransImpact’s Veronica Gulliksen – September 2021
Host Jey Yokeley and expert guests Cathy Morrow Roberson and Al Webb discuss what’s coming down the supply chain pike: everything from logistics capacity, pricing, and regulation to the unpredictable behavior (read: leaving some shippers in the lurch) of FedEx…
Information, not a heavy hand, is the key to successful rate negotiations Carriers are in business to make money, just like every other company. As counterintuitive as it sounds, understanding this and letting them is the key to your company…
Change Signals Further Divergence of Its Operating Model from UPS’, and New Positioning Against Amazon FedEx’s announcement that it has rebranded its mail-integration service SmartPost to FedEx Ground Economy is more than just a name change. It represents an important…
With the peak shipping and holiday season behind us, and the GRI’s (hopefully) digested by the marketplace, we’re hoping the relative stability and calmness in the small parcel world will remain for a while. That said, there are still some…
Why Did Ups Sell UPS Freight? It’s understandable when some things that companies announce are not taken at face value. We’ve all learned, for example, to ignore the large parcel carriers’ claims that their annual GRIs equates to an average…
Every year, when FedEx and UPS release their GRIs (general rate increase) announcing contractual shipping rate increases, it’s not always clear what numbers are changing. Rather than simply accepting the increases, no matter how big or small, it’s important to…
To the surprise of no one, UPS® has announced the continuation of its 2020 Peak Surcharges. This follows the recent, similar extension by FedEx®. Below are the details of the UPS announcement, with some important contrasts noted: FedEx’s extension of…
In a year that saw a lot of disruption and pricing volatility in the small parcel marketplace, no one wanted two more confusing and vague carrier General Rate Increase announcements to top it off. But here we are. The good…
