To the surprise of no one, FedEx announced an increase to its rates by 4.9% to 5.9% on many services. These changes take effect beginning January 4, 2021. The 2021 FedEx GRI will impact FedEx’s Air and International, Ground, SmartPost,…
It’s that time of year again. FedEx has announced an increase to its rates by 4.9% to 5.9% on many services, beginning January 4, 2021. Of course, Transportation Impact is hard at work analyzing the details of FedEx’s GRI announcement.…
UPS has made a short and to-the-point announcement regarding a rate increase for SurePost. Of note is that this increase will be in place for the upcoming peak shipping season. The increase will impact many B2C shippers during their busiest…
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…
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…
Data shows the impact of COVID-19 from the perspective of the small parcel shipping market has accelerated. This trend was already occurring — which is the growth of ecommerce and increase in residential deliveries performed by the carriers. This was…
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…
FedEx has announced the following peak season rate changes which will go into effect June 8, 2020. From the FedEx website: FedEx is an essential business keeping commerce moving and delivering critical shipments to homes during the COVID-19 crisis. As…
UPS has made the following announcement regarding additional Peak Season Surcharges that will go into effect May 31, 2020. From the UPS website: Peak Surcharge – Applied to UPS® Ground Residential and UPS SurePost® Packages: A Peak Surcharge will apply…
UPS has made the following announcement regarding the Peak Season Surcharges that went into effect on April 12, 2020. The forthcoming percentage increases to the existing surcharges are significant, with the highest being almost 83% (from $.45 per to $.71…
