In response to FedEx’s recent update to its fuel surcharge tables, UPS has followed with an increase of its own. This increase is to take effect starting on July 5th, 2021. It would seem increasing inflation and rising fuel costs…
FedEx has announced an increase to its Fuel Surcharges that will take effect starting June 21, 2021. The updates should be looked at carefully by small parcel shippers using FedEx for both their domestic and international packages. The reason is…
FedEx threw small parcel shippers a curveball recently by increasing several Peak Surcharges. We did a Q&A with EVP of Operations at Transportation Impact, Brian Byrd, to understand the coming changes and get his perspective on what may be behind…
UPS made some recent low-key changes to the rate table for its Additional Handling and Large Package surcharges. It’s understandable if the increases flew under your radar because the small parcel carriers have both gotten good at the quiet, slow-drip…
Covid-19 has impacted every industry globally, and parcel shipping is no exception. Most notably, the pandemic resulted in more people turning to online shopping and caused a tremendous increase in ecommerce. This shift put a huge amount of pressure on…
UPS and FedEx Partially Bring Back Money-Back Service Guarantees. Since UPS and FedEx announced the suspension of their service performance guarantees in March of 2020 as a result of the pandemic, shippers have patiently waited for their return. That day…
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…
One thing that’s come out of a rough 2020 for the shipping industry is that companies have become far too used to fees and surcharge announcements from the carriers. Extra fees like accessorials and general rate increases (GRI) have always…
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…
