UPS makes changes to its ‘Demand Surcharges’
January 10, 2023
In a recent customer notice, Atlanta-based global freight transportation and logistics services provider UPS stated it will be extending its demand-based surcharges past peak season. UPS said that the demand surcharge will extend to packages that require Additional Handling and Large Packages for all U.S. domestic, U.S. import, and U.S. export shipments for qualifying customers. And it added that a demand surcharge will apply to all packages that are Over Maximum Limits for all U.S. domestic,...
FedEx announces surcharge increases for certain ground and express services
May 25, 2021
The company said that in order to provide its customers with the best possible service during this challenging time, these surcharge increases are being implemented
There is nothing typical about this year’s holiday shopping and shipping for carriers and retailers
October 20, 2020
This goes back to just how different 2020 is shaping up to be, from a shopping, shipping and e-commerce logistics perspective, make no mistake. As has been widely reported, shopping in malls and retail locations is really not an option for many people, for multiple reasons. And, taking that a step further, there has been more than a few examples of what may in store over the coming weeks, as it relates to what is different and what that could mean.
UPS announces additional COVID-19-based peak surcharges
August 7, 2020
As the level of COVID-19-related e-commerce activity continues to head in one direction—up—so, too, do peak surcharges for the shipping of orders made online. That was seen today, with Atlanta-based global freight transportation and logistics bellwether UPS announcing today it is implementing a new set of peak surcharges. This is not the first time UPS has issued a COVID-19-based peak surcharge in recent months. In late May, it announced that it would implement peak surcharges that...
New ocean cargo surcharges will be foul odor for many global shippers
October 1, 2018
The Global Shippers Forum has reacted with a loud objection to proposed surcharges for ocean cargo shipping
UPS rolls out new peak shipping surcharge
June 19, 2017
During certain weeks in November and December this year, shippers and consumers need to prepare to pay a little more for deliveries handled by UPS in the form of a new peak shipping charge.
Global Shipper’s Forum Seeks End to Ocean Cargo Surcharges
August 18, 2016
The ambitious goal to end the imposition of container shipping surcharges within five years has been adopted by the GSF at its Annual Meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
