Industry News - Transportation Impact

    Stop Paying Unnecessary Accessorials on Your Small Parcels

    Small parcel rate agreements are complex documents that, whether by design or not, are almost impossible for most shippers to fully understand on their own.
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    How to Improve Your Shipping Dock’s Efficiency and Minimize Carrier Accessorials

    Carrier accessorials can be difficult to predict and significantly increase freight bill totals, especially when it comes to LTL shipments. These additional fees can range from unnecessary detention charges caused by carriers who are delayed, to the[…]
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    The 2019 GRIs: A Comparison of FedEx and UPS General Rate Increases

    If you are like most FedEx and UPS customers, you are probably still trying to make sense of the 2019 GRIs. But we have some good news… our report will tell you everything you need to know to make a thorough comparison of the increases.
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    Comparison of FedEx and UPS Minimums and Accessorials from 2017 to 2019

    Our comparison of the latest FedEx and UPS GRIs will be published soon. As a preview, here’s an illustration showing the change in key categories of the GRIs for both carriers from 2017 through 2019.
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    Reducing Accessorial Charges for Small Parcel Shipping

    Small parcel shipping is getting costlier by the minute. And still with so few viable carrier options, this is not a trend that will be changing anytime soon. According to a survey conducted by Parcel, many small parcel shippers are particularly[…]
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