Industry News - Transportation Impact

    More Parcel Surcharges in 2021, Is This the ‘New Normal’?

    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.
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    CEO Letter: Our Acquisition of Vizion360

    Friends,
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    Transportation Impact Acquires Vizion360 to Augment Shipping Technology

    Parcel negotiation pioneer teams up with business intelligence innovator to create industry’s first end-to-end supply chain platform.
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    UPS Extends Its 2020 Peak Surcharges, Just Like FedEx (sort of)

    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:
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    Here’s the Straight Ship on the 2021 FedEx and UPS GRIs

    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.
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    UPS Announces SurePost Rate Increase (Again!)

    UPS has announced their 2021 GRI on SurePost, the second rate increase for SurePost packages since October of this year which saw a $.24 rate hike.
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    FedEx Extends Its 2020 Peak Surcharges

    FedEx has announced the continuation of its 2020 Peak Surcharges for Oversize, Additional Handling, and Smartpost past the previously-scheduled end date of January 18, 2021. While the surcharges are not as high as the Peak Season Surcharges, the[…]
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    2020 Holiday Shipping Deadlines Are Here!

    Time for retailers is running out to ship holiday gifts to arrive for Christmas.
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    Small Parcel Post-Lockdown: Are your shipping rates (still) competitive?

    Here’s how to find out and what to do if they’re not. The last several months have seen significant changes take place in the U.S. shipping landscape, particularly in small parcel. So what does small parcel post-lockdown look like? And more[…]
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    FedEx Announces SmartPost GRI for 2021

    In mid-September, FedEx announced its standard 4.9% annual General Rate Increase. Not included was mention of changes to FedEx SmartPost rates — but the small parcel carrier has recently announced it will institute rate increases for this service in[…]
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