FedEx defines a residential surcharge as a shipment addressed to a home or private residence. Including locations where business is conducted from home or a shipment where the shipper designates the delivery address as residential. UPS and FedEx charge a higher price for residential addresses. In short, this additional charge…
UPS announced the 2025 rate increase that will go into effect on December 23, 2024. Incidentally, the 2025 UPS accessorial fees and charges are a large part of every shipper’s weekly billing. Subsequently, the UPS ground and air rates will all increase by an average of 5.9%. Below, you will…
Many shippers notice a UPS Additional Handling charge on their UPS invoice and wonder what it is and why it is so expensive. Additional handling charges are an added fee because the package did not conform to UPS’s characteristics. UPS service centers must treat the box differently than the rest….
The 2025 FedEx general rate increase is on January 6th, 2025. FedEx Express shipping rates will increase by an average of 5.9% for Domestic, Export, and Import services. FedEx SmartPost and FedEx One Rate shipping rates will also increase; we will explore those increases in a future blog. The 2025…
Accessorial fees and surcharges make up a large part of any shipper’s weekly shipping costs. Many shippers see these as part of doing business. But there are many fees that you, as a shipper, can prevent. Address corrections happen to be a huge profit center for UPS and FedEx. When…
