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Here’s a quick look at several ways that LTL carriers’ recent accessorial increases could be putting the sneeze – oops, we meant squeeze – on

It’s time for another round of “Two Truths and a Lie” where you try to figure out which two statements are true and which one

FedEx and UPS introduced peak season surcharges as a way to compensate for the need to hire more workers and buy or rent additional machinery

Fuel is the only surcharge that applies to every small package that is shipped. While there are a plethora of other surcharges, they are only

The payment environment has drastically changed in the past few years. Up until recently, payment terms for FedEx and UPS were 30 days. If payments

With Groundhog Day just around the corner, it’s only fitting that the latest release of the TD Cowan/AFS Freight Index has us feeling a lot

Two of the world’s major canals have been making a lot of headlines – and handling a much smaller amount of shipping traffic – thanks to two

With 2024 already in full swing, here are a few suggestions to pave the way for a considerably smoother and less costly post-holiday returns season.

We may not live in Australia. But when it comes to holiday purchases, the boomerang effect is clearly alive and well – and compelling many

We’re just about to ring in a new calendar year.  But how new will it actually be for parcel shippers? The short answer is “not

     When we say this article contains breaking news, we mean it quite literally. Over the past few months, we’ve begun to see a

UPS applies an additional handling surcharge on top of their base transportation charges to large packages that cannot go through the normal process and need

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THEY SAID IT

Notable Quotes From Around The Industry

"Regardless of who wins in November, we can expect to see an activist industrial policy stance and continued or increased tariffs. Both candidates’ platforms will have massive effects on global supply chains, and changes could happen very quickly, so it pays to prepare and enable business agility.”

- Alex Saric, Ivalua CEO, in Logistics Management

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