UPS will raise its daily rates for Ground, Air and International services by an average of 5.9% on December 21, 2026. It is the fourth year in a row the carrier has landed on that number, and... View More
A parcel can arrive on Tuesday, exactly as promised, after the warehouse paid for an emergency service upgrade on Monday. The delivery scorecard records a success. For parcel managers, the nex... View More
Across the landscape of always increasing charges from parcel carriers, typically we would think of the fuel surcharge as one of the most straightforward, simple pass-through fees. The planes... View More
Every supply chain professional knows the feeling of a plan that holds together on paper and breaks on contact with reality. A container clears customs a week late. A supplier slips a producti... View More
ATLANTA, October 28, 2026 – Mark Vale, CEO of Transportation Insight Holdings, LLC (TI HoldCo), delivered the industry keynote on Day 1 of FreightWaves’ F3: Future of Freight Festival. TI
For parcel shippers, peak season is often viewed as a volume challenge. But the biggest threats to performance usually come from labor shortages, carrier constraints, shifting costs, and evolving customer... View More
Peak-season delivery economics look different when the order contains four tires instead of a small parcel. Heavy products cost more to move, discounts reduce the margin available to pay for... View More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAcuitive Solutions Relaunches Ensemble as the First Parcel Manifesting Platform Connected to PLMRebuilt on API architecture, Ensemble pulls sample demand straight from the P... View More
MESA, Ariz., Oct. 6, 2026 – GLS®, a leading parcel delivery provider in the Western U.S. and Texas, today announced the launch of GLS Connect, a new digital platform that represents the nex
The 2026 holiday season is the first in which AI sits in the middle of the purchase for a large share of shoppers. Best Buy is letting customers discover gifts and complete purchases inside Ch... View More
Farmingdale, NY — October 1, 2026 — LJM Group ("LJM"), a tech-enabled provider of small parcel shipping cost optimization solutions, announced the appointment of Rob Gelb as Chief Executive... View More
Last year, in our inaugural survey research to check the pulse of the shipping landscape, one finding in particular pointed to a sea change in how carriers and shippers work together. A full 9... View More
Carriers, retailers, and 3PLs now handle track-and-trace, delivery-exception, and returns queries in volumes that behave exactly like a support-ticket queue. AI agents are absorbing a growing... View More
Final-mile delivery has never been more complex or more expensive. New carrier services, dynamic pricing models, and an ever-expanding web of surcharges are quietly eroding shipper margins. Th... View More
Oslo, Norway - Element Logic and Ranpak Holdings Corp. (NYSE: PACK) have entered astrategic global partnership focused on integrating Ranpak's sustainable end-of-linepackaging automation into E... View More
There are more factors impacting the supply chain than ever before - tariff volatility, technology transformation, and talent gaps are just a few. Controlling expenses and cash flow wherever possible... View More
As we write this installment of PARCEL Counsel in early July, the transportation community is all abuzz about the unanimous opinion issued on May 14, 2026 by the United States Supreme Court in... View More
As shippers finalize their budgets for the coming year, FedEx has once again set the market tone by being the first major carrier to announce its annual General Rate Increase (GRI). The headline avera
Supply chains break. A port shuts down for a week, a key supplier goes under, a storm closes a highway your delivery trucks travel on, leaving you scrambling to find a solution.The businesses th... View More
