Below is the announcement from UPS, regarding the rate increase becoming effective as below: The following changes will take effect on December 26, 2021: • The rates for UPS® Ground, UPS Air, and International will increase an average net 5.9%. • UPS Air Freight rates within and between the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico will increase an average net 5.2%. Effective January 9, 2022: • Remote Area Surcharge will now apply to deliveries to [...]
April 22, 2017 FedEx Express experienced substantial flight and sort disruptions at the Memphis hub last night due to severe thunderstorms. Potential delays are possible for package deliveries across the U.S. with a delivery commitment of April 22, 2017. FedEx is committed to provide service to the best of our ability. Please continue to check fedex.com for updates.
Heightened security measures for the 2017 United States Presidential Inauguration will include extensive road closures and restricted access to many locations in the Washington, D.C. area including some bridges and tunnels leading into and out of the area. All Carriers will be operating during these events, however because of enhanced local security measures and mandates set forth by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for this National Special Security Event (NSSE), [...]
January 6, 2017 FedEx Express experienced substantial disruptions at the Memphis hub last night due to winter weather. Potential delays are possible for package deliveries across the U.S. with a delivery commitment of January 6, 2017. FedEx is committed to provide service to the best of our ability. Please continue to check fedex.com for updates.
OTTAWA, Aug. 28, 2016. Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) have been negotiating through the weekend with the help of a special mediator. At the mediator's request Canada Post has agreed to extend mediation for another 24 hours. The current collective agreements will therefore continue to apply for the next 24 hours. Canada Post is open for business while negotiations continue. Mail and parcels are being [...]
We wish everyone a safe and sane 4th of July Independence Day. Lets remember why we are celebrating this holiday. Our independence is getting more fragile every day, let's celebrate and consider ways for us to stay free! Fulfillment Express, Inc. will be closed on Friday, July 3rd to allow our employees to celebrate this great holiday with their families this weekend.
Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal ruled that a class of 2,300 individuals working for FedEx Ground was misclassified as independent contractors instead of employees. As a result, FedEx may owe its workforce of drivers hundreds of millions of dollars for illegally shifting to them the costs of such things as the FedEx branded trucks, FedEx branded uniforms, and FedEx scanners, as well as missed meal and rest period [...]
As has bee customary the last few years, the US Postal Service is increasing rates on January 27, 2013. The price for First-Class Mail single-piece letters will increase by one cent. The new 46 cent Forever stamps will allow customers to mail letters to any location in the United States. Forever stamps are good for mailing a one-ounce letter anytime in the future regardless of price changes. Highlights of the [...]
The United States Postal Service (USPS) just informed the Postal Regulatory Commission that it plans to launch an experimental same-day delivery service called Metro Post. The USPS says this test is specifically designed for e-commerce companies and will initially focus on a single metropolitan area, most likely San Francisco. The market test for Metro Post is scheduled to begin around November 12 and run for at least one year. The Postal Service notes that the daily [...]
Many of you have heard by now that the United States Postal Service has announced price increases which will take effect January 22nd, 2012. The price increase, which averages 4.6 percent across all of its services, will see the cost of a stamp rising to $0.45 while the cost of Priority Mail packages will rise 3.1 percent overall. These price increases, however, are just the first of many changes [...]