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FedEx and UPS have each implemented a series of fuel surcharge increases and new demand fees this month, impacting a wide range of international shipments. These changes add to ongoing cost pressures for parcel shippers and take effect between May 3 and May 30, 2026 — with DHL eCommerce joining the wave at month's end. What's Changing UPS is adding a 32¢ per-pound surge fee for shipments between the U.S. and most countries (effective May 3), plus an 11¢/lb fee for select Asia

FedEx Corp. has received formal board approval to spin off its less-than-truckload (LTL) division, FedEx Freight, as a fully independent publicly traded company. The separation takes effect June 1, 2026, with FedEx Freight beginning trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol FDXF. Under the plan, FedEx will distribute 80.1% of FedEx Freight's outstanding shares to existing FedEx shareholders on a pro rata basis — one share of FDXF for every two shares of F

FedEx Dataworks — the logistics giant's data and intelligence platform — is now embedded directly inside ServiceNow's Source-to-Pay Operations procurement workflow. The integration means that FedEx network data, including real-time shipment delays and carrier performance signals, can automatically trigger resolution workflows without procurement teams ever leaving their existing platform. The partnership, first announced in October 2025, delivers three specific capabilities:

USPS has filed to eliminate ounce-based sub-pound pricing for Ground Advantage Commercial, effective July 12, 2026 (pending PRC approval), resulting in an average 11.8% price increase on published rates. Partners with negotiated commercial rates are not affected. What's Changing Sub-pound parcels will all be priced at the highest current tier (12–15.999 oz.), eliminating four weight tiers Parcel Select forwarding/return fees increase from $3.80 → $6.00 New hazmat fees added f

A report from FreightWaves, UPS is continuing its major restructuring in 2026, closing 27 more facilities after already shutting 23 this year. The company aims to cut $3 billion in costs and reduce tens of thousands of jobs as it moves away from low-margin, high-volume shipping. A key part of the shift is reducing Amazon deliveries, which has already significantly lowered daily package volumes but improved UPS’s focus on more profitable customers. Instead, UPS is prioritizing

According to a recent report from SupplyChainDive, UPS is rapidly scaling its renewed last-mile partnership with the U.S. Postal Service, with daily handoffs rising from about 977,000 packages in Q1 2026 to a projected 1.5 million in Q2. The move is part of UPS’s strategy to improve profitability by shifting lower-margin deliveries out of its own network. The companies previously worked together through UPS SurePost, but UPS ended that arrangement in 2025 due to cost and reli