Ep 122: Delivery surcharges for large and heavy goods

Aug 6, 2018

UPS is hiking its surcharges for handling large, heavy goods. What will this mean for the delivery and e-commerce sectors? Dean Maciuba, Managing Partner North America for Last Mile Experts, joins me to analyse the implications, including:

• UPS's new surcharges
• Why carriers and posts don't want heavy, bulky parcels in the system
• How heavy and bulky parcels are delivered in the USA
• Opportunities in two-person delivery, in particular for XPO Logistics
• Vehicles being used for two-person delivery
• Implications for the logistics network and warehouses
• What Amazon is doing in delivery of heavy goods
• Could postal operators compete effectively in this business?