Mixed messages in week 50. FedEx dropped to 81.3 percent while UPS rebounded to 93 percent. FedEx’s percentage is based off a smaller sample size due to how they invoice but it does provide credence into Amazon’s decision to pull FedEx…
Keith Myers
For week 49, on-time performance from both UPS and FedEx dropped significantly. FedEx is at 91 percent, while UPS is at 87.5 percent, compared to a 95 percent-plus rate in week 48 for both carriers. This should come as no surprise since week 49 is the first inclusion of Black Friday and Cyber Monday shipments.…
Even though the potential strike at UPS hasn’t yet been averted (the current labor agreement is set to expire July 31, and the two parties haven't ratified a tentative agreement), the company has decided that now is a good time to impose intra-year rate hikes. UPS already changed its fuel surcharge tables for air export…
