As the level of COVID-19-related e-commerce activity continues to head in one direction—up—so, too, do peak surcharges for the shipping of orders made online. That was seen today, with Atlanta-based global freight transportation and logistics bellwether UPS announcing today it is implementing a new set of peak surcharges. This is not the first time UPS has issued a COVID-19-based peak surcharge in recent months. In late May, it announced that it would implement peak surcharges that went into effect on May 31, for certain international shipments from all origins to all destinations, including the U.S.
Source: logistics Mgmt