2008 Service Enhancements

LTL Now Guaranteed
New guarantee assures your LTL freight will arrive on time.
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Global Trade Simplified
UPS is the first to offer a paperless commercial invoice and a returns capability to 98 countries and territories.
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Dangerous Goods
UPS now accepts 49 CFR and IATA compliant hazardous materials.
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Shipping in Dry Ice
UPS accepts dry ice shipments without a contract.
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Easier Online Shipping
See how we're improving shipping on ups.com.
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Surcharges and Accessorials

The following changes have been made to small package Daily and Retail rate surcharges and accessorials:

  • Delivery Area Surcharges for commercial and residential addresses have increased $0.10*.
  • A Remote Area Surcharge applies to UPS Ground, Air, and UPS Hundredweight services destined to certain ZIP Codes in Alaska and Hawaii. The Remote Area Surcharge is $15 for certain destination ZIP Codes in Alaska and $6 for certain destination ZIP Codes in Hawaii.
  • Extended Area Surcharges for packages to certain destinations outside the U.S. have increased $2.00 per shipment and $0.02 per pound*.
  • Residential Surcharges have increased $0.10 to $2.30 for UPS Air Services and $0.10 to $1.95 for UPS Ground Services. A Residential Surcharge of $1.95 applies to UPS Standard to Canada packages and shipments sent to residential addresses.
  • The Daily rate charge for Declared Value has increased $0.05 per $100 of Declared Value with a minimum charge of $1.80. The Retail rate charge for Declared Value has increased $0.10 per $100 of Declared Value with a minimum charge of $1.80.
  • The Additional Handling charge has increased $.50 to $6.50*.
  • The Address Correction charge for UPS Ground packages has increased $1.00.
  • The charges for Delivery Confirmation, Delivery Confirmation – Signature Required*, and Delivery Confirmation – Adult Signature Required* have increased $0.25.
  • The Large Package Surcharge has increased $5.00 to $45.00.*

*Increase does not apply to the Retail rate.

 

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