Get Ready For The Holidays With UPS

View important shipping information for the 2018 holiday season and learn more about how UPS has been preparing for one of the busiest times of the year in the shipping calendar.

UPS Peak Surcharges

Effective from 4th November until 22ND December, 2018, UPS will implement Peak Season Surcharges in several European countries. The surcharges will only apply to parcels that meet the specifications for Large Packages and Over Maximum Limit as well as Additional Handling charges. This is to ensure our network continues to operate effectively during the holiday season.

Important Change to Invoicing

Save time and go paperless! Sign-up to UPS Billing Centre before a paper invoice fee is introduced on August 6th.

UPS Announces Amends to Additional Charges

UPS has modified the dimensions of the Additional Handling Charge, and applied a fuel surcharge to the Additional Handling Charge, and the Over Maximum Limits additional charges.

 For more information please see our 2018 UPS Service and Tariff Guide.

UPS Makes Largest-Ever Investment in France with $100 million Paris Hub

UPS officially opened a new 30,000-square-metre, advanced technology package sorting and delivery hub outside Paris in Corbeil-Essonnes/Évry. The facility spans the equivalent of four football fields, and signals UPS’s confidence in French economy & growing cross-border trade.

New UPS Rail Service Accelerates Hong Kong-Europe Trade

UPS announced today that it has launched a new Full Container Load (FCL) service between Hong Kong and Europe, which leverages on UPS’s existing China-to-Europe rail service to better connect businesses that are trading between these two regions.

UPS Strengthens Cross-Border Capabilities with £120million London Hub

UPS officially opened its new 32,000 square metre package sorting and delivery facility in the south east of England. The new London Hub is one of UPS’s largest single infrastructure investments outside of the United States in the company’s history.

New Non-Stop Flight from United States to Dubai

Our new, non-stop flight from the U.S. to Dubai, UAE improves time-in-transit between North and South America to key destinations in the Middle East by a full business day. This flight is operated with our new Boeing 747-8F aircraft, providing 50 percent more capacity than before.

UPS Announces 2018 Rate Changes

The 2018 UPS Service and Tariff Guide is now available online