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PARCEL SHIPPING
ATLANTA-Following the lead of its chief competitor, FedEx, Atlanta-based transportation and logistics bellwether UPS said that effective December 29 it will also adopt dimensional pricing in the U.S.
Company officials said that dimensional weight will be used to calculate the billable weight of a shipment on all UPS Ground services and UPS Standard to Canada packages. This type of pricing is already deployed by UPS for both its domestic and international air services, as well as its UPS Standard to Mexico ground services, UPS Ground packages, and UPS Standard to Canada for packages that are 3 cubic feet or larger.
"UPS has been researching the potential expansion of dimensional-weight pricing for a number of years because it enables us to more appropriately align rates...