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2. Dimensional weight - Wikipedia

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   The concept of dimensional weight has been adopted by the transportation industry worldwide as a uniform means of establishing a minimum charge for the cubic space a package occupies. In fact, UPS [1] and FedEx [2] both announced that starting 2015, shipping charges on all shipments (air and ground) will be determined by greater of the actual ...

3. Less-than-truckload shipping - Wikipedia

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   XPO LTL facility in Tomah, Wisconsin formerly a Con-way Freight terminal. Less-than-truckload shipping or less than load (LTL) is the transportation of an amount of freight sized between individual parcels and full truckloads. Parcel carriers handle small packages and freight that can be broken down into units less than approximately 150 pounds ...

4. United Parcel Service - Wikipedia

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   United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) is an American multinational shipping & receiving and supply chain management company founded in 1907. [1] Originally known as the American Messenger Company specializing in telegraphs, UPS has expanded to become a Fortune 500 company [6] and one of the world's largest shipping couriers.

5. UPS Airlines - Wikipedia

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   After World War II, UPS (in the process of acquiring common carrier rights for every address in the United States) revisited the idea of shipping packages by air. Starting in 1953, 2-day delivery was offered on coast-to-coast packages; the service was called Blue Label Air. As before, UPS package volume was transported on commercial airline ...

6. Freight rate - Wikipedia

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   A freight rate (historically and in ship chartering simply freight [1]) is a price at which a certain cargo is delivered from one point to another. The price depends on the form of the cargo, the mode of transport ( truck , ship , train , aircraft ), the weight of the cargo, and the distance to the delivery destination.

7. Package delivery - Wikipedia

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   Package delivery from a UPS truck. Package delivery or parcel delivery is the delivery of shipping containers, parcels, or high-value mail as single shipments. The service is provided by most postal systems, express mail, private courier companies, and less-than-truckload shipping carriers. [1]