Hit with yet another surcharge on residential deliveries, US shippers are looking for alternatives to the duopoly of FedEx and UPS in order to keep escalating shipping costs under control and avoid further margin erosion.
The latest round of surcharges, justified by continuing growth in e-commerce ...
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