A Strategic Addendum to the ICC 2025 FedEx and UPS Rate Increase Playbook. Now available to shippers and supply chain leaders.
Hicksville, NY – September 16, 2025 – ICC Logistics Services, Inc., a prominent cost-reduction and optimization logistics firm, issued today its 2025 Parcel Carrier Rate Impact Report: A Strategic Addendum to the ICC 2025 FedEx and UPS Rate Increase Playbook.
The report provides a comprehensive analysis of UPS and FedEx’s mid-year rate increases that are redrawing shipping budgets ahead of peak season 2025.
Key Report Highlights:
- Dimensional Weight Rounding (August 2025): Carriers now round all package dimensions to the nearest inch, including billed weights and fees.
- Fuel Surcharge Increases (Feb–Aug 2025): UPS Ground surcharges rose to 20.5%, and FedEx implemented synchronized, index-based changes.
- UPS Zone & Fee Adjustments (Jun 2025): Additional Handling increased to $55 and Large Package fees to $305 under new tiered surcharges.
- FedEx Midyear Adjustments (Jul–Aug 2025): Oversize and Unauthorized fees were brought in line with those of UPS, while U.S. and Canadian pickup fee structures were updated.
- Peak Season 2025 Surcharges: Surcharges for residential, oversize, and unauthorized shipments, with tiered, date-based charges up to January 2026.
“January General Rate Increases are no longer the whole story,” adds Tim Binkis, Chief Client Success Officer, ICC Logistics Services, Inc. “Carriers are putting through mid-year changes that can catch shippers off guard. Our 2025 Carrier Rate Impact Report gives supply chain leaders the visibility they need to predict, model, and negotiate around these cost drivers.”
The 2025 Carrier Rate Impact Report consolidates all Spring and Fall 2025 carrier news, delivers side-by-side UPS vs. FedEx surcharge comparisons, and delivers strategic recommendations for packaging audits, contract renegotiations, zone impact mapping, and budget planning.
The report is written to serve as a working guidebook for logistics professionals and a strategic planning guidebook for C-suite executives who wish to protect margins in an unpredictable shipping environment.
The full 2025 Carrier Rate Impact Report is available for download below:
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