Flagship 17.0.002 - 2018 Rate Change 1

The following carriers are updated with Rates and Service for 2018 Rate Change 1 in Flagship Version 17.0.002:

•Canada Post – Rates and services changes go into effect on January 15, 2018. For more information, see the Canada Post Overview of Changes Web page.

•UPS - Changes to UPS US (including Puerto Rico, Hawaii and Alaska), UPS SurePost and UPS Canada rates and services take place on December 24, 2017. And for UPS Europe and Asia/Pacific take place on December 25, 2017.

Canada Post

Flagship supports the following rates and services changes for Canada Post:

 

•Effective from January 15, 2018, the Domestic Rates and Generic (45 rates zones) and Non Generic (32 code rates) has been updated.

•Effective from January 15, 2018, the Density Factor for Expected Parcel Service is changed from 6,000 to 5,000 for metric units and from 166 to 139 for Imperial units.

      Note: The Density Factor for Regular Parcel Service will remains at 6,000.

•The Air Stage listing has been updated for 2018.

 

UPS  

UPS US (including Puerto Rico, Hawaii and Alaska)

Flagship supports the following rates and services changes for UPS:

•Updated rates, zones and accessorial changes for all UPS US origins (including Puerto Rico,  Hawaii and Alaska) are effective from December 24, 2017.

•For Puerto Rico domestic service, the package types, such as ‘UPS 25 KG Box ®’ and ‘UPS 10 KG Box ®’ are not allowed, effective from December 24, 2017.

•The LPS (Large Package Surcharge) will apply to any package with a length exceeding 96 inches or length plus girth greater than 130 inches for all U.S. Domestic packages effective from December 24, 2017.

•For the 50 US states and Puerto Rico domestic services, when computing dimensional weight, a published dimensional weight divisor is used. This divisor varies based on cubic package size. Packages less than or equal to 1,728 cubic inches will use 139 as a divisor are effective from December 24, 2017.

UPS US

The UPS Domestic Accessorial - Delivery Area Surcharge for ‘Hundredweight’ service in 2018 is available in various types. Flagship supports all the

following various types of ‘Hundredweight’ services.

•Hundredweight-Air Commercial

•Hundredweight-Ground Commercial

•Hundredweight-Air Extended Commercial

•Hundredweight-Ground Extended Commercial

•Hundredweight-Air Residential

•Hundredweight-Ground Residential

•Hundredweight-Air Extended Residential

•Hundredweight-Ground Extended Residential

UPS SurePost

•Updated rates, zones and accessorial changes for UPS SurePost, effective from December 24, 2017.

UPS Canada

•Updated rates, zones and accessorial changes for UPS Canada, effective from December 24, 2017.

UPS Europe and Asia/Pacific

•Updated rates and zones changes for UPS Europe and Asia/Pacific are effective from December 25, 2017.

•Updated new UPS Europe rates in following countries:

•Updated new UPS APAC rates in following countries:

 

Added in Flagship 17.0.002 - 2018 Rate Change 2

The following carrier is updated with Rates and Service for 2018 Rate Change 2 in Flagship Version 17.0.002:

•USPS – Rates and services changes go into effect on January 21, 2018. For more information, see the USPS Web page.

USPS

Rate Changes

 

BluJay Solutions Parcel incorporates changes to rates for the following USPS services and accessorials:

 

•Domestic Services.

•International Services.  

•Special Services/Accessorials.

Postage Statement Changes

The following USPS Postage Statement (PS) forms are updated to meet the new 2018 requirements from USPS.

•PS Form 3600-FCM – First-Class Mail and First-Class Package Service (Page 1, 7, Parts A, B, C, & S).

•PS Form 3600-PM – Priority Mail (Page 1, Parts F & S).

•PS Form 3605-R – Package Services (Page 1, Part C, E & S).

Manifest Report Changes

The following Manifest Reports are updated to meet the 2018 requirements by USPS.

•Summary Single-Piece Mixed with Extra Services.

•Summary Parcel Select Lightweight Irregulars.

•Summary Parcel Select Lightweight Machinable.

•PS Form 3605-R Parcel Select Lightweight Machinable.

•PS Form 3605-R Nonpresorted Bound Printed Matter.