"Effective January 2007 UPS will begin charging for "Dimensional Weight", i.e. charges based on the size of a parcel as opposed to simply its scale weight. Called "dim" and / or "cubing", such charges have been applied by air shippers for years. This will be a "first" for ground shipments.What this means to shippers, are potential increases of up to 75% for large packages. What it means to other delivery businesses is potentially lost revenue if they don't follow suit."

For more in this issue read: http://www.freight-int.com/categories/dimensional-weight-measurement/dimensional-weight-measurement.asp . The piece was repeated on Packaging International: http://www.packaging-int.com/categories/dimensional-weight-determination/dimensional-weight-determination.asp

Richard Cooper and Lorne Hull, who were mentioned in the article, are available for media interviews.