16/04/2022
The rise in commercial fuel charges has now led to top logistics companies increasing their freight charges for ecommerce shipments. This may impact the end pricing for online consumers as sellers contemplate if they want to pass on the rising freight charges to the consumer.
Delhivery, one of the largest third party ecommerce delivery companies, has decided to increase freight charges by 30% effective April 1 for “Delhivery Air and Surface”. Logistics aggregator Shiprocket, which works with Delhivery, told its clients of the steep increase in the charges from Friday. This is on account of the steep rise being witnessed in commercial fuel charges over the recent weeks and other systemic factors in the logistics markets.
Sellers ET spoke with said that they are yet to receive a communication from Amazon, Flipkart or Meesho about any hike in freight rates, but they expect to pass on the additional cost to the customers by increasing prices as and when costs rise.
