Contracting with FedEx Ground, independent businesses provide two types of services to FedEx Ground and its customers:
- Pickup and Delivery (P&D) — Using vans or small trucks, picking up packages from shippers and transporting to the local FedEx Ground station – and, from the destination station, delivering to business and residential recipients
- Linehaul — Transporting FedEx Ground owned trailers over the road from station to hub, hub to hub, and hub to station — and, in some cases, between customer locations and stations or hubs (“spotted trailers” or “spots”)
Each business contracts to provide service for linehaul runs and spots, or pickup and delivery services for a contracted service area. These businesses purchase or lease their own vehicles and are responsible for hiring and training drivers and staff, and planning and executing the day-to-day operations.
As FedEx Ground, a FORTUNE World’s Most Admired Company, continues to enjoy sustained network and market share growth, the businesses that contract with FedEx Ground have superior opportunities to grow as well.
Along with a contractual relationship with FedEx Ground comes:
- Outstanding revenue potential
- Flexible business operations
- Access to resources
Local pickup and delivery (P&D) business opportunities
The explosive growth of e-commerce is leading to unprecedented opportunities for P&D businesses to evolve, as increasingly dense service areas provide opportunities for greater efficiency, flexibility and profitability.
Service providers for P&D services can benefit from:
- Package volume growth
- Contracted service area of both commercial and residential postal codes
- Weekly revenue based on customer demand and business results
- Optional seasonal incentives
- Third-party vendor discounts — truck maintenance, tires and more
Linehaul business opportunities
A rapidly expanding network of regional hubs and local stations creates a need for businesses that can provide safe and dependable over-the-road service.
Service providers for linehaul services can benefit from:
- Package volume growth
- Weekly settlement on all miles — loaded or empty
- Variable mileage rate by trip leg distance (the shorter the trip, the higher the rate)
- Optional seasonal incentives
- Drop & hook freight
- Network of on-site fueling stations at wholesale prices
- Third-party vendor discounts — truck maintenance, tires and more
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