5 Consignments Where You Would Consider A Haulage Company

Haulage Companies are different to Couriers, as theyconstruction industry might consider a haulage
tend to concentrate on distribution of large parcels orcompany to transport large, bulky items such as slabs
consignments, for example pallets or manufacturedor girders. On the other side of construction a
products. Couriers tend to concentrate on smallerhaulage company might be asked to transport
items and work as an alternative to the general Postmachinery such as small diggers!
Office, where as Haulage companies could be4. Scrap Metal. Transportation of scrap metal is
considered more specialists in terms of the shipmentssomething that haulage companies can do with
they make.considerable ease. Although this is something that a
Here are different types of consignments that youcourier company might also be able to do it is a lot
would ship via Haulage rather than Courier.more efficient for a haulage company to carry out
1. Retail. Bulk distribution of retail products – forthis task as they transport the metal in bulk, which
example pallets of food or refrigerated goods.would offer considerable cost savings to the
Haulage companies can transport these with easemerchant.
and with the use of refrigerated trucks can keep5. Containers and Pallets. Haulage companies can
products fresh for the arrival at their destination.specialise in the transportation of containers and
2. Manufacturing. In Manufacturing there is very oftenpallets from one destination to another. If you have
a requirement to send large, bulky products from onepallets or containers being delivered by ferry they
destination to another. These products would simplycan collect them at the port and take them to your
be too big to fit into the van of a courier so need todestination. Again, this is another example of how a
be shipped via a haulage company.haulage company can easily deal with large and bulky
3. Construction. Again, as with Manufacturing, theitems.