| Many businesses deal with Courier Companies or the | | | | sea and air travel to do so. Couriers can deliver both |
| postal service everyday to deliver goods and orders | | | | urgent and non-urgent items. |
| to their customers. What people don't always | | | | A haulage company will take distribution to the next |
| understand is the difference between a courier | | | | level. |
| company and a haulage company. This article is | | | | Haulage companies operate with fleets, both small |
| written to help you understand the differences. | | | | and large, of articulated units with up to 28 tonnes of |
| A courier company will generally deliver smaller items | | | | carrying capacity. This means that haulage companies |
| and is an alternative service to the general post | | | | are fully geared up to distribute pallets of stock |
| office. This means that Couriers are ideal for | | | | weighing many tonnes. This makes haulage |
| customers such as solicitors and mail order | | | | companies ideal for industries such as manufacturing |
| companies. Items that couriers can deliver are time | | | | or retail wholesaling as they can transport pallets of |
| sensitive documents, small parcels or maybe even, in | | | | products in one cost effective trip. As with Couriers, |
| some cases, some larger specialist consignments. | | | | haulage companies can distribute consignments |
| Couriers can deliver across the world through | | | | throughout the UK, Europe and the World. |
| international services and use a combination of road, | | | | |