| Majority of businesses need to deal with postal | | | | companies deliver bulky goods like retail warehouse |
| services or Courier Companies regularly. They often | | | | stock, equipment, pallets and industrial equipment. At |
| utilize the services for delivery of goods to the | | | | times, these companies possess separate rail |
| clients. At times, we are unable to distinguish | | | | transport and airline companies. Moreover, it becomes |
| between a haulage company and a courier company. | | | | important for companies to select the right type of |
| We can send our small electronic goods using courier | | | | transport. |
| services. However, a heavy industrial machine cannot | | | | While courier companies limit the size of goods that |
| be sent through a courier! Let us examine the details. | | | | can be shipped, a haulage company can ship any |
| Generally, a courier company delivers small items and | | | | quantity. So you can transport any quantity of goods |
| is a suitable alternative to general post office. | | | | using haulage services. Ideally, these companies are |
| Therefore, couriers are suitable for customers like | | | | capable of meeting the requirements of industries like |
| mail order companies and solicitors. The items | | | | retail wholesaling, manufacturing, construction, steel |
| delivered by couriers are small parcels, time-sensitive | | | | and plants etc. It can be concluded that a haulage |
| documents and even larger consignments. Couriers | | | | company is more specialist than any standard courier |
| are capable of delivering the materials throughout a | | | | company. |
| world using a combination of sea, air and road travel | | | | Several haulage companies may provide refrigerated |
| as well as international services. They can be utilized | | | | transport. This allows them to offer both frozen and |
| for delivery of both non-urgent as well as urgent | | | | chilled transport environments. Therefore, such |
| items. However, a haulage company takes the | | | | companies are capable of transporting the stock of |
| distribution to a higher level. | | | | frozen food from pick up points to their destinations. |
| Haulage companies operate using fleets of articulated | | | | A few companies also maintain separate facilities for |
| units having a maximum capacity of 28 tones. | | | | storage of stocks. Consequently, the stock can be |
| Therefore, the companies are completely prepared | | | | stored at such locations before the delivery date. |
| for distribution of massive pallets. In general, such | | | | |