Europe is a continent with strong postal and delivery services. From local to global, from wholesalers to individual parcel, small sized to large sized goods, there is a service for every requirement. Here we would cover certain services predominant in UK and the other nations of Europe for delivery of goods from one place to another.
Parcel delivery
In UK, parcel deliveries can be made on the same day and also overnight. This is within UK, which implies that deliveries are made from one location in UK to another. That is why the time period is short since the distance is less. If it is across the border, internationally to any other country in Europe, the time period would be longer and also the charges. But it will be less than those compared to deliveries overseas. Parcel deliveries are usually on a small scale. It includes more of individual parcels and less of bulk or wholesale parcels.
Couriers
There are a range of courier services in Europe. FedEx, TNT, Parcelforce and UPS are the trusted and the most widespread courier services in Europe. Popular countries where the courier services are enjoyed greater are UK, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. Couriers are different from parcel delivery employees. Though the job seems to be same, parcel delivery employees are government employs while the workers of courier companies are not. Though, both of them are equally important and used equally in Europe.
Shipping
Shipping is done for the purpose of import and export of goods from one nation to another. It is done for large scale exchange of goods. Wholesale and bulk packages are delivered worldwide through shipping. Rarely would you find individual or personal packages delivered through shipping. Shipping becomes cheaper when the goods are in bulk. Pallet shipping is widely used in Europe. Shipping takes a longer time to reach its destinations because the source and the target are far off. Ships are sent in all directions and deliveries are made worldwide. This is what globalization has done to the world.
