Executive Summary
Courier services, classified under services sector by United Nations Civilian Police Corps (UNCPC), is described as multiple operations consisting of pickup, transport and delivery services of documents, letters, parcels and packages either inland and/or overseas using one or more modes of transport and other courier services for goods transfer without storage, like freight services. (WTO,2005)
While postal and courier services depend upon physical means of delivery via air or surface or sea transport services, surface transport is the primary mode of transport used for delivery of parcels and other items within contiguous geographic regions of a country or countries depending on the distance involved. Otherwise air transport is used with hub operations. However such surface, air and sea transport services are classified in their own group under services. Sea freight is very rarely used by courier services as "speed of delivery" is a prime factor for this......
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