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Top 10 Courier Companies in the USA and Canada

The growth of courier industry in the USA is directly proportional to the growth of economic progress of the country. One of the first courier companies in the USA was Wells Fargo in 1852 which operated in the unorganised sector.

Much water has flown through Mississippi and Missouri since then. The courier industry in the USA stands at 109 billion $ in 2019 growing at a rate of around 5% since last six years.

It is expected to grow up to a whopping 400 billion $ in the next 4 to 5 years at a compounded growth rate of 8% on a conservative estimate.

The Courier Companies List

10. Pace Couriers

Based at Alabama, their office is operational 24 x 7. The company has a chain of ground transportation logistics system which is customised depending upon the client’s needs. The channel logistics team of the organisation works in perfect tandem with the client team for optimum output and deliveries.

The main focus of the courier is now into servicing the retail trade as retail is very fast becoming an important area of growth in USA.

Very recently it has inaugurated a 16000 square feet warehouse at North Carolina.  Pace already has undertaken a CSR initiative called Pace Foundation to serve the larger community.  

https://pacecourierservice.com

9. Transportes Pitic

The organization was formed in 1973 at Mexico and has a concrete presence in transportation and distribution since then. An excellent shipping process coupled with punctual deliveries and very well managed logistics management has earned the company a great affinity amongst its clients and the industry.

The company mainly services retail, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, manufacturing and automotive industry.

Transportes Pitic also has undertaken a massive CSR campaign to serve the community in its areas of operation.

https://www.transportespitic.com

8. Spee Dee Delivery Service

Two main strategies that the Minnesota based courier company epitomises are speed and pricing both of which are very important factors today. It has got extraordinary ground delivery services with focus in Midwest of the country.

In some cases the deliveries are completed the next day itself. The company claims that with their smaller operational ambit they perform and deliver better than the usual big players in the industry.

The rates offered are very competitive and the services are tailor made according to the client’s requirement.  

As a market penetration strategy, the company offers less than truckload delivery, on call pick-up and pick-up tag service which is unique in their respective aspects.

https://speedeedelivery.com

7. Dicom Canada

Established in 1968 and operating from Montreal, Dicom is one of the largest couriers in North America. The company has been acquired by General Logistics system in 2018.

The client’s list includes small organizations as well as Fortune 500 companies. The company fleet operates cross border from Canada to the US and vice versa with full truckload and less than full truckload consignments.

Undoubtedly the sheet anchor of the company is the Regional Parcel Service famed nationally for its speed, precision, reliability and punctuality.

The tools that Dicom offers to its clients are smart 4 tracking, near perfect rate estimates and transit time calculator.

https://www.dicom.com/en/dicom/corp/home

6. LaserShip Inc

Established in 1986 with headquarters in Virginia, LaserShip specialises in picking up from the hub to the final destination of the consignment.

Focussing mainly in the Midwest and the Eastern parts of the country, LaserShip handles Amazon deliveries and in some cases, same day delivery. In 2018 the company was acquired by Green Briar Equity Group.

The courier has received certificates of appreciation and of full compliance from the ISCPO, the parent organisation of logistics management corporations in the USA .

The company is one of the best service providers in the e commerce segment and offers tailor made logistics for its esteemed clients.  

https://lasership.com  

5. TFI International

Established about 50 years back in Montreal, TFI is one of Canada’s largest couriers with a huge fleet of trucks. TFI’s US operations are also very big now possessing a massive fleet of more than 12000 trucks.

Over the years it has been making acquisitions and in 2010 took over Dallas based Dynamex thereby increasing its turnover manifold.

TFI has multiple divisions under its broad segments like truckloads, LTL, Package and courier, container transport and specialised services division operating in the energy sector with leading clientele.  

https://tfiintl.com/en/

4. OnTrac Inc.

Founded in 1991 and operating from Arizona, OnTrac targets the smaller businesses for its highly competitive rates and the services which is as good as professionally managed  larger courier companies. Their shipping hub is also based at Tennessee.

The company also provides overnight delivery at very economical rates in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, California, Utah, and Colorado apart from Arizona.

The company is family owned and therefore it has a distinct advantage of delivering personalised touch in its operations.  

OnTrac clientele include a host of essential service providers, schools , colleges, Churches and fibre to the home  companies, or FTTH companies.  

https://on-trac.co.uk

3. Purolator

Headquartered in Ontario, Canada and established in 1967, the brand name is actually an abbreviation of the word “pure oil later” although it is now a purely courier company. Purolator has a business tie up with UPS for deliveries outside Canada.

The Ontario based   specialised cargo airline, Cargojet operates large bodied Boeing fleet for Purolator. The company has an enviable team of ground and air logistics with nearly 100% success rate of systematic and punctual deliveries along with service.

Purolator has activated “ Purotouch Advantage ”whereby each of its client gets  tailor made customized service with long and short term solutions of its issues if any.

https://www.purolator.com/en

2. FedEx

One of the largest express delivery services companies globally, FedEx originally known as Federal Express is operating in 220 countries globally maintaining punctuality, along with exemplary service.

Unmatched services along with logistics management, reliability coupled with superior transportation infrastructure gives FedEx the cutting edge in handling almost 4 million shipments daily. Headquartered at Brussels, the main hub of FedEx is at the De Gaulle international airport, Paris .

The 50 + aircrafts fleet like Boeing 777, Airbus , McDonnell Douglas  and 757 touchdown in at least 45 airports almost daily.

FedEx tracking is so meticulous and prompt that it is the second most popular service  after delivery.

https://www.fedex.com

1.UPS

United Parcel Service as the company is also known, is an American transnational corporation based at  Georgia. The forerunner to UPS was American Messenger Company formed in 1907.

After much changes the company was renamed United Parcel Service in 1919.During the course of all these years UPS has acquired a host of courier companies like TNT Express, Lynx Express etc.

It has a host of subsidiaries under it some of them being leaders in their own domain like UPS Stores, UPS Airways, UPS Capital, UPS Logistics, UPS  i- Parcel etc.

Last year UPS has got the approval of FAA the US Government Authority on aviation to fly drones for delivering health care commodities which is a milestone and a path breaking achievement for the courier giant.

https://www.ups.com/

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Politics: Trump wants to beef up border security to 'knock the hell out of the drug flow' — but it could still miss most of the smuggling

Expanding the wall and fencing along the border and adding military personnel to patrols there are unlikely to interrupt the most common smuggling method.

President Donald Trump has made border security a key initiative for his administration.

He has pushed for a additional barriers on the US-Mexico border and for additional enforcement along the frontier.

But such methods may still miss the influx of drugs Trump has said he will halt.

Reinforcing the southern border has been a high priority for President Donald Trump, who has promised since the early days of his campaign to construct additional barriers along the frontier.

This month, in an apparent response to an annual migrant caravan heading north through Mexico toward the US border, Trump announced that he would deploy the National Guard for additional security at the frontier — against both the unauthorized movement of people and the illicit transport of illegal drugs into the US.

"We're putting the National Guard and military at the border," Trump told reporters on Monday. "And we need a wall. Whether you're a Republican or Democrat, we need a wall, and it'll stop your drug flow. It'll knock the hell out of the drug flow, and it'll stop a lot of people that we don't want in this country from coming into our country."

US military personnel at the border will only be authorized to assist the Border Patrol with intelligence and surveillance and won't have the power to capture migrants. But it's questionable how much more additional enforcement they could provide.

The 2,000 to 4,000 troops Trump wants to deploy will arrive at a time when there are 30,012 border apprehensions a month, according to the Washington Office on Latin America. When George W. Bush deployed the National Guard to the border in 2006, there were 128,979 apprehensions at the border a month.

And based on reports from the US Drug Enforcement Administration and other government officials, more troops along the border may miss the mark when it comes to staunching the flow of illicit narcotics into the US.

"Mexican [transnational criminal organizations] transport the majority of illicit drugs into the United States across the [southwest border] using a wide array of smuggling techniques," the DEA said in its 2017 National Drug Threat Assessment. "The most common method employed by these TCOs involves transporting illicit drugs through US ports of entry in passenger vehicles with concealed compartments or commingled with legitimate goods on tractor trailers."

The 48 official land crossings that see the passage of millions of people, vehicles, and cargo every day — and are already staffed by law-enforcement and customs officials — also see the vast majority of illegal drug shipments.

Meth

The southwest border, which stretches from San Diego to Texas' Gulf coast, "remains the main entry point for the majority of methamphetamine entering the United States," the DEA said in its 2017 report.

"Methamphetamine seizures along the SWB increased 157 percent from CY 2012 (8,213 kg) to CY 2016 (21,121 kg). The majority (47%) of methamphetamine seized along the SWB in CY 2016 occurred in the San Diego corridor. Seizures increased in every corridor along the SWB."

Among the array of techniques smugglers use to conceal cargoes of meth are "human couriers commercial flights, parcel services, and commercial buses," according to the report. "Traffickers most commonly transport small, multikilogram shipments of methamphetamine in privately-owned vehicles."

Cocaine

The southwest border is "the key entry point for the majority of the cocaine entering the United States, according to US Customs and Border Protection data," the DEA report states.

"Traffickers most commonly smuggle cocaine into the United States via privately owned vehicles passing through ports of entry along the SWB. Cocaine is hidden amongst legitimate cargo on commercial trucks or secreted inside hidden compartments built within passenger vehicles."

Food and other perishable items are especially popular, especially because some goods, like raw fish, are pungent enough to conceal odors and deter curious customs officials. In one instance, Sinaloa cartel chief Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman opened a cannery in Mexico to package cocaine in cans of chiles, which were labeled "Comadre Jalapeños."

"Commercial air smuggling is another important conveyance method for cocaine traffickers looking to smuggle cocaine from South America and the Caribbean into the United States," the DEA report adds. "This type of air smuggling has four different aspects to it: couriers, cargo, mail/express consignment, and internal conspiracy."

Couriers include people like airline passengers or crew members. Cargo shipments can range from a few kilos to a few tons hidden in commercial goods, like food or industrial equipment. Consignment shipments are more likely to move into and around the US in the mail. In other cases, airline or airport personnel on both ends of flights have conspired to traffic cocaine hidden in baggage or somewhere in an aircraft.

Heroin

"Most of the heroin smuggled into the United States is brought overland across the SWB," according to the DEA, which notes that most of that is produced in Mexico or South America. Lesser amounts of South American, Southwest Asian, or Southeast Asian heroin are "transported by couriers on commercial airlines."

"The majority of any heroin that we seize is not between the ports of entry," then-US Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske told a Congressional committee in spring 2016.

"It's smuggled through the ports of entry, whether is in San Isidro or El Paso, or whether is at JFK airport. Heroin seizures almost predominantly are through the port of entry and either carried in a concealed part of a vehicle or carried by an individual."

"We don't get much heroin seized by border patrol coming through," he added. "I think just because there are a lot of risks to the smugglers and the difficulty of trying to smuggle it through."

The DEA reported that heroin is often commingled with other drugs during transport, meth in particular. "Most heroin smuggled across the border is transported in small, multikilogram loads, in privately-owned vehicles, usually through California," the DEA report said, citing CBP.

Fentanyl and other synthetic opioids

Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid approved for use as an anesthetic and a painkiller, has become more common among US drug users. The extreme potency that makes it appealing to users also makes it dangerous to the people handling it, whether it be users or police.

Some pharmaceutical fentanyl is diverted from healthcare facilities, though typically on a small scale and intended for personal use.

"Fentanyl is transported into the United States in parcel packages directly from China or from China through Canada, and is also smuggled across the SWB from Mexico," the DEA states in its 2017 report.

Large volumes of the drug are intercepted at the southwest border, though those seizures are typically of lower purity.

Smaller volumes of the drug arrive via mail from China, but those shipments are higher in quality and therefore more dangerous and more valuable.

"The fentanyl from China comes in two ways. One, through the use of the US postal system, which lags behind in terms of the technology that is required to be able to go through packages coming from foreign countries," Mike Vigil, former chief of international operations for the DEA, told Business Insider in a spring 2017 interview.

"The second method of smuggling into the United States is that the fentanyl and the analogues flow from China into Mexico, into the drug cartels, and then across the US-Mexico border," Vigil added.

Like heroin or cocaine, a small of amount of fentanyl can fetch a high price. With "compact and expensive product," Adam Isacson of the Washington Office on Latin America noted last year, it's not surprising that "smugglers don't bother to transport it between ports of entry."

Marijuana

"Marijuana is the only drug covered in this assessment that is predominately smuggled between, instead of through, the ports of entry," the DEA said in its 2017 report.

"Large quantities of foreign-produced marijuana are smuggled into the United States via personally-owned vehicles, commercial vehicles, buses, rail systems, subterranean tunnels, small boats, unmanned aerial vehicles/drones, and catapults, and are walked across by backpackers," the report added.

Marijuana was for a long time a cash crop for Mexican traffickers. It was relatively easy to produce in abundance and didn't require a complicated refining process. If smuggled across the border in bulk, it could generate a tidy profit.

But with legalization, the dynamics of the marijuana trade have begun to shift.

Legalization in the US — in California in particular — has triggered a reverse in traditional smuggling patterns. When California dispensaries opened for recreational sales at the beginning of this year, Mexicans were in line, waiting to transport legally purchased weed back across the border.

"You are buying quality and a safe product," Roberto, one such customer, told El Universal.

Drug producers in Mexico's Golden Triangle — a hotbed for production of marijuana and opium and increasingly of synthetic drugs — have confirmed the declining appeal of Mexican marijuana. One self-described Sinaloa cartel operative said the price of a kilo of marijuana had fallen from about $74 in 2010 to a little more than $26 at the end of 2017.

"We keep sending chiva, perico, cristal," he told Sinaloa state-based newspaper Rio Doce, referring to heroin, cocaine, and meth, respectively. "The only one that decreased was mota," or marijuana.

'Understaffed and overworked'

If the ports of entry that dot the southern frontier are the frontline against the influx of illicit narcotics, then some of the personnel manning them are feeling overlooked.

Agents at the Laredo North port entry in Texas told the Associated Press earlier this year that they're undermanned and, at times, overwhelmed by the traffic at their checkpoint. Agents at the port have about 10 seconds to check the drivers of each of the roughly 9,000 vehicles they see a day and decide which ones to refer for further inspection.

The fiscal year 2019 spending bill Trump signed earlier this year included about $50 million for new towers at the border, $87 million for remote video surveillance, and $20 million for ground sensors — total new spending on these items was a little less than $1.2 billion, a congressional aide told The Wall Street Journal.

But Customs and Border Protection is shorthanded and struggling to meet its personnel quota. As of March 17, the Border Patrol, which is a part of CBP, had 19,346 agents on duty, less than the 21,370 it is required to have. The agency has struggled for years to keep hiring even with the rate of agents quitting or retiring, according to CNN.

The Border Patrol has mounted a recruiting campaign across the country, touting the "fun" parts of the job, like riding ATVs and horses. "If you like to hike, you get paid to go out there and hike," a spokesman told Fronteras earlier this year.

"Our agents are understaffed and overworked," Hector Garza, the Laredo representative of the National Border Patrol Council, told the AP in February. "Even though they have all these forces against them, they go out there and try to do their best."

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