Who Offers the Fastest Shipping Services to International Destinations?

Who Offers the Fastest Shipping Services to International Destinations?

Carriers with the fastest shipping services to international destinations include the well known entities DHL, FedEx, and UPS. Each can offer express delivery services to more than 220 countries because of their comprehensive networks and infrastructure. So for Canadian businesses and individuals, these companies can typically guarantee a 3-business day arrival of parcels from Canada to faraway destinations like Australia, India, and Argentina.

But with speediness comes priciness, and this blog provides some tips to manage shipping costs. And to that end, it introduces Secureship, whose 15-plus years of service as a Canadian shipping broker has saved money and time for thousands of its clients.

Table of Contents

• Secureship’s Services
• Avoiding Delayed and Lost Parcels
• Other Cost Reduction Strategies
• Conclusion

Secureship’s Services

As a broker, Secureship’s intuitive platform allows you to quickly find up to a dozen shipping options for your parcel from carriers such as Purolator, FedEx, and UPS. While the options range in delivery times, each displays the carrier’s retail rate and Secureship’s savings, which could be up to 50%, a result of our bulk buying agreement with the carriers.

In addition, arranging your shipment with Secureship means the system prompts you to complete the required paperwork for a parcel bound to a foreign country. And that saves you hassles and time, and to a business or busy person, time is simply another form of money.

Avoiding Delayed and Lost Parcels

You may have selected the fastest delivery service for your precious parcel, but that does you little good if the goods are delayed or lost in transit. Here are some tips to avoid those outcomes.

Delayed parcels

Shipments can be delayed for a variety of reasons, but here are some measures you can take to prevent that from happening.

• Ensure the shipping label has a complete and easy-to-read address; add your telephone number in the event of an issue
• Track the parcel once it has left your hands, which Secureship does on your behalf and alerts you when an issue arises
• Ship early, especially during the peak shipping season encompassing Christmas; and to account for sudden, uncontrollable events like floods, ice storms, hurricanes, and personnel strikes
• Ensure you have completed all required documentation, which is particularly important for international destinations

Lost parcels

Unclear or defaced shipping labels can also cause lost parcels. So inserting an ‘In Case Found’ second shipping label inside the parcel is a smart back-up procedure. Be sure it too has your phone number and the parcel’s tracking number.

Other reasons parcels go missing include: old shipping labels left on the box and ambiguous information.

Other Cost Reduction Strategies

Shipping has become quite expensive, and fast shipping costs way more than slower shipping; however, there are other cost reduction strategies that won’t compromise a speedy delivery.

Smaller parcels

Carriers charge by weight of course, but they also measure the dimensions of the container and from that calculate the dimensional weight of the parcel. Without going into the details, it means that two items of the same weight but different sizes could result in the smaller box costing less than the bigger box.

Value added services

Carriers offer other services that could add to the total you pay for the parcel’s delivery. Some simple value added services that can be avoided are listed below:

• Residential delivery
• Saturday parcel pick-ups and deliveries
• Oversized fee (see UPS – How to Avoid Additional Shipping Fees)
• Insurance
• Additional handling for metal, wood, or plastic containers

Conclusion

FedEx, UPS, and DHL can rightly claim the fastest shipping services to international destinations because of their well- developed and globe-encircling delivery networks. And for a Canadian shipper from a major centre, that means a parcel could reach any other major destination in three business days.

But the sender can also employ strategies to save money, expedite packages, and avoid shipment delays:

• Have Secureship find the best deal when you ship from Canada to an international destination
• Prevent delayed and lost parcels by ensuring shipping labels are large, complete, and legible
• Eschew value-added-services like residential and Saturday deliveries; oversized parcels; insurance and additional handling fees for using something other than a cardboard box