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Package delivery, or parcel delivery, is the delivery of shipping containers, parcels, or high-value mail as single shipments. The service is provided by most postal systems, express mail, private courier companies, and less-than-truckload shipping carriers. [1] Package delivery differs by country due to cost and population.
The French-language term "paquebot” derives from the English term "packet boat," but means a large ocean liner. Poster advertising a packet service, Greenock, Scotland to New York, 1823 This sense became extended to mean any regularly scheduled ship, carrying passengers, as in packet trade.
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A delivery order (abbreviated D/O [1]) is a document from a consignee, or an owner or his agent of freight carrier which orders the release of the transportation of cargo to another party. [2] Usually the written order permits the direct delivery of goods to a warehouseman , carrier or other person who in the course of their ordinary business ...
A shipping agency, shipping agent, or ship agency is the term used to refer to the appointed companies that handle operational and procedural (legal) requirements for a commercial vessel's call at a port for the purposes of cargo handling (loading/discharging), emergency calls, repairs, crew changes, or ship demolition, and protect the general interests of their principals on behalf of ship ...
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An advance ship notice or advance shipping notice (ASN) is a notification of pending and upcoming deliveries matched to the prior provided packing list. It is usually sent in an electronic format and is a common EDI document.