And the canal became a lifeline for communication, with government couriers running messages up and down the waterway.
Some, like UPS, grew up as couriers and have added freight forwarding and customs brokerage services.
It is also expensive, some couriers charging upwards of 3 percent for the service.
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To make deliveries, couriers traveled by foot, bike, subway or bus, getting instructions from the call center.
It also raises the risk that couriers will be intercepted and the loot traced back to its source.
They claim there is growing evidence criminals are placing drug couriers on board and attempting to corrupt crew.
Other information, such as traffic problems and the performance of individual couriers, also needs to be taken into account.
Two-thirds of the business is cash-on-delivery, concentrated in 12 large cities where the books are distributed by freelance couriers.
Paperless-office advocates say they save the cost of paper, envelopes, postage, couriers, printers, copiers and, of course, filing cabinets.
Couriers using hand luggage carry the bullion to Dubai, where it is sold for foreign currency or shipped to Iran.
On the downside, couriers and messengers lost 19, 000 jobs, after strong seasonal hiring in November and December came to an end.
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Each of four street managers kept tabs on up to six couriers after handing over the vials from the call center.
The emergence of private couriers did not in any way create economic chaos or hardship as the Post Office monopoly was challenged.
"The couriers often have accidents because they drive so fast", he says.
Known to both outlets as Google Shopping Express, it would bring purchased goods from local retailers directly to your door via third-party couriers.
As well as old-school doorstep couriers, Amazon also offers collection at local shops such as Spa, as well as from security code-controlled lockers.
For orders sourced outside the major cities, individual couriers often have to be hired to make last mile deliveries from drop-off points by bicycle.
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Its real customers are the thousands of warehouses, couriers, manufacturers and hospitals that need a problem solved but can't find a device for the task.
It clarifies that the freeze on financial transactions and services that could violate sanctions applies to all cash transfers as well as the cash couriers.
For now, all of these valets are employed by eBay, but as the program extends to new cities, eBay may well hire couriers from outside contractors.
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Couriers are barred by law from using their computers while driving, and FedEx is required to blank the screen whenever a delivery van is in motion.
Postmates, which has couriers who deliver items within San Francisco in under an hour, has nearly 60 Bay Area startups participating in its corporate discount program.
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For men, the deadliest occupations involve transportation and material-moving (pilots, bus drivers, crane operators and sailors), while administrative-support duties (couriers and stockers) claimed the most working women.
Cash on Delivery seems here to stay, and the problems of that last-mile of delivery, and unreliable third party couriers will take at least a decade to resolve.
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Also, said Allason, Shutl is acting as middleman between the couriers and retailers and to be successful in building such a brand, quality control has to be top priority.
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For instance, the organization has limited phone and Internet communications and has been cautious about the use of couriers, after the U.S. tracked one courier to bin Laden's doorstep.
The newspaper said that for much of last October, the State Department sent couriers around the world with sensitive information on paper and limited access to the computers in question.
Business is growing quickly: whereas in its first month in September 2004 eCourier delivered only 25 items with four couriers, it is now delivering around 15, 000 items a month with 90 couriers.
All his observations reached Wellington, as did countless reports from a superbly mounted band of exploring officers and a myriad of Spanish and Portuguese guerrilleros, who made travel for French couriers a nightmare.
"We deeply regret this incident, which occurred in spite of the enhanced security procedures we require of our couriers, " said Kevin Kessinger, executive vice president of Citigroup's global consumer group, in a statement.
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