Delivery firms busy for Single's Day surge

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Category: Ningbo Business

Published: Tuesday, 20 November 2012 09:24

Delivery firms in Ningbo have been handling record levels of business after the Singles' Day promotion. Many delivery companies are busy hiring temporary couriers to meet the projected soaring demand. Some of them even hire residential working staff or security guards as their part-time couriers.

Several chains courier company in Haishu, Jiangdong district reported soaring in deliveries after November 11. In one delivery branch, packages were piled into a 2-meter-high hill, and some packages were scattered two or three meters away at the door.

A courier surnamed Li said while loading packages on his motorbike, "this is our busiest time of a year. We have been unloading packages early in the morning, and started to deliver packages at 8:00. We have to work without rest until next week."

To cope with the soaring business, many companies began to hire temporary couriers. According to statistics released by 58-Job.com, many job applicants in their website enter list of potential employees for many delivery firms as early as September this year. The demand of couriers rose nearly 30 to 40 percent compared with two months ago, and the salary offered by delivery companies rose about 12 percent. In order to improve their efficiency, Ningbo Branch of Yto Express even hired working staff and security guards in some residential quarters, who will help to deliver the packages to the buyers as soon as they arrive at the quarter.

A number of local courier companies reported a 50 percent increase of daily handling from usual. Ningbo's express delivery sector is expected to see a peak on November15 and 16 as packages keep pouring in. Fortunately, it is still within the daily handling limit of local courier companies.