Tracking number
Tracking numbers are numbers given to packages when they are shipped. Tracking numbers are useful for knowing the location of time sensitive deliveries. In the United States, some of the companies and organizations that use tracking numbers are UPS,[1] FedEx,[2] and the United States Postal Service.[3]
Formats
FedEx Ground and Express tracking numbers can be between 12 and 14 digits. Prior to January 2013, Ground tracking numbers were up to 15 digits and Express numbers were up to 12 digits.[4]
A UPS tracking number, for domestic packages within the United States, will usually start with "1Z" followed by a 6 character shipper number (numbers and letters), a 2 digit service level indicator (e.g., 03 for GROUND, SEE UPS SERVICE CODES below), and finally 8 digits identifying the package, for a total of 18 characters.
DHL Express supports the carrier-independent ISO standard 15459-1[5] for the identification of single packages. Such identifiers consist of upper-case characters and numerals, and they can be up to 35 digits long. Companies that already use this standard do not require an additional identifier to track their pieces when shipping with DHL Express.[6] In addition, DHL Express uses numeric identifiers of exactly ten digits to track transport orders (i.e. an order to transport a shipment consisting of one or more pieces from A to B). Customers can use both codes for tracking purposes.
Most Postal Services use the international S10 (UPU standard), including the United States Postal Service[7] and most European Postal Services.
UPS Service Codes
A non-exhaustive list of service codes:
- 01 UPS United States Next Day Air ("Red")
- 02 UPS United States Second Day Air ("Blue")
- 03 UPS United States Ground
- 04 UPS Canada Express Saver (typically next day)
- 12 UPS United States Third Day Select
- 13 UPS United States Next Day Air Saver ("Red Saver")
- 14 UPS Canada Express
- 15 UPS United States Next Day Air Early A.M.
- 17 UPS Canada Expedited (typically 2-day)
- 20 UPS Canada Standard (Ground)
- 22 UPS United States Ground - Returns Plus - Three Pickup Attempts
- 32 UPS United States Next Day Air Early A.M. - COD
- 33 UPS United States Next Day Air Early A.M. - Saturday Delivery, COD
- 41 UPS United States Next Day Air Early A.M. - Saturday Delivery
- 42 UPS United States Ground - Signature Required
- 44 UPS United States Next Day Air - Saturday Delivery
- 66 UPS United States Worldwide Express
- 72 UPS United States Ground - Collect on Delivery
- 78 UPS United States Ground - Returns Plus - One Pickup Attempt
- 90 UPS United States Ground - Returns - UPS Prints and Mails Label
- A0 UPS United States Next Day Air Early A.M. - Adult Signature Required
- A1 UPS United States Next Day Air Early A.M. - Saturday Delivery, Adult Signature Required
- A2 UPS United States Next Day Air - Adult Signature Required
- A8 UPS United States Ground - Adult Signature Required
- A9 UPS United States Next Day Air Early A.M. - Adult Signature Required, COD
- AA UPS United States Next Day Air Early A.M. - Saturday Delivery, Adult Signature Required, COD
See also
References
- ↑ "Tracking Information". UPS. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
- ↑ "FedEx Tacking". Retrieved 31 December 2011.
- ↑ "USPS Tracking".
- ↑ http://fedex.p.delivery.net/m/p/fdx/bcc/home.asp
- ↑ https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:std:iso-iec:15459:-1:ed-3:v1:en
- ↑ http://de.slideshare.net/martintreder16/license-plate-the-iso-standard-for-transport-package-identifiers
- ↑ USPS (date unknown). Track & Confirm label ID numbers. United States Postal Service. Retrieved from http://www.uspstrack.org/2015/08/usps-tracking-number-format.html