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Shipment delays bleed couriers

The island’s courier service providers are haemorrhaging hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars in revenue due to cargo flight delays that have resulted in missed deadlines and have forced heavy customer discounts for items long past...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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