Freight and Courier Jobs



Freelancers and Independents

Freight and Courier Jobs

(Series on Union life and society)

Not everything is shipped by large courier and logistics services and not all mail and small logistic jobs are handled by the Union Post Office, especially in the Union Fringe regions.

There are openly and perfectly legal freight and courier job broker services, as well as  Freelancer Job bulletin boards and classified ads on several GalNet sites.

Then there is Blu-vas Job Service, a company posting good jobs and accept only Freelancers and independent Space Jockeys that have a reputation rating of 7 or higher (out of 10). Blu-Vas usually also acts as an Escrow partner making the transaction safer for both parties. (Blue-Vas charges a fee to look at the board and also to post to their board)

Space-Jockey Jobs is a free service for job seekers but does not post on GalNet but uses real old fashioned bulletin and info boards found in bars and taverns on space ports that cater to this clientele.

Generally these freight customers are small businesses or individuals who do not have enough cargo to use a bulk freighter service (which is considerably cheaper). Other times the world does not have enough traffic to attract a bulk freighter mega corp; have an Xchange or only a small  post office that does not offer cargo services [1]

Of course, especially SJJ often attracts the less legal or sometimes outright criminal job offers of smuggling items,transporting a gaggle of Gal Drifts, Non Cits circumventing customs etc.

[1] The post office offers mail service of anything up to 1000 kilos and 10 x 10 x10 meters but also has restrictions on hazardous and bio hazardous shipments.