What does "stuck in transit" to mean?

Each courier has a number of different status updates that they can issue based on the information they receive from their drivers during their routes. Each Arkansas delivery service may have slightly different designations for the states they assign to shipments, but there is one that is pretty universal and that is “Stuck in Transit.”

When you want to check the status of your shipment, you just have to use the means that your courier company has indicated is the best way to do it. This usually involves something simple like taking your reference number and calling a toll-free number or logging into a website. Then, after entering your reference number, you will be given an update on the status of your shipment.

When this happens, you’ll usually just get the location of your package. This can be very specific now that GPS tracking of packages has become the accepted industry standard. However, there are still other notices that may be included in the status of your package. A common one of these is the unlucky one stuck in a transit state.

This simply means that something happened that caused the courier to label your package as no longer moving towards its destination. It is at best a very vague state, as it could mean that one of several different things has happened. A package could have gotten stuck in transit because it was stopped at a border crossing, in a car accident, because a blizzard stopped traffic, or anything else that would slow down the movement of the courier vehicle.

There are a few ways you can learn more about what has actually caused your shipment to stop moving. Sometimes a courier company will have a way to access a more detailed report online, where you can access any additional information if it exists. On the other hand, you may need to call the company directly.

Often this will be your best option, simply because they have likely been in direct contact with the driver of the vehicle. Drivers will usually update the dispatch office with more information than could be provided in the computer system, which means you can get a clearer understanding of what happened to your product by contacting someone at that office. Hopefully they can tell you what happened and how long your shipment will be stuck.