2018

• 22 Oct 2018 Canada – Strike

  Canada Post has updated about ongoing negotiations with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW).  CUPW has issued a strike notice, which means that they will be in a legal position to strike as early as 22 October 2018. Should rotating strike action occur, the postal service will continue to operate.   Rotating legal strikes may be isolated to one or two specific locations at a time, affecting those areas for a period of 24 hours. In that situation, Canada Post would continue to accept, process and deliver mail and parcels in all other areas. Once the temporary disruption ends, it would return to normal operations in the affected locations.  Hence, service delays may be expected in the affected locations.

• 16 Oct 2018 United States – Hurricane Michael

  United States – Hurricane Michael

   

  The United States Postal Service (USPS) has advised that Hurricane Michael made landfall on 10 October 2018 in the Florida Panhandle, bringing destructive winds, dangerous storm surges and flash flooding. Operations have been disrupted in some areas.  USPS is continuing to monitor the storm as it moves inland, and its top priority is the safety of its customers and employees. Some post offices have suspended operations, mainly in the areas with postcodes ranging from 32300 to 32499. Deliveries and other services in the region will also be affected.  For information and updates, please refer to the USPS Service Alerts at http://about.usps.com/news/service-alerts/welcome.htm.

• 03 Oct 2018 Nigeria – Normal Operations

  Nigerian Postal Service has updated that the strike by labour unions has been called off, and operations have returned to normal.

• 02 Oct 2018 Indonesia – Earthquake and tsunami

  Pos Indonesia has advised they had temporarily suspended processing and delivery of all postal items to the following postcodes due to a  7.4-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that hit the country on 28 September 2018, devastating Palu, Donggala and Mamuju in the Central Sulawesi province. Most of the buildings and roads in the affected areas suffered major damage, and electricity, communication and fuel were cut off.

  –  Palu:                                          941xx to 942xx

  –  Donggala, Parigi and Moutong: 943xx

  –  Mamuju Utara:                            915xx

• 02 Oct 2018 United States – Update on Hurricane

  United States Postal Service (USPS) has updated that, while  Hurricane Florence has now passed, the flooding crisis remains.  Hurricane Florence, which made landfall in North Carolina as a hurricane on 14 September 2018, has left behind a wide path of destruction. Residents across the Carolinas continue to deal with historic levels of flooding. USPS’s  top priority is the safety of its customers and employees. Operations are still suspended at many post offices in the Carolinas, and deliveries and other services have been affected.  For information about impacts, please refer to the USPS Service Alerts available at http://about.usps.com/news/service-alerts/welcome.htm (under “Residential customers”, click “Service disruption alerts”).

• 02 Oct 2018 Nigeria – Strike

  Nigerian Postal Service has advised that inbound and outbound international postal operations as well as domestic deliveries are affected by a strike by labour union in Nigeria, which commenced on 27 September 2018.

• 24 Sep 2018 Italy – Normal Operations

  Poste Italiane has updated that all postal services are back to normal following disruption caused by the collapse of a bridge along the A10 highway in Genoa.

• 24 Sep 2018 Indonesia – Normal Operations

  PT Pos Indonesia has advised that postal services are back to normal following the disruption caused by the earthquake in Lombok Island, Indonesia. However, delays are to be expected in the processing and delivery of all postal items.

• 20 Sep 2018 Philippines – Typhoon

  Philippines Postal Corporation has advised that super typhoon Mangkhut has affected the northern part of Luzon in the Philippines on 15 September 2018.  Some of the roads are not passable due to landslides and floods. Delays in the processing of mails and transmission of tracking events are expected in the areas with the following postcodes:

  2000-2001, 2003-2004, 2010, 2012-2026, 2400, 2410, 2413-2414, 2417-2418, 2420, 2423-2424, 2600, 2604-2606, 2610, 2714, 2810, 2814-2815, 2922, 3002-3003, 3011, 3015, 3019, 3106, 3108, 3110-3112, 3116, 3602-3609, 3800-3802 and 3806.

• 19 Sep 2018 United States – Hurricane Florence

  United States Postal Service (USPS) has advised that Hurricane Florence, which has been causing historic levels of flooding in the Carolinas, has now been downgraded to a tropical depression, but remains a serious threat. The storm continues to dump extreme amounts of rainfall, producing flash flooding, river flooding and a risk of landslides. Areas affected include much of North Carolina and portions of South Carolina and southwest Virginia.

   

  USPS is continuing to monitor the storm as it moves inland, and its top priority is the safety of its customers and employees. Some post offices have suspended operations, mainly in the areas with postcodes range from 27000 to 29999 and 23000 to 23999. Deliveries and other services in the region will also be affected.

   

  For information and updates, please refer to the USPS Service Alerts at http://about.usps.com/news/service-alerts/welcome.htm.