2020

• 20 Jul 2020 Japan – Service delays

  Japan Post has advised that the country is experiencing heavy rains and massive flooding. The postal network has been severely affected and some post offices have been closed. Some roads are also inaccessible to traffic, which is delaying the delivery of all postal items.

   

  The affected areas are in the following postcode ranges (as of 10 July 2020):

   

  Nagano: 3800000–3999999

  Gifu: 5000000–5099999

  Shizuoka: 4100000–4399999

  Aichi: 4400000–4989999

  Nara: 6300000–6399999

  Kyoto: 6000000–6299999

  Osaka: 53000000–5999999

  Hyogo: 6500000–6799999

  Wakayama: 6400000–6499999

  Ehime: 7900000–7999999

  Yamaguchi: 7400000–7599999

  Fukuoka: 8000000–8399999, 8710000–8710999

  Saga: 8400000–8499999

  Kumamoto: 8600000–8699999

  Oita: 8700000–8799999

  Nagasaki: 8500000–8599999, 8115000–8115999, 8170000–8179999

  Kagoshima: 8900000–8999999

• 20 Jul 2020 China (People’s Rep) – Floods

  China Post has advised that several provinces in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River have recently been experiencing severe waterlogging or massive flooding resulting from heavy rains.  The collection, delivery and transportation of all inbound and outbound international mail products (letter-post, parcel-post and EMS items) to and from Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Guangxi, Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, Chongqing, Sichuan, Zhejiang and Guizhou provinces is subject to disruption, and the processing, transportation and delivery of inbound items to those provinces may be delayed.  China Post is therefore declaring a situation of force majeure.

   

• 14 Apr 2020 Speedpost Service Updates

  Due to the COVID-19 situation, there may be significant delays for all international shipments in and out of Singapore. For Speedpost Express shipments, please note that there may be an additional delay of up to seven working days. Click here for the latest updates.

2019

• 05 Dec 2019 France – Strike

  La Poste has advised that a national strike affecting many sectors is planned in France for Thursday, 5 December 2019.  While offices of exchange will remain open and transport of mail by road will continue, significant disruption is expected with road blocks, traffic jams, cancelled flights, and delays to collection and deliveries.

• 28 Nov 2019 Finland – Normal Operations

  Posti Ltd has advised that the strike is over and postal operations are returning to normal as of 27 November 2019.

• 26 Nov 2019 Hong Kong – Normal Operations

  Hongkong Post has advised that postal operations are back to normal.

• 25 Nov 2019 Finland – Update on strike

  Posti Ltd has updated that the Finnish postal workers’ union has announced that the current strike will continue until 8 December 2019 and that, in conjunction with other transport unions´ support strikes, its scope will extend to sea and road. Sea and road connections to and from Finland will be affected as a result.  Please defer sending mail to Finland until normal operations resume.

• 19 Nov 2019 Lebanon – Normal Operations

  LibanPost has updated that all postal operations have returned to normal.

• 19 Nov 2019 Israel – Normal Operations

  Israel Postal Company has updated that all postal services are now back to normal.

• 19 Nov 2019 Israel – Normal Operations

  Israel Postal Company has updated that all postal services are now back to normal.