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UK Postings Service Update 15th May

UK Postings Service Update 15th May 2013

Due to a strike of Swissport ground handling, export and import transport of mail at Brussels Airport is may be disrupted. However this is not affecting neighbouring countries.

Saudi Arabia

The designated postal operator of Saudi Arabia informs that Saudi Arabia is still experiencing mild to heavy rainfall in all parts of the country, resulting in a disruption of deliveries and overall operations.
The weather forecast suggests more rain throughout the week and beyond.

Eritrea

We have had notification that some services are not currently able to accept mail to Eritrea.
There is a backlog of mail in Cairo that needs to be cleared before they will accept more mail.
Current embargos on mail to Eritrea are hoping this will be resolved by next week.

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France

Please expect 2-3 days delivery delays for your French mail and packets due to Bank holidays in the UK and in France in the Month of May.

Saudi Arabia

The designated postal operator of Saudi Arabia informs that Saudi Arabia has been experiencing mild to heavy rainfall in all parts of the country for the last couple of days, resulting in a disruption of deliveries and overall operations.
The weather forecast suggests more rain throughout the week and beyond. Please note that delivery of mail and parcels will be disrupted.

Portugal

The regional air carrier SATA Air AÃ§ores announced a 3-day strike starting Thursday 2nd May. As a result, the transport of mail from Lisbon to the Azores archipelago as well as to the Porto Santo island in the Madeira archipelago are severely affected. Delays in the delivery of international mail are expected

Russia

Problems within Russia Post operations at Moscow DME Airport and at their processing facilities in Moscow are continuing. This is causing delays for Mail items due for delivery in the country. Russian Post embargoed parcel traffic since April 8th and mail traffic since 14th due to volume and customs related issues. Delays still to be expected as a backlog of mail items needs to be processed.

Portugal

The regional air carrier SATA Air AÃ§ores has announced a 3-day strike starting Thursday 2nd May.
As a result, the transport of mail from Lisbon to the Azores archipelago as well as to the Porto Santo island in the Madeira archipelago is severely affected. Delays in the delivery of international mail are expected.

South Africa

Deliveries of mail is subject to some delays due to an ongoing strike by local post service workers since March 26th, 2013.
St Lucia
Due to strike action by public officials, there are currently delays to both inbound and outbound mail.

International Public Holidays in April:

1st - UK
25th - Australia, Italy, New Zealand, Portugal
26th - Denmark, Israel
30th - Netherlands

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Due to structural divisions of the Federal state post office "Post of Russia" incoming international mail is due to be delayed. The strikes will be taking place between 9th of April untill the 14th of April. This will have an effect on all incoming mail items and is likely to cause delays after the strikes due to a backlog of international mail.

Please contact your UKP account manager for more information about services affected.

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After the Easter Holidays many services are returning to normal and any delayed mail should now begin to work it way to its destination. However some countries are still experiencing delays, we have had news regarding:

• Ukraine: Supplier capacity issues to the Ukraine may cause delays with parcel and mail deliveries.

• France: Industrial Action could cause some delays to mail deliveries to Postcodes 01650, 06250.

• Belfast: Snowfall and strong winds have disrupted some flights to and from Belfast airport, please expect delays with mail deliveries.

• South Africa: Post Office strike may cause delays with mail deliveries.

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A moment of great tension arrived today as the drums started rolling and the results of UK Postings Bollinger Lottery were drawn.

We have 4 lucky winners, who we will be in contact with shortly.

Thank you for joining us at the P&ME show this year and we hope to see you again next year, until then stay tuned to the UKP Facebook and Twitter for more competitions and updates.

Recent updates to Qatar customs, for all dutiable shipments with a shipment weight over 100kg, there is a customs requirement for the original invoices and certificate of origins to be attested.

The attestation has to be in the form of an ink stamp by the Chamber of Commerce prior to exporting. Failure to do so will lead to service delays and additional charges being applied to the customer.

A sample certificate of origin that has been ink stamped by the Chamber of Commerce is available

Please contact your UKP Account manager for more information.

Due to bad weather conditions in Belgium and neighboring countries all transports by road to France, Germany, Luxemburg and United Kingdom are on halt or delayed.

All mail and parcel products to these countries are affected.

"The orange security alert level has been issued for 26 northern and eastern regions of France in connection with heavy snow, which has also crippled traffic in Belgium and Germany.
Snow and ice has paralyzed traffic in many areas of France and Belgium, where snow has reached 20 centimeters.

Bad weather has caused 350-kilometer-long jams on autobahns in Germany and has disrupted bus and suburban train schedules.

Forecasters say the weather in Europe will return to normal by the weekend." (Voice of Russia, TASS)

Contact your UKP Account Manager for more infomation.

USPS to move to 5 day mail delivery starting August 5. USPS will no longer be delivering and picking up mail on Saturdays.

USPS to move to 5 day mail delivery starting August 5. USPS will no longer be delivering and picking up mail on Saturdays.
All mail will continue to be delivered Monday through Friday. Express and Priority Mail, First-Class packages, Standard Post and Parcel Select will be delivered on Saturdays.
From a mail entry perspective, most mailers will not be affected by the removal of Saturday delivery. BMEUs and large entry facilities, such as SCFs and NDCs, will still be open. The changes for mailers will have more to do with the recipient's response to mail.

Transactional mailersFirst-Class mailers who send out bills and invoices will need to adjust payment dates, or at minimum, notify their customers that the removal of Saturday delivery may delay the posting of their payments.

Advertising mailersSome mail lends itself best to specific in-home dates. Catalogs and other advertising mail linked to a special promotion, coupon or sale creates a sense of urgency. Generally, this is sent Standard Mail and the removal of Saturday delivery may have a large impact here. Most bulk mail is entered on Fridays, and then cleared over the weekend. Local Standard Mail currently gets delivered around Tuesday of the following week. This works well for notifying customers of weekend deals. Removing Saturday delivery will increase the volume received on Mondays, which will trickle down into Tuesdays. These mailers should start tracking their mail now to get a good handle on how their mail currently gets delivered. Keep watch throughout August and September. Printing and other schedules may need to shift earlier to achieve the same in-home dates.

Periodicals mailersWhile monthly Periodicals will not be affected by this change, weekly and daily newspapers and other Periodicals will be hit the hardest by the removal of Saturday delivery. Of course, this is especially true for Saturday and weekend newspapers and magazines. Production schedules will need to shift. Some of these mailers will need to re-evaluate their delivery goals, which could reach into content and layout changes.

Contact your UKP account manager for further details.

We have returned from P&ME 2013, had a fantastic show and really enjoyed meeting and talking to you all.

The winners of the bottle of Bollinger in our business card lottery will be announced very soon, so make sure to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter so that you don't miss out.

As always if you would like to work with UK Postings then please contact us on info@ukpostings.com or call us on

08456 444 137 for a free quote of your 2013 Mailing and Distribution.

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