As reported in the news, Heathrow Airport is closed today, Friday 21st March 2025 due to a giant fire causing a power outage to the airport and surrounding areas. All flights in and out of Heathrow Airport have been cancelled. The airport will remain closed until midnight but travel disruptions are expected to last into the weekend.
Truck drivers launch nationwide strike: Media sources reported that the Indonesian Truck Entrepreneurs Association (Aptrindo) announced a nationwide strike across Indonesia on March 20 to protest against the ban on freight transportation for the 2025 Eid period, which limits freight transportation operations from March 24 to April 8. Disruptions to logistics are likely.
The designated operator of Italy, Poste Italiane, wishes to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that normal postal operations have been re-established.
The designated operator of Italy, Poste Italiane, wishes to inform that adverse weather conditions in the Tuscany region from 14 to 16 March 2025 have caused flooding, resulting in disruption to normal road systems, difficulty in maintaining connections and the need to evacuate certain municipalities.
As a result, the collection and delivery of domestic and international letter post and parcels is subject to delays in the provinces of Florence, Lucca, Grosseto, Livorno, Pistoia and Prato.
Poste Italiane is taking all necessary measures to minimize inconvenience for customers and restore normal operations in the affected areas as soon as possible
The designated operator of Australia, Australia Post, wishes to inform that it has regained access to the areas affected by tropical cyclone Alfred and that the collection and delivery of mail will resume as usual with effect from 17 March 2025.
The designated operator of the United States of America, the United States Postal Service (USPS), would like to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that certain of its e-mail addresses associated with the exchange of international accounting information have been compromised and used to disseminate false banking information.
USPS is reviewing the incident and will take the necessary action to mitigate any compromised information.