Jamaica
Floodwaters in Jamaica have now receded and clean up operations are in progress. Services are starting to resume again.
Vietnam
VNPost has confirmed that the situation has now improved sufficiently for postal services and normal services have been resumed.
USA
Winter Storm Lardon is causing disruption throughout the United States with snow, sleet and freezing rain. Some service delays could be expected.
Poland
Poczta Polska has confirmed there was a problem sending EDI messages to the IPS system for import and export mail. This has been reported and being looked into.
Italy
Poste Italiane has advised that severe delays are still being experienced in processing postal items due to serious IT problems in Italian customs.
This is affecting all shipments from outside of the EU. Due to these technical issues once shipments arrive in Italy they are currently facing delays of at least several weeks before being processed by customs and delivered by Poste Italiane.
Germany
Deutsche Post has advised that due to the rise of covid infections amongst staff and in view of measures to limit the spread of the virus, delays are to be expected in the processing of inbound and outbound mail items.
Australia
Australia Post has advised that their daily operations are experiencing disruptions due to severe storms and flooding across the country but especially in the states of South Australia and Queensland and the Northern Territory. The processing of both inbound and outbound mail items is affected.
Morocco
Poste Maroc of Morocco has advised that the processing and delivery of inbound and outbound postal items has returned to normal.
Greece
Hellenic Post of Greece has advised that the whole country was hit with heavy snowfall which has resulted in the closures of sorting centres and collection and deliveries being cancelled. Main highways are closed and flights are cancelled. The weather forecast predicts that situation to get worse in the coming days, having a direct impact on all postal operations.
New Zealand
New Zealand Post has confirmed that the New Zealand Government has announced an application of the red setting of the ‘traffic light’ COVID protection framework throughout the country.
As a business that provides essential services, New Zealand Post will continue to operate under the red setting. Physical distancing and reduced workforce mean delays to services are to be expected.