Service Updates

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Latest Updates

26 September, 2023

Canada – Update on wildfires

Canada Post, asks us to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that the situation has improved in both British Columbia and…

15 September, 2023

Italy – Final update on the natural disaster in Emilia Romagna and Marche…

Poste Italiane, wishes to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that, following the severe flooding in the Emilia Romagna and…
11 September, 2023

Morocco – Earthquake

Poste Maroc, would like to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that an earthquake struck the Marrakesh and Agadir regions…

11 September, 2023

Hong Kong, China – Extreme weather conditions

Hongkong Post, the People's Republic of China's designated operator for Hong Kong, asks us to inform Union member countries and their designated operators…
8 September, 2023

Greece – Heavy rainstorms, flooding and landslides

Hellenic Post, asks us to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that heavy rainstorms have been causing flooding and…

5 September, 2023

Norway – Update on extreme weather

Posten Bring AS, asks us to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that, following the extreme weather conditions, the…
1 September, 2023

Niger Post – Temporary suspension of postal operations

Niger Poste SA, asks us to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that, owing to the temporary closure of land and air borders…

24 August, 2023

Canada – Wildfires

Canada Post, asks us to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that several provinces and territories are experiencing an…

24 August, 2023

Malawi – Back to normal

Malawi Post, wishes to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that all post offices are again open and operational following…
14 August, 2023

Slovenia – Solidarity Day

Pošta Slovenije, asks us to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that the Slovenian government has declared 14 August 2023…

10 August, 2023

Hawaii - Package Delays Due to Wildfires

We inform you that there might be delays in the delivery of your packages due to the ongoing wildfires in Hawaii. These wildfires have been fuelled by…
10 August, 2023

Cyprus – EDI message delays resolved

The issue with the transmission of EDI message (which occured since mid of July) which disables transmission of electronic data (CARDIT, PRECON/RESCON,…
10 August, 2023

Canada – Return to normal at Port of Vancouver

Canada Post, asks us to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that the strike by port workers in British Columbia ended late…
4 August, 2023

Canada – Back to normal

Canada Post, would like to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that, following the recent flooding, all postal operations…
31 July, 2023

New Zealand – Back to normal

NZ Post, would like to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that mail and courier deliveries are again operating as normal…

31 July, 2023

Sudan – Suspension of postal services

The designated operator of Sudan, the Sudanese Postal Services Company (Sudapost), asks us to inform other Union member countries and their designated…
31 July, 2023

Italy – Update on Catania airport closure

Further to EmIS 89/2023, the designated operator of Italy, Poste Italiane, would like to provide other Union member countries with an update on the impact…

31 July, 2023

Hong Kong, China – Typhoon Talim / Hongkong (Chine) – Typhon Talim

Hongkong Post, the People's Republic of China's designated operator for the territory of Hong Kong, asks us to inform other Union member countries and…
31 July, 2023

Resumption of strike at Port of Vancouver / Canada

Further to EmIS 85/2023, the designated operator of Canada, Canada Post, asks us to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators…

14 July, 2023

Canada – Return to normal following strike at Port of Vancouver

Canada Post asks us to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that the strike called by the International Longshore and…

14 July, 2023

Italy – Trade union action

Poste Italiane would like to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that continued trade union action in certain logistics…

10 July, 2023

Australia – Resumption of mail services to Vanuatu

Australia Post, asks us to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that mail services from Australia to Vanuatu will resume…
10 July, 2023

Canada – Strike at Port of Vancouver

Canada Post asks all Union member countries and their designated operators to refrain from sending maritime dispatches to the Port of Vancouver until the…
10 July, 2023

Italy – National 8-hour strike

Poste Italiane, would like to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that all major Italian unions have announced an 8-hour…

10 July, 2023

Italy – Issues relating to EMSEVT data transmission

Poste Italiane, would like to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that Poste Italiane has been experiencing issues…

28 June, 2023

Italy – Strike

Poste Italiane, would like to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that a number of Italian trade unions have announced a…

28 June, 2023

Italy – Update on the natural disaster in Emilia Romagna and Marche regions

Poste Italiane, wishes to provide other Union member countries and their designated operators with an update on postal operations following severe…

26 June, 2023

Belgium - Disruption expected on June 26 due to regional strike in…

We have just been informed of a regional strike in Brussels and Wallonia on Monday 26 June.

We are currently doing everything we can to keep the…

14 June, 2023

Thailand – IT issues

Thailand Post would like to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that it has been experiencing IT issues since 31 May 2023.…

14 June, 2023

Philippines – Fire at Manila Central Post Office

The fire resulted in the destruction of machines, office equipment, vehicles, and stamp collections.

In the aftermath, a makeshift corporate office has…

23 May, 2023

Italy – Natural disaster in Emilia Romagna and Marche regions

Poste Italiane, would like to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that, following severe flooding in the Emilia Romagna and…

22 May, 2023

Democratic Republic of the Congo – Flooding

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Société Congolaise des Postes et Télécommunications (SCPT), wishes to inform other Union member countries and their…

12 May, 2023

Israel – Delays in the collection and distribution of mail

Israel Postal Company, would like to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that interruptions and delays in the distribution…
2 May, 2023

Norway – End of strike

Posten Norge AS, would like to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that the national strike that began on Monday, 17 April…

2 May, 2023

Peru – IT migration

Servicios Postales del Perú (Serpost), wishes to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that this weekend migration work will…

20 April, 2023

Italy – Strike

Poste Italiane, would like to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that a 24-hour strike, commencing at 00.01 CEST on 21…

20 April, 2023

Norway – Strike

Posten Norge AS, would like to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators about a national strike that started on Monday, 17…

20 April, 2023

Cyprus – Back to normal

Cyprus Post, would like to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that all the affected systems have now recovered following…

7 April, 2023

China (People’s Rep.) – Return to normal following COVID-19

The designated operator of China (People's Rep.), China Post, asks us to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that all…
4 April, 2023

Peru – Back to normal

Servicios Postales del Perú (Serpost), wishes to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that the civil unrest and protests…
28 March, 2023

Israel – End of strike

Israel Postal Company, would like to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that the nationwide strike ended today, 28 March…

27 March, 2023

New Zealand – Update on Cyclone Gabrielle and lifting of local states of…

NZ Post, would like to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that the local states of emergency in response to Cyclone…

17 March, 2023

Greece – Strike

Hellenic Post, asks us to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that the General Confederation of Greek Workers and the…

17 March, 2023

Malawi – Force majeure situation following Cyclone Freddy

Malawi Post, wishes to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that Cyclone Freddy, which hit the Southern Region of Malawi,…
15 March, 2023

Italy – Strike

Poste Italiane, would like to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that some Italian unions have announced a 24-hour strike,…

10 March, 2023

Belgium – Strike / Belgique – Grève

bpost, wishes to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that the major Belgian unions have called a national 24-hour strike on…

10 March, 2023

Indonesia – IT issues resolved

Pos Indonesia, would like to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that the IT issues that were affecting the EMS tracking…

10 March, 2023

Vanuatu – State of emergency

Vanuatu Post, would like to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that the Vanuatu Government has declared a state of…

10 March, 2023

New Zealand – Update on Cyclone Gabrielle

NZ Post, would like to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that the national state of emergency in response to Cyclone…

28 February, 2023

Belgium – Strike / Belgique – Grève

The designated operator of Belgium, bpost, wishes to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that the major Belgian unions have…

28 February, 2023

Poland – IPS migration / Pologne – Migration d’IPS

The designated operator of Poland, Poczta Polska, wishes to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that it will be migrating…

22 February, 2023

Slovakia – IPS migration

Slovenska pošta, a.s., would like to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that it will be migrating from IPS 2017 to IPS…

22 February, 2023

Mauritius – Gradual resumption of postal activities

The designated operator of Mauritius, Mauritius Post, wishes to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that economic and…

21 February, 2023

Mauritius – Class III cyclone warning

Mauritius Post wishes to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that Mauritius is experiencing cyclonic conditions and a class…

17 February, 2023

Finland – Strike

Posti Ltd, asks us to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that the Finnish Transport Workers' Union (AKT) has announced a…

17 February, 2023

New Zealand – Cyclone Gabrielle

New Zealand Post, asks us to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that a national state of emergency was declared on 14…

10 February, 2023

Greece – Heavy snowfalls and snowstorms affecting operations

Hellenic Post, asks us to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that the entire territory of Greece has been affected by…

9 February, 2023

Türkiye – Earthquakes

Turkish PTT Corporation, would like to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that two massive earthquakes (magnitude 7.7 and…

9 February, 2023

New Zealand – End of COVID-19 protection framework

New Zealand Post, wishes to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that the COVID-19 protection framework (traffic light…

2 February, 2023

Saudi Arabia – Back to normal

Saudi Post Corporation, asks us to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that the electrical damage and IT issues caused by…