Posts in June, 2011

Sending Parcels to the United States? Wildfires and natural disasters are affecting UPS service

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New Mexico Wildfires are affecting UPS service in areas of New Mexico. No pickups, deliveries or On-Call pickups are being made in the Postal Codes listed below. New Mexico 87544 North Dakota A recent natural disaster is affecting UPS service in areas of North Dakota. No pickups, deliveries or On-Call pickups are being made in [...]

Sending a Parcel to Greece? A nationwide 48 hour general strike will take place today

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A nationwide 48 hour general strike will take place in Greece starting today, Tuesday 28th June 2011. All of the public sector as well as banks, the media, courthouses, lawyers, public doctors, pharmacists, educational institutions, and public transportation will not be working. The ports (boats) are also experiencing problems due to workers on strike. This [...]

Sending a Package to Australia or New Zealand? Flights disrupted due to ash clouds

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Ash clouds from an erupting volcano in southern Chile have disrupted flights to parts of Australia and New Zealand. As a result, service disruptions can be expected. Please note that the UPS Service Guarantee is temporarily suspended to affected areas as it does not cover interruption of services due to causes beyond UPS’s control.   [...]

Sending Parcels to the United States? A wildfire is affecting UPS service in areas of Arizona

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A wildfire is affecting UPS service in areas of Arizona. No pickups, deliveries or On-Call pickups are being made in the Postal Codes listed below. Continue to use the ECM resolution matrix to send message and concern cases (as appropriate). However, do not send cases asking the package centre to contact the customer back regarding [...]

Sending Parcels to Canada? Canada Post has suspended operations across the country

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Canada Post has suspended operations across the country following 12 days of rotating strikes carried out by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. The suspension of service is effective immediately, as of June 15th. UPS is capable of handling some additional volume within Canada and all international shipments either going into or out of Canada. [...]

Shipping a parcel to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay? Airport services are affected due to volcanic eruptions

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Due to the volcanic eruptions in Chile, service in several counters (AR, BR, UY and PY) is being sporadically affected due to issues of dust clouds and aircrafts not being able to service airports in these countries. We are providing every effort for the prompt, timely and secure transportation of our shipments and aircrafts, thus [...]

Sending Parcels to Czech Republic? A mass transportation strike has been announced

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A mass transportation strike has been announced for Thursday 16th June 2011, this includes bus, tram and metro The strike mainly affects the following zip codes 10000 – 19999 20000 – 29999 30000 – 39999 40000 – 49999 50000 – 59999 60000 – 69999 70000 – 79999 Delays can be expected for deliveries and pick [...]

Sending Parcels to Bangladesh? Delay is expected for all export, import and delivery service

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UPS have advised SendingParcels.com of the following service updates: A countrywide general strike has been called for on Sunday, June 12 in Bangladesh and is expected to continue on Monday, June 13. Delay is expected for all export, import and delivery service until further notice. Follow us on Twitter for regular updates.   Send a parcel in [...]

Sending Parcels to Equatorial Guinea? UPS will temporarily suspend service

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UPS have advised SendingParcels.com of the following service updates: Please note that as of Monday 20 June 2011, UPS will temporarily suspend service in Equatorial Guinea, until further notice, due to local issues. Follow us on Twitter for regular updates.

Operational issues affect Sierra Leone and Yemen

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UPS have advised SendingParcels.com of the following service updates: Sierra Leone: There are occasional problems with the airport scanner at Freetown Airport, which can cause delays with non-document export shipments. Yemen: Due to civil unrest in Yemen, delays in delivery operations and data uploads are likely. Export service remains suspended. Click here to book a [...]