Posts in ‘News Stories’

A reminder that all shipment invoices must have a correct description of the goods

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Austria : Belgium : Bulgaria : Switzerland : Cyprus : Czech Republic : Germany : Denmark : Estonia : Spain : Finland : France : United Kingdom : Greece : Hungary : Ireland : Italy : Liechtenstein : Lithuania : Luxembourg : Latvia : Monaco : Malta : Netherlands : Norway : Poland : Portugal [...]

Sending Parcels to Nigeria? Mail labour unions announce national strike

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A National Strike for an undetermined period has been announced by the main labour unions in Nigeria, commencing on Monday 9 January 2012. Import volume for Nigeria will be held on arrival with the appropriate exception B1-Strike Exception. The release process will start as soon as UPS is able to recommence the movement of packages. [...]

Sending a gift to the United Kingdom? Affected delivery services due to strike

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A 1-day strike by Public Sector workers will take place on Wednesday 30 November 2011. Deliveries and pickups, particularly to this sector are likely to be affected, and in addition many flights to and from the United Kingdom (particularly London Heathrow Airport) are likely to be either cancelled or delayed. Follow us on Twitter for regular updates. [...]

Sending Parcels to Portugal? A national strike has been announced

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A 24 hours national strike has been announced for tomorrow, Thursday 24 November 2011, in Portugal. Both export and import volume might be impacted as well as pickups and deliveries. Follow us on Twitter for regular updates. Like us on Facebook Send a parcel to the UK or anywhere in the world at SendingParcels.com

Sending a Gift to Thailand? Pickup and delivery services suspended due to flooding

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Due to flooding situation in Thailand, the pickup and delivery services are currently suspended for following postal codes until further notice: Affected Postal Codes Notaburi11110,11130-11150 Pathumthanee 12000-12170 Ayuttaya 13000-13120 & 13150-13290 Lopburi 15150 & 15180 Singburi 16000-16160 Nakomsawan 60120 & 60170 Uthaihanee 61000 Bangkok10002,10170,10210,10220(Saimai & Laksi only) & 10700 (Bangplad only)   Delays are expected [...]

Delays in delivery and collection services can be expected due to civil disruption

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We have been advised that as a result of the widespread civil disruption overnight our carrier partners expect delivery and collection services to be affected in the following postcode areas: BR1 1 CR2, 3, 4 & 6 E4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 15 & 17 HA1 IG1 & 11 N15, 17& 22 NW1 & 5 [...]

Sending Parcels to Nepal? A strike has been called, UPS services are impacted

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UPS have advised SendingParcels.com of the following service updates: A strike has been called for from between 24 & 28 May 2011 in Nepal. UPS services are impacted. There will be no pick up, export, import, delivery, POD & ITTS update. Follow us on Twitter for regular updates.

Sending Parcels to Greenland? Airspace has closed due to ash cloud

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UPS have advised SendingParcels.com of the following service updates: As of midnight may 23rd the airspace in Greenland closed, due to the new ash cloud. Air Greenland has yet to announce any official statement but flights today have been cancelled and this will affect capacity for the rest of the week Follow us on Twitter for [...]

Sending Parcels to Greece? A 24 hour strike will take place today

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UPS have advised SendingParcels.com of the following service updates: A nationwide 24 hour general strike will take place today, Wednesday 11 May in Greece. 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. Due to the strike, no deliveries [...]

Sending Parcels worldwide? Customers might experience a longer transit time than usual

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UPS have advised SendingParcels.com of the following service updates: For certain locations in Azerbaijan, Estonia, Israel, Kyrgyzstan, Malta, Russia, Spain, Tajikistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan, where UPS Express-level deliveries are scheduled to occur on Monday April 25 2011, customers might experience a longer transit time than usual. Updated transit times will be available by using the [...]