Tag: USPS

When it comes to delivery, Germans and Americans are pretty hard to beat

Posted by | Sep 4, 2002 | |

Today’s is a tricky row to hoe. There are, I fear, many among you who, in about 800 words’ time, will be hurtling to your own keyboards and dashing off fulminating letters, faxes, and e-mails to the Editor, imploring him to lose not a moment in putting my P45 in the post. You will do this in the name of patriotism. And because you are patriots, you will loyally accept that precious few of your letters, faxes, and e-mails will get to him, and that, should he act on your imploring, my P45 will not reach me for some months, if at all, with the result that I shall continue to churn out my weekly column in complete ignorance – so no change there – until such time as he sends a couple of Wapping heavies round to break my typing-finger.

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Delivering Overseas Mail

Posted by | Sep 2, 2002 | |

On Aug. 8 The Post reprinted on the Federal Page a five-week-old story from the International Herald Tribune [July 4] about the U.S. Postal Service agreement with Consignia for the delivery of Global Express Mail and Global Air Parcel Post in Europe began in January. The agreement provides for an integrated network for delivery. It also introduced tracking capabilities for Air Parcels and improved tracking and tracing for Global Express Mail.

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US Postal service partners with Barthco

Posted by | Sep 1, 2002 | |

The US Postal Service and Barthco International Inc. recently signed an agreement that makes Barthco the key logistics company responsible for distributing international small-package parcels to the US.

The new business cooperation, called the International Customized Mail Agreement (ICM), is part of a recent US Postal initiative to partner with prominent commercial businesses in the transportation of overseas goods.

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USPS to Consignia: Resolve Delivery Problems

Posted by | Aug 16, 2002 | |

The U.S. Postal Service has given UK post office Consignia until September to fix delivery problems resulting from an agreement signed between the two agencies in January. Under the deal, the USPS sends all Global Express Mail and Global Air Parcel Post packages in Europe to Frankfurt, where Consignia takes delivery. General Logistic Systems, Consignia’s pan-European parcel company, then is responsible for delivering the packages throughout Europe. The partnership lets the USPS use a single point of contact for Europe, but the postal service for months has experienced various problems, such as with on-time delivery and with duties and fees that were higher than expected.” USPS says some of the problems have been resolved. “If the [remaining] problems are not resolved by September, the postal service will consider dealing directly with postal agencies in individual countries.

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Mailers Council supports bill calling for presidential commission on the postal service

Posted by | Jul 30, 2002 | |

The Mailers Council, the nation’s largest coalition of mailers and mailing associations, today urged the Senate to pass S 2754, a bill that calls on the White House to create a presidential commission to evaluate the financially-ailing United States Postal Service (USPS).

Introduced by Senator Susan M. Collins (R-ME), S 2754 calls for the president to create an 11-member commission. To ensure the commission’s independence, the bill would prohibit any postal stakeholders–employees, managers or competitors–from being commission members.

Recognizing the need to ensure that employee concerns are duly considered, the bill would require that at least one commissioner be a union representative (but not one representing postal employees or competitors).

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