USPS Promises Priority Mail Improvements
“Major corporate users of Priority Mail, all of whom are members of the Association of Priority Mail Users Inc., met with postal officials yesterday to press for improvements to Priority Mail.
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When it comes to delivery, Germans and Americans are pretty hard to beat
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.
Read MoreDelivering Overseas Mail
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.
Read MoreUS Postal service partners with Barthco
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.
Read MoreUSPS to Consignia: Resolve Delivery Problems
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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