Parcel deliveries were the key driver of growth in the global postal industry in 2019, according to a report by the International Post Corporation (IPC). Post grew 4.2% globally last year despite a decline in mail volume, ma...

Ofcom has fined Royal Mail £1.5 million for failing to reach targets for on-time delivery, and an additional £100,000 for overcharging for second class stamps. Ofcom, which regulates the postal industry as well a...

American courier company UPS and the UN's Universal Postal Union have both released statements to mark World Environment Day on June 5th. UPS UPS announced that it would be matching the carbon offsets of all packages shippe...

Home décor, gardening items and DIY equipment have been the most popular products for home delivery during the lockdown, according to a survey by Royal Mail. 41% of survey respondents had received home or garden items...

Fact-checking website, Full Fact, has investigated the claim that the new coronavirus can live on surfaces for up to 28 days, including on international mail. The verdict? There is no evidence to support this claim. Advice f...

Egypt Post, the country’s postal agency, has finished developing a new postcode system across the country with a 7-digit postcode for each group of buildings. The new system is intended to improve the efficiency of mai...

International postal exchange has resumed between Qatar and its neighbours, Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, according to the Universal Postal Union (UPU). Postal exchange was suspended in 2017 as part of a diplomat...

Bishar A. Hussein, the Director General of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), signalled in his opening address at the UPU’s High Level Forum last week that the agency was open to more input from the private sector. Huss...

New York City levied parking fines on UPS and FedEx totalling millions of dollars in 2019, which the courier companies had to pay as drivers struggle to find the space to stop off and make deliveries. FedEx paid $9.8 million...

The world’s oldest operational post office is looking for a new owner as its current owners are set to retire. The post office in Sanquhar, Dumfries, first opened 307 years ago in 1712. It faces closure if there is no ...

China Post has been instructed by the Chinese government to disinfect all mail delivered to, or in transit via, Wuhan, the site of the coronavirus outbreak. For packages delivered to Hubei Province (postcodes 430000-449999),...

According to Royal Mail, returns of online goods on 2nd January, dubbed “Takeback Thursday”, were predicted to rise by 72% when compared to the average daily number of returns in December. For postal workers, thi...

Australia Post has suspended mail services across Canberra and the rest of the Australian Capital Territory due to hazardous air quality. According to local health authorities, the air quality peaked more than 20 times hazar...

40 local businesses have transitioned to using emission-free cargo bikes in the London Bridge area, under the Bikes for Business scheme by Team London Bridge. Small local businesses, charities, hospitals such as Great Ormand...

Royal Mail’s share price tumbled 14% last Thursday, after the company released its half-year results and warned that it could operate at a loss next year. The drop took around £320 million off Royal Mail’s s...

Royal Mail is seeking a High Court injunction against a planned peak season postal strike, on the basis that the strike ballot was “unlawful and, therefore, null and void”. Members of the Communication Workers Un...

Delta Air Lines has become the first US passenger airline to offer door-to-door parcel delivery after teaming up with parcel company Roadie. The DASH Door-to-Door service will offer same-day delivery for time-sensitive goods...

The government-owned Australia Post has added 182 new electric delivery vehicles (EDVs) to its Queensland fleet, to assist with peak season volumes. The three-wheeled vehicles can carry more than a hundred small parcels and ...

Royal Mail and Parcelforce workers who are members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action during peak season. Of a turnout of 75.9%, 97.1% of Royal Mail workers at the u...

Logistics companies that outsource deliveries to third-party subcontractors would be forced to ensure that subcontractors’ drivers are paid social security contributions, in a new law drafted by the German government. ...

Cargo bikes are becoming fashionable in parts of Germany, according to a report by The Guardian. The bikes, which are used by parcel delivery companies for light deliveries, are also experiencing a boom in use by private cit...

The National Federation of SubPostmasters (NSFP)—a trade association representing mainly independent businesspeople operating Post Office branches across the UK—has called for government intervention as the Post O...

Swiss Post has suspended its drone medical deliveries programme after a drone crashed in Zurich last week. This is the second time the postal service has suspended the scheme. The device in question crashed in a forest on it...

Australia’s aviation authority has given Google the go-ahead to launch the world’s first commercial drone home delivery service. Wing—a subsidiary of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, which was creat...