Incident Bulletin 7th October, 2024
The Incident Bulletin is sent once a week, when there are major incidents to report affecting postal distribution.
This week's bulletin contains information about Austria, USA, Vietnam, France, Belarus, Finland, Lao People’s Dem. Rep, Czechia and Lebanon.
Austria
Reported: Oct 1, 2024
Incident: Back to normal
Österreichische Post, informs that, following the severe weather conditions and ensuing floods, all postal operations have returned to normal with effect from Monday, 30 September 2024.
USA
Reported: Oct 1, 2024
Incident: Hurricane
The United States Postal Service (USPS), informs that USPS declared a force majeure situation due to the impacts of Hurricane Helene, which caused widespread catastrophic flooding and damage to the south-eastern United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. The states of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee were among the areas impacted.
The USPS declaration of force majeure (in effect until further notice) will cover USPS service and performance obligations for EMS, letter post (P, G and E format) and parcels to the following postcode areas: 006–009, 214–268, 300–319, 322–324, 344–347, 349–352, 354–399, 700, 701, 703–708, 710–714, 716–729 and 801–851. Recovery and clean-up for the communities in those postcode areas are expected to be lengthy.
As conditions improve, USPS will advise as to any changes to its declared force majeure situation.
Vietnam
Reported: Oct 2, 2024
Incident: Back to normal
VNPost, informs that it has now recovered 100% of its IT capacity, following the ransomware attack in early June.
France
Reported: Oct 2, 2024
Incident: Back to normal
La Poste Group, informs that the IT problems affecting CN 33 forms have now been resolved.
Belarus
Reported: Oct 2, 2024
Incident: Back to normal
Belpochta, informs that all maintenance operations relating to its transition to IPS 2023 have been completed and its systems are functioning as normal.
Finland
Reported: Oct 3 2024
Incident: Back to normal
Posti Jakelu Ltd, inform that the strikes in February ended quickly and had very little effect on mail services in Finland. Mail services returned to normal immediately after the end of the strikes, and have been operating normally since then.
Lao People´s Dem Republic
Reported: Oct 3, 2024
Incident: Back to normal
Lao Post Company Limited, informs that the flooding in the northern parts of the country has subsided and postal operations have resumed as normal.
Czechia
Reported: Oct 3 2024
Incident: Back to normal
Česká pošta, informs that, following the heavy rains and flooding, all postal operations have resumed as normal with effect from Thursday, 3 October 2024. The backlog of undelivered mail will be processed gradually.
Lebanon
Reported: Oct 3 2024
Incident: Update on postal services affected by state of war
LibanPost, wishes to update everyone on the current situation in Lebanon and the impact on postal operations.
Since the start of the Israeli military actions on 19 September 2024, ongoing missile, drone and airstrikes have been resulting in civilian casualties and mass destruction of various locations all over Lebanon. Most post office branches in the south of Lebanon are currently closed, along with several located in the southern region of Beirut.
The sorting centre remains operational, though with very limited capacity for the following reasons:
-The high-risk locality of the LibanPost sorting centre (next to Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport), which poses a threat to the safety of employees;
-The massive damage sustained in and around the LibanPost Beirut sorting centre as a result of the various Israeli airstrikes targeting nearby locations;
-The limited availability of air transport, which is hindering the receipt and dispatch of international mail;
-The LibanPost fleet’s inability to travel and transport mail freely across Lebanese territory, for fear of the ongoing airstrikes.
LibanPost wishes to stress that it is continuing to do its utmost to maintain its service levels, and preserve the right of every Lebanese citizen to reliable postal exchanges between Lebanon and other countries.
Incident Bulletins are sent weekly with information about situations that affect postal distribution.