International service alerts
Stay up to date with events that may affect your international shipping

View below news about external events that may affect your transit times
Service Suspensions
Due to closed routes, mail and package delivery is not possible to several destinations. At this time it is unknown when the situation changes, nor when routes reopen. Please note, as the situation is dynamic, the information is subject to change.
Afghanistan, Bhutan, Honduras, Laos, Libya, Solomon Islands, Syria, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan and Yemen.
Delayed deliveries
Please note, as the situation is dynamic, the information is subject to change. We cannot guarantee a time of delivery. For business questions, please contact your account manager.
Anguilla, Algeria, Antigua, Armenia, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Barbuda, Bahamas, Bahrain, Belarus, Belize, Bermuda, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Croatia, Chad, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Costa Rica, Colombia, Curacao, Cyprus, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, Egypt, French Guyana, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Lithuania, Latvia, Liberia, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Montenegro, Nepal, New Zealand, Niger, Norway, Papua New Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Romania, Sierra Leone, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Senegal, Suriname, Sri Lanka, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam and Zambia.
France (FR)
Date of alert | Expected Delay | Reason for alert |
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19 January | 1 day | Mail and parcels with destination France might experience a delay due to a national strike on Thursday the 19th of January. |
14 October | 1 day | Colis Privé is facing transport difficulties, caused by strikes and blockages at the Total and ExxonMobil refineries. This may cause delays for shipments delivered by this carrier. Affected departments are 6, 9, 13, 21, 25, 37, 38, 39, 41, 45, 57, 58, 60, 61, 65, 67, 75, 76, 77, 78, 90, 91, 91, 92, 93, 94 and 95. The issue has no impact on postal volume. |
Italy (IT)
Date of alert | Expected delay | Reason for alert |
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19 January | 1 day | Mail and parcels with destination Sardinia and Sicily will experience a delay due to adverse weather conditions preventing ships to sail to the islands. |
14 December | 1-2 days | Mail and parcels with destination Italy may experience delays due to a strike at Poste Italiane on 14, 15 and 16 December. |
1 December | 1-2 days | Parcels and mail with destination Italy will experience delays due to a national strike on Friday 2 December. |
16 September | 7 days | Mail and parcels with destination Sardinia, Italy will be delayed due to a strike by port personnel from Friday the 16th to Thursday the 22nd of September. |
Ireland (IE)
Date of alert | Expected delay | Reason for alert |
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19 January | 1 day | Mail and parcels with destination Ireland might experience a delay due to adverse weather conditions. Affected regions are Donegal, Kerry, Leitrim, Sligo, West Cork and Wicklos. |
14 December | up to 7 days | Mail and parcels with destination Ireland are experiencing delays due to heavy snowfall and transport issues. |
10 August | up to 7 days | Mail and parcels with destination Ireland are experiencing delays due to limited air capacity. Therefore, all volume is currently being trucked. |
United States (US)
Date of alert | Expected Delay | Reason for alert |
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13 January | 7-14 days | Mail and parcels with destination California, United States are experiencing delays due to heavy rainfall. Affected counties are Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara, Sacramento, Solano, Stanislaus and Los Angeles. |
28 December | 5-7 days | Mail and parcels with destination United States (USA) and Canada are experiencing delays due to winterstorm Elliott. |
1 November | 7 days or more | Mail and parcels with destination United States are still experiencing delays due to the impact of COVID-19 and limited air capacity. |
Canada (CA)
Date of alert | Expected Delay | Reason for alert |
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13 January | 7-14 days | Mail and parcels with destination California, United States are experiencing delays due to heavy rainfall. Affected counties are Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara, Sacramento, Solano, Stanislaus and Los Angeles. |
14 December | 2-3 weeks | Mail and parcels with destination Canada are experiencing delays due to transport issues. |
United Kingdom (GB)
Date of alert | Expected delay | Reason for alert |
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22 December | As a result of the strikes at Royal Mail tracking information for mail and parcels may be affected. | |
14 December | 1-3 days | Mail and parcels with destination United Kingdom are experiencing delays due to heavy snowfall. |
14 December | 2-3 days | Mail and Parcels with destination United Kingdom will experience delays due to planned strikes at Royal Mail on Wednesday the 14th of December from 4:00 until Friday the 16th of December 4:00. |
Austria (AT)
Date of alert | Expected delay | Reason for alert |
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21 September | 1-2 days | Parcels delivered via Austrian Post faced a delay at the end of last week, due to increased volumes and capacity issues in the connection to the domestic network. The delay is resolved at the start of this week |
16 August | Parcels with the destination Austria experience a delay due to technical issues. | |
1 July | Shipments for destination Austria to the area of Wernberg have been delayed for one day on the 29th of June. The delays have been caused by severe weather conditions in the Carinthia region, through which trucks could not reach the Wernberg delivery depot. Some areas are still hard to reach due to electricity cuts and mudflows. The area has postal codes in the range of 9000 till 9922. |
Pakistan (PK)
Date of alert | Expected delay | Reason for alert |
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13 September | 14 days | Mail and parcels with destination Pakistan are experiencing delays due to floods and landslides as a consequence of heavy rainfall. The most impacted districts are Sindh, Balochistan, Punjab and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. |
Australia (AU)
Date of alert | Expected delay | Reason for alert |
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19 July | no delay | Earlier mentioned severe weather issues in Australia are no longer affecting delivery. |
12 July | Shipments with destination Australia are experiencing delays, due to severe weather conditions in the area of New South Wales and Sydney with the following postal code areas: 2747 to 2759, 2765 and 2775. |