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 Papua New Guinea, Mauritius, Luxembourg, France, Iceland.
Papua New Guinea
Reported: January 15, 2023
Incident: State of emergency owing to civil unrest
Post PNG, informs that the Government of Papua New Guinea has declared a state of emergency, effective for 14 days from 12 January 2024, as a result of protests and civil unrest that broke out on 10 January 2024.
As a result, delays are to be expected in the collection, processing and delivery of incoming and outgoing mail (letter-post, parcel-post and EMS items).
Mauritius
Reported: January 15, 2023
Incident: Tropical Cyclone Belal
Mauritius Post, informs that a class 3 cyclone warning is currently in force in Mauritius owing to the passage of Tropical Cyclone Belal.
The international airport is temporarily closed, and several flights have been cancelled. The transportation and processing of both inbound and outbound mails, including letter post, parcel post and EMS, is affected, leading to delays in the delivery of mails across the country. The authorities are closely monitoring the situation. Operations relating to the transportation, processing and delivery of mail are gradually returning to normal, as of 18 January 2024.
Luxembourg
Reported: January 17, 2023
Incident: Exceptional Event No 04 by POST Luxembourg weather conditions
Due to severe weather conditions, Luxembourg is currently under a red alert. As a result, in coordination with the regulatory authorities, mail and newspaper delivery services will not be provided today.
This decision may also have an impact on the distribution of parcels.
On Wednesday, 17 January 2024, the import, export, collection and delivery of mail and newspapers was suspended (and delivery of packages was heavily impacted); exchanges with several European cities were also suspended (Trier, Metz, Roissy, Bar-Le-Duc, Frankfurt, Brussels, etc.);
On Thursday, 18 January 2024, there was again heavy snowfall, leading to the suspension of transfers on the Trier–Bettembourg and Metz–Bettembourg routes. Several trucks are blocked (Liège, Brussels, Roissy, etc.)
France
Reported: January 19, 2023
Incident: Adverse weather conditions
La Poste, informs that it is currently experiencing operational difficulties owing to adverse weather conditions. Several warnings have been issued throughout France since 17 January 2024, including prohibitions on the circulation of heavy goods traffic. Snow, black ice and high winds are causing disruption to the entire postal supply chain, primarily in northern and eastern France.
As a result, delays are to be expected in the transportation, collection and delivery of letter-post, parcel-post items and EMS items.
Iceland
Reported:January 19, 2023
Incident: Exceptional Event No 05 (Update of 54/2023) by Iceland Post
On Sunday morning of 14th of January, a new volcanic eruption started just north of Grindavik in the Reykjanes peninsula.
The few people that had moved back home were evacuated again.
The eruption itself didn’t last long but destroyed 3 homes in the process.
It is deemed likely that more eruptions will occur around the town in the coming weeks.
Additionally, the ground in and around the town has numerous fissures making the town unsafe at this time.
It is therefore unlikely that habitants will be allowed to return to live in Grindavik in the coming weeks or months.
Iceland Post has not delivered mail in the Grindavik area since the original evacuation 13th of November 2023 and due to the area being uninhabitable it seems unlikely it will be possible to deliver mail in Grindavik in the near future.
Mail is being forwarded to the receiver as much as possible and depending on the information Iceland Post has of the current residence of the inhabitants.
