Chunghwa Post has suspended its sea mail service to Britain and several other Commonwealth countries from today.
Amy Lin (林美雪) of the company’s mail, business and operations department, said the public could send packages through the air mail and express delivery services.
Lin said packages sent by sea mail to Britain used to be unloaded at Dover Port, but that the UK had said they must now be unloaded at Southampton.
“But no shipping firm in Taiwan provides services to Southampton,” Lin said. “We have been looking for companies who could offer the service for a while.”
The change will also affect mail to Ascension, Gambia, Guernsey, Ireland, Jersey, Montserrat and St. Helena.
Lin conceded that air mail was more expensive. By sea, packages weighing less than 1kg cost NT$350. Packages weighing more than 1kg cost NT$60 per additional kilogram.
By air, packages weighing less than 1kg cost NT$410 and another NT$190 is tacked on per additional kilogram. But packages sent by surface mail take between 60 and 80 days, Lin said.
Last year, approximately 4,800 packages were sent to Britain by sea, versus 4,700 sent by air.
Meanwhile, the Post Office also announced suspension of sea mail services to Cote D’Ivoire, Ethiopia and Tunisia.
Former president Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Monday called for greater cooperation between Taiwan, Lithuania and the EU to counter threats to information security, including attacks on undersea cables and other critical infrastructure. In a speech at Vilnius University in the Lithuanian capital, Tsai highlighted recent incidents in which vital undersea cables — essential for cross-border data transmission — were severed in the Taiwan Strait and the Baltic Sea over the past year. Taiwanese authorities suspect Chinese sabotage in the incidents near Taiwan’s waters, while EU leaders have said Russia is the likely culprit behind similar breaches in the Baltic. “Taiwan and our European
The Taipei District Court sentenced babysitters Liu Tsai-hsuan (劉彩萱) and Liu Jou-lin (劉若琳) to life and 18 years in prison respectively today for causing the death of a one-year-old boy in December 2023. The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office said that Liu Tsai-hsuan was entrusted with the care of a one-year-old boy, nicknamed Kai Kai (剴剴), in August 2023 by the Child Welfare League Foundation. From Sept. 1 to Dec. 23 that year, she and her sister Liu Jou-lin allegedly committed acts of abuse against the boy, who was rushed to the hospital with severe injuries on Dec. 24, 2023, but did not
LIKE-MINDED COUNTRIES: Despite the threats from outside, Taiwan and Lithuania thrived and developed their economies, former president Tsai Ing-wen said Former president Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Saturday thanked Lithuania for its support of Taiwan, saying that both countries are united as partners in defending democracy. Speaking at a reception organized by the Lithuania-Taiwan Parliamentary Friendship Group welcoming her on her first visit to the Baltic state, Tsai said that while she was president from 2016 to last year, many Lithuanian “friends” visited Taiwan. “And I told myself I have to be here. I am very happy that I am here, a wonderful country and wonderful people,” Tsai said. Taiwan and Lithuania are in similar situations as both are neighbors to authoritarian countries, she
Taiwanese indie band Sunset Rollercoaster and South Korean outfit Hyukoh collectively received the most nominations at this year’s Golden Melody Awards, earning a total of seven nods from the jury on Wednesday. The bands collaborated on their 2024 album AAA, which received nominations for best band, best album producer, best album design and best vocal album recording. “Young Man,” a single from the album, earned nominations for song of the year and best music video, while another track, “Antenna,” also received a best music video nomination. Late Hong Kong-American singer Khalil Fong (方大同) was named the jury award winner for his 2024 album
RSS