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.
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