Topic
mail delivery
Logistics US Postal Service Averts Immediate Shutdown but Faces Liquidity Crisis by 2031, Warns Postmaster General
The U.S. Postal Service has avoided a 2027 shutdown through deferrals, but Postmaster General David Steiner told a Senate panel that the agency is nearly $31 billion in debt with only $8.9 billion cash on hand. Mail volume has halved since 2000, while addresses grow by 1 million annually. Steiner presented a stark choice: allow USPS to operate independently or subsidize universal service to support a $2 trillion mailing industry.
Logistics Canada Post to End Door-to-Door Delivery for 620K Addresses by 2027
Canada Post announced it will convert 485,000 additional addresses in 37 communities to community mailboxes in 2027, plus 136,000 previously planned, ending door-to-door delivery for a total of 620,000 addresses. The move is part of a restructuring after a record $1.15 billion loss in 2025 and eight consecutive years of losses. Shippers will need to adapt to centralized delivery for a growing share of Canadian addresses.