The Social Security Institute tenders the service of collection, transportation and delivery of packages, bags, boxes and envelopes of correspondence nationwide, for a ten-month term.
Due to restrictions on mobility, the increase in online shopping and changes in consumer habits, the volume of international and local package movements in Costa Rica is showing an upward trend.
Due to the spread of covid-19, Costa Rican authorities decided to restrict people's mobility and impose social distancing measures. These factors were determining factors for consumers to begin changing their purchasing habits.
Correos y Telegrafos of Panama will invest $20 million in its upgrading plan, which will be focused on providing door-to-door service and delivery of parcels from around the world.
According to representatives of Panama's Post Office and Telegraphs (Cotel), nowadays the packages that arrive to the country from Miami take an average of three days, due to the process executed.
Hugo App, a platform for home delivery services, is one of the companies that accelerated its growth due to the mobility restrictions that have been decreed in the countries of the region because of the health crisis.
In order to contain the spread of covid-19, governments in Central America have decreed mandatory quarantines and restricted the movement of consumers at certain times. Faced with this new commercial reality, companies dedicated to home delivery of products have increased their income considerably.
The company of Chilean origin Latam Cargo began operations in the country and will offer its services on Tuesdays and Thursdays to cover the Miami-Panama-Bogotá route.
Directors of Tocumen International Airport informed that the refueling and cargo movement service offered by Latam Cargo will be operated with a Boeing 763 aircraft.
In Panama, a bill seeks to regulate messaging services offered through technological platforms, such as UberEats, Appetito 24, Glovo or Domicilio Don Juan.
The platforms of digital messaging services, such as transport activity, will be regulated, according to the essence of Draft Law 179 proposed in the Transport Commission, informed the National Assembly on October 14. See proposal submitted.
Urbano Express, dedicated to parcel services, storage, outsourcing of couriers and delivery of valuable products, reported that it bought the PCH Cargo company.
Representatives of Urbano Express explained that with the acquisition of PCH Cargo, will become the first integrated logisticscompany in El Salvador, from import, customs formalities, storage, order preparation, delivery of the last mile, to the collection of this.
In Costa Rica, DHL Global plans to expand its storage center in Alajuela, for which it will invest about $5.5 million over the next seven years.
Representatives of the company reported that the investment will include workstations, handling equipment, selective racks, fire protection system, surveillance cameras and security.
Almost two years after termination of the contract with the previous concessionaire, the government is once again considering the possibility of putting out to tender administration of the national postal service.
Elperiodico.com.gt reports that "...Since last year the state postal service has been working at half capacity.Only 13 of the 252 agencies of the Dirección General de Correos y Telégrafos (DGCT) are authorized, but these only deliver packages from abroad and it is not possible to send mail from Guatemala; In the capital, 12 postmen and two vehicles distribute legal documents, certificates and letters."
The parcel forwarding companies JetBox, Box Correos and Aeropost reported increases of between 12% and 35% in the number of packages shipped in the last three years.
The boom in Internet shopping has led leading delivery companies to open new delivery points and invest in technology in order to improve the service for end-users.
The government has announced that it will be preparing the groundwork for convening an international tender for concession of operation of the postal service.
Days after the closure of El Correo de Guatemala was announced, the government is finalizing details for the company to deliver the goods stored at its warehouses and provide continuity to the service, while a new tender is being prepared.
Businessmen are complaining about erroneous charges being levied by Customs on exempted companies, courier shipments or cargo that does not even reach the borders.
The incorrect application of the new rules on the charge of $18 which applies in Salvadoran customs offices for the use of X-rays starting from 1 January 2016, is causing problems and provoked a reaction by seven private sector unions that form the Intergremial Commission for Trade Facilitation (Cifacil).
The multinational Abraaj Group has acquired the majority stake in the courier and logistics company Urbano which has operations in El Salvador, Peru and Ecuador.
From a press release by The Abraaj Group:
Established in 1996, URBANO is the market leader for document delivery services in Peru, Ecuador and El Salvador
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