Jersey Post secures "new partnership" providing UPS deliveries

Monday 23 October 2023

Jersey Post has won a contract to provide all of the island's UPS deliveries, in a move that the company has described as "the start of a new partnership" with the global shipping and logistics giant.

UPS deliveries have been integrated into Jersey Post's delivery processes since last Thursday, after the former company went out to tender in search of a "final mile" provider on-island.

In June, Jersey Post chief executive Mark Siviter revealed the States-owned entity was "very close" to closing new contracts and "being trusted by big global parcel providers to deliver some of those parcels for them".

He made the comments as the company announced a loss of £6.6 million for 2022 amid a "perfect-storm" of industry pressures that "decimated" its margins.

Pictured: Jersey Post chair Alan Merry with chief executive officer Mark Siviter at Jersey Post headquarters 

The company has said the UPS contract signifies "the start of a new partnership between the Island’s postal operator and the well-known parcel delivery agent".

Julie Thomas, the Managing Director of Postal and Logistics at Jersey Post, said: "By winning contracts like this, Jersey Post are making strides as the Island’s preferred delivery provider. We are thrilled to be able to serve Jersey residents and businesses with their UPS deliveries.”

All UPS deliveries will arrive on the Island via Condor's Goodwill ferry, and Jersey Post has said they "should be delivered the same day, except when ferries are delayed".

Customers are also being encouraged to sign up to Jersey Post’s free SecureDrop service, to save time collecting items from Postal Headquarters at Rue des Pres if they are out when a delivery is made.