Thailand Post launches world’s first regulated postal authority

[webfact]

Thailand Post launches world’s first regulated postal authority

 

   

BANGKOK, 31 May 2019 (NNT) - Thailand Post has upgraded its air mail delivery system and launch the world’s first regulated postal authority which meets the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)’s standard.

 

Thailand Post President Samorn Therdthamphiboon said Thailand Post had requested a certificate for air mail transport services to upgrade the Suvarnabhumi Postal Center to the world’s first regulated postal authority from the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT). The mail center is in accordance with requirements prescribed by the ICAO.

 

Entry and exit from the building must be controlled with a fingerprint scanning system for identification. All operating staff must go through a body search with a metal detector. Thirty-six CCTV cameras have been installed, plus security guards are on patrol around the clock.

 

There are also postal security measures such as recording senders at every post office nationwide. Another measure involves mail inspection using a two-dimensional x-ray machine three times to detect hazardous substances.

 

Certification from the regulated postal authority will help build confidence in terms of security standards for airlines and keep them free from harmful materials and illegal items. Senders who violate the rules will be punished with imprisonment not exceeding two years and a fine not exceeding 80,000 baht or both.

 

Thailand Post will expand the establishment of regulated postal authority to international airports in the regions including Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Phuket, Hat Yai and Udon Thani.

 

 

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[fforest1]

Entry and exit from the building must be controlled with a fingerprint scanning system for identification. All operating staff must go through a body search with a metal detector. Thirty-six CCTV cameras have been installed, plus security guards are on patrol around the clock.

 

 

Boy I thought this was about going through immigration for a minute...

[davehowden]

"There are also postal security measures such as recording senders at every post office nationwide. Another measure involves mail inspection using a two-dimensional x-ray machine three times to detect hazardous substances."

 

Will "aliens" need to produce a passport, TM30, copy of current visa/ extension etc. to send something out of Thailand by airmail ?

[tifino]

3 minutes ago, davehowden said:

"There are also postal security measures such as recording senders at every post office nationwide. Another measure involves mail inspection using a two-dimensional x-ray machine three times to detect hazardous substances."

 

Will "aliens" need to produce a passport, TM30, copy of current visa/ extension etc. to send something out of Thailand by airmail ?

well, a Passport needed to be presented 4 years back, in downtown Pattaya

so really...what's new?

[Pilotman]

No idea what this is about.  It's left me bewildered, as I seem to have been transported back to the 1980s. 

[davehowden]

12 minutes ago, tifino said:

well, a Passport needed to be presented 4 years back, in downtown Pattaya

so really...what's new?

Well maybe too much mafia there, not required at Chiang Mai Hang Dong.

[bluesofa]

Does this mean the end of my parcels and letters being sent abroad taking a three-to-four-day rest at Suvarnabhumi Postal Center every time?

 

I track my items and they will always sit there for a long time. I once called the Thailand Post helpline to ask why there was always a delay.

 

The reply was the items were waiting for a flight to the destination country. This is despite the two countries I send to are either the UK or Finland - both of which have at least two flights a day to both places.

 

I was also told the item had to have been sent at least two weeks previously before they could even look into why there was always a delay.

Normal sort of day really.

 

Will this new all-singing-all-dancing  postal authority make any difference? Nah.

[ukrules]

A world first, I don't believe it ????

[DrTuner]

Regulated by Thais = unregulated by the rest of the world's standards.

[samsensam]

3 hours ago, tifino said:

well, a Passport needed to be presented 4 years back, in downtown Pattaya

so really...what's new?

 

yea, in bangkok too there's a sign in post offices saying a passport/ID has to be shown, but that depends, seemingly, on the branch and/or the member of staff. i've sent loads of parcels home and only been asked twice for id. there's regulations and then there's thai regulations.

[ocddave]

So I assume this will delay packages sent from the US even more, and I am guessing those X-Ray machines will cause more issues too.

[peterpaintpot]

I have lived in Muak Lek, Saraburi for 12.5 years and have used the local post office for all my overseas postal needs and have never been asked for I.D. or proof of address.

[legend49]

The mail center is in accordance with requirements prescribed by the ICAO.

 

Really why doesn't the reporter quote where in ICAO law?

[aussie11950]

Congratulations to Thai post. A worldfirst. 

[jaltsc]

"Entry and exit from the building must be controlled with a fingerprint scanning system for identification. All operating staff must go through a body search with a metal detector. "

I can see the border crossings, and airport scanning of the future.

"What do you have in your luggage?" 

"10 kilos of heroin."

"You're OK. Just as long as you're not smuggling in a letter."

Edited June 1, 2019 by jaltsc

[klauskunkel]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

Another measure involves mail inspection

I had my mail inspected by the Thai Postal Service so thoroughly that they took the twenty Dollar bill from inside the letter as a service fee and resealed the envelope very professionally. I did appreciate their proactive approach since I didn't have to go to the post office to pay for this service in person.

Glad to hear that Thai Post is now even more regulated than before and I hope the new regulations will serve them as well as in the past... 

[bluesofa]

Just now, klauskunkel said:

I had my mail inspected by the Thai Postal Service so thoroughly that they took the twenty Dollar bill from inside the letter as a service fee and resealed the envelope very professionally. I did appreciate their proactive approach since I didn't have to go to the post office to pay for this service in person.

Glad to hear that Thai Post is now even more regulated than before and I hope the new regulations will serve them as well as in the past... 

Hmm, perhaps putting some colour photocopies in there might sort them out next time?

 It would be interesting how the postal staff explain where the 'cash' came from when being interviewed by the police, after trying to exchange it.

 

[Fred31]

17 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Does this mean the end of my parcels and letters being sent abroad taking a three-to-four-day rest at Suvarnabhumi Postal Center every time?

 

I track my items and they will always sit there for a long time. I once called the Thailand Post helpline to ask why there was always a delay.

 

The reply was the items were waiting for a flight to the destination country. This is despite the two countries I send to are either the UK or Finland - both of which have at least two flights a day to both places.

 

I was also told the item had to have been sent at least two weeks previously before they could even look into why there was always a delay.

Normal sort of day really.

 

Will this new all-singing-all-dancing  postal authority make any difference? Nah.

If you pay courier rates there are no delays cheap charlie

[Srikcir]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

world’s first regulated postal authority from the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand

It would be logical that as the first regulated postal authority in Thailand would be granted by the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand. No CAA in any other country could issue such authority in Thailand - no other country would have no sovereign right to do so except within their own country.

[ChrisY1]

What Thai post should do is concentrate on getting the mail to the people...world first?

Our mail delivery is now almost down to one delivery each 2 weeks.... Cha Am post office is our source and our village is 10 minutes out.

Disgraceful service where mail from overseas often never get's to us!

[grumpy 4680]

      I do believe they've started already, I recently sent 3 electric model railway engines back to the UK, 5 weeks later I discovered that they had not arrived at the Hornby Repair and Service centre.

     So having gone to the Post Office, to see why,  there was my parcel sitting on a shelf, having not been sent, having gone through their super x-ray machine, it was stated that the parcel contained batteries ??????, so after I opened the parcel for inspection, they said they would send again, with a note, stating the trains are harmless, and safe to post by air.

      I am now waiting to see what happens this time. 

[bluesofa]

41 minutes ago, Fred31 said:

18 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Does this mean the end of my parcels and letters being sent abroad taking a three-to-four-day rest at Suvarnabhumi Postal Center every time?

 

I track my items and they will always sit there for a long time. I once called the Thailand Post helpline to ask why there was always a delay.

 

The reply was the items were waiting for a flight to the destination country. This is despite the two countries I send to are either the UK or Finland - both of which have at least two flights a day to both places.

 

I was also told the item had to have been sent at least two weeks previously before they could even look into why there was always a delay.

Normal sort of day really.

 

Will this new all-singing-all-dancing  postal authority make any difference? Nah.

If you pay courier rates there are no delays cheap charlie 

Apart from your jibe and not having money to burn as I send three or four times in a year, EMS although allegedly faster is more than five times as expensive as using the 'signed for' postal service service (which includes tracking) when sending abroad.

Ignoring the airport 'rest period' it takes perhaps three to four days longer than using EMS, as speed is not important for my items.

[bluesofa]

17 minutes ago, grumpy 4680 said:

      I do believe they've started already, I recently sent 3 electric model railway engines back to the UK, 5 weeks later I discovered that they had not arrived at the Hornby Repair and Service centre.

     So having gone to the Post Office, to see why,  there was my parcel sitting on a shelf, having not been sent, having gone through their super x-ray machine, it was stated that the parcel contained batteries ??????, so after I opened the parcel for inspection, they said they would send again, with a note, stating the trains are harmless, and safe to post by air.

      I am now waiting to see what happens this time. 

Hmm, assuming you wrote your sender's address on the package as requested, how surprising they didn't contact you regarding the issue - not.

[hansnl]

19 hours ago, davehowden said:

Well maybe too much mafia there, not required at Chiang Mai Hang Dong.

Since last year all senders of parcels to anywhere need to produce an ID in Khon Kaen.

[Dumbastheycome]

All very nice but will it mean I will no longer have to go and  "find" my expected parcel or letter from the pile local Postie's house? Can only live in hope !

[bluesofa]

Just now, Dumbastheycome said:

All very nice but will it mean I will no longer have to go and  "find" my expected parcel or letter from the pile local Postie's house? Can only live in hope !

How did you know the Postie had piles?

Was that the complaint which prevented him from delivering the letters?

[Dumbastheycome]

6 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

How did you know the Postie had piles?

Was that the complaint which prevented him from delivering the letters?

Maybe. But sure would if I was permitted to plant  my pointy shoe where I felt like doing ! lol

[Moonlover]

20 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Does this mean the end of my parcels and letters being sent abroad taking a three-to-four-day rest at Suvarnabhumi Postal Center every time?

 

I track my items and they will always sit there for a long time. I once called the Thailand Post helpline to ask why there was always a delay.

 

The reply was the items were waiting for a flight to the destination country. This is despite the two countries I send to are either the UK or Finland - both of which have at least two flights a day to both places.

 

I was also told the item had to have been sent at least two weeks previously before they could even look into why there was always a delay.

Normal sort of day really.

 

Will this new all-singing-all-dancing  postal authority make any difference? Nah.

Just because there are flights going to your destinations countries every day, it doesn't mean that your precious letter is going to make the very next flight.

 

Mail is 'bulked up' at the mail centre until a full container is ready to depart and it's then flown out on the next available flight. And as passenger luggage always takes priority, there could be a delay there as well whilst waiting for a flight with space.

 

Have a bit of patience.

[nahkit]

Yesterday I picked up a package sent from Pattaya by registered mail, posted on the 15th May. I had previously called the sender to ask where my package was and they provided me with a tracking number.

 

According to the Thailand Post tracking system, my package went to the Bang Lamung sorting office in Chonburi on the 15th and never left. Got my daughter to call the post office with the tracking number and they said they needed the sender to call them, not the receiver. Sender called back the other day and said they'd been told that an attempt was made to deliver the package but no-one was home so I went around to the main post office yesterday morning and showed them the tracking number. Two minutes later I had my registered package, no id asked for, no signature required and no answer when my wife asked them why they hadn't contacted us or left a card to say they had tried to deliver the package.

 

Meanwhile, Thailand Post tracking service still says my package is in Bang Lamung, Chonburi.

[bluesofa]

1 minute ago, Moonlover said:

Just because there are flights going to your destinations countries every day, it doesn't mean that your precious letter is going to make the very next flight.

 

Mail is 'bulked up' at the mail centre until a full container is ready to depart and it's then flown out on the next available flight. And as passenger luggage always takes priority, there could be a delay there as well whilst waiting for a flight with space.

 

Have a bit of patience.

Thanks very much for the explanation.

As I said in my OP, "The reply was the items were waiting for a flight to the destination country."

If the staff had said why they were waiting, that would have been a lot clearer.