How many packages will the Postal Service process this holiday season? We expect to process and delivery about 152 million packages between Thanksgiving and Christmas Day — this includes an expected 5% increase in Priority Mail packages.
How many packages were processed last year during the holidays? Last year's holiday season we processed and delivered nearly 145 million packages.
How many countries does the U.S. Postal Service ship packages to? Holiday packages will be shipped to 215 countries around the world.
What is the shortest distance an international package travels from NYC? The shortest distance a package will travel to a major city from New York City is Montreal, Canada. The distance it will travel is 330 miles.
What is the farthest distance an international package travels from NYC? The farthest distance a package will travel to a major city from New York City is Perth, Australia. The distance it will travel is 11,625 miles.
What is the cargo capacity of an LLV? The cargo capacity of an LLV is 120 cubic feet, with a cargo carrying capacity (in addition to the driver) of 1,000 lbs of mail.
What is the average daily and weekly fuel use for an LLV? LLVs (138,679 vehicles) average 1.77 gallons of fuel daily and 10.7 gallons of fuel weekly. (This LLV figure does not include the CNG and LNG vehicles – total LLV fleet count is 142,000)
What is the average daily and weekly fuel use for all delivery vehicles? All delivery vehicles, including LLVs, FFVs, and Carrier Vans (Windstars, Caravan, Uplanders (181,749 vehicles) average 1.76 gallons of fuel daily and 10.5 gallons weekly.
What is the average daily and weekly fuel use for the entire postal fleet? The total postal fleet (215,739 vehicles) average 2.3 gallons of fuel daily and 13.7 gallons weekly.
How does the Postal Service handle such a large volume of packages? How much more time does it take? Handling packages differs only slightly during the holidays because of the number/ volume of packages being delivered daily. Carriers may spend more time loading their vehicles than normal due to the increased volume and also spend more time actually delivering packages simply because they have a greater number to deliver. Time spent actually delivering the package itself is unchanged because of the holiday crush since there are no changes to the process i.e., scanning or signature confirmation, etc.
How does the increased package volume fit in the postal vehicle? Specific to a route and their vehicle, it's infrequent that the number of parcels on a given route exceeds the capacity of a Postal LLV or Windstar. However, in the event of that happening, managers use the flexible or supplementary workforce to address each situation on that day. Managers will combine routes in need of such assistance by having dedicated parcel runs that leave in the morning to affect delivery. Service standards still apply to these packages and must be met as if delivered by the regular carrier on his/her route.
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