Mail Transport Equipment

New and Improved MTE

Main Transport Container

Flat tubs have a new look. New tubs have the mail trans­port equipment (MTE) hotline number and email address on the equipment to assist with reporting misuse. The change was made to encourage the return of flat tubs to Post Offices™ and to advise customers that MTE is not avail­able for private use.

When we have to replace missing or misused MTE, this unnecessary expenditure hurts the Postal Service’s bottom line. The Postal Service™ will spend more than $120 million this fiscal year to replace missing and damaged MTE.

The Postal Service encourages employees to report MTE that’s being misused, staged unnecessarily, or located out­side the postal network. Send leads and tips to HQMTE@usps.gov, or call the MTE hotline at 866-330-3404.