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6-3.1 Unload Timeframes for Standard Mail and Package Services

Drop shipments arriving within 30 minutes of their scheduled appointment time and with no load irregularities are unloaded as expeditiously as possible, but no later than the timeframes listed in Exhibit 6-3.1.

Exhibit 6-3.1 

Drop Shipment Timeframes for Standard Mail and Package Services

 

Appointment Type

Unload Time for DSCF or DADC Mailings

Unload Time for DNDC Mailings

Person Performing Unloading

Speedline

1 hour

1.5 hours

Postal Service Personnel

Palletized

2 hours

3 hours

Postal Service Personnel

Bedload

8 hours

8 hours

Driver (with Postal Service assistance)

Drop-and-Pick

N/A

8 or 12 hours [based on critical entry time(CET)]

Postal Service Personnel

Unload times for on-time appointments are calculated from the scheduled appointment time or once the vehicle is docked, whichever is first. Unload times for early arrivals are calculated from the unload start time or the scheduled appointment time, whichever is first. Unload times for late arrivals are calculated from the unload start time.




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