UPS has expanded its UPS Worldwide Express Freight service in 12 new origin and nine new destination countries globally for urgent, time-sensitive and high-value international heavyweight shipments. UPS now offers the service, which is ideal for product launches, inventory shortages or equipment failure replacement parts, to 50 origin and 51 destination countries and territories throughout the world.

In the Asia-Pacific region, UPS Worldwide Express Freight has been extended as an origin and destination service in Indonesia, New Zealand and Vietnam, making the service available to and from a total of 13 markets within the region.

Outside of the Asia-Pacific region, countries adding origin service include Chile, Greece, Israel, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Slovakia and Turkey; while countries adding destination service include Chile, Israel, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Saudi Arabia andTurkey.

“UPS Worldwide Express Freight is an air freight offering that has enabled many businesses in Asia to expand internationally and engage in global commerce,” said Jim O’Gara, president of South Asia District, UPS Asia Pacific Region. “We are pleased to further extend its reach within Asia, allowing businesses in Indonesia, New Zealand and Vietnam to leverage the speed, reliability and visibility that UPS offers for their urgent freight shipments.” 

For customers in the industrial manufacturing, automotive, high-tech, retail and healthcare segments with palletised shipments over 70kg, UPS now offers the guaranteed, day-definite and door-to-door service in more lanes than any other carrier, and with some of the fastest transit times in the industry. For shipments originating from Asia-Pacific, delivery can be as fast as overnight to cities within Asia and just three days to Europe and the Americas.