FedEx apologises to Huawei for re-routing packages to the US
- US courier delivery services giant said ‘no external parties’ were involved in the diverted shipments
- Huawei also said FedEx had attempted to divert two more packages to the US
FedEx Corp has apologised to Huawei Technologies for the unauthorised re-routing of packages sent by the Chinese telecommunications equipment maker to its offices in Asia and shipping these to the American courier delivery company’s headquarters in the United States.
“We value all our customers who hand more than 15 million packages per day to us for delivery,” wrote FedEx in a statement posted on Chinese microblogging site Sina Weibo. The US company said it apologises for the “mistransportation” of a small number of Huawei shipments.
FedEx said “there are no external parties” involved in the erroneous shipment of those packages to the US.
Huawei, the world’s largest telecoms equipment supplier, had earlier accused FedEx of diverting to the US, without any authorisation, two packages that the Chinese company sent from Japan and bound for its offices on the mainland.
Shenzhen-based Huawei also said FedEx had attempted to divert two more packages to the US that were sent from Vietnam and destined for the Chinese firm’s offices in Hong Kong and Singapore.
Those incidents, which were first reported by Reuters on Tuesday, have prompted Huawei to seek a review of its logistics and document delivery support requirements, according to a Huawei spokesman. The China office of FedEx had earlier denied the incident, saying it was inconsistent with the facts, according to a statement posted on its Sina Weibo account on May 23.