PORT ANGELES — UPS is closing its UPS Customer Center at 3216 E. Highway 101 on Friday.

“There are several UPS Drop Boxes in Port Angeles,” UPS media relations person Jim Mayer said in an email. “In addition, customers can schedule a pickup by their UPS driver or give packages to the driver on-route. There also are several full-service UPS locations and Access Points, including The UPS Store, in Sequim.”

He suggested customers go to the UPS’ online location finder and enter their Zip code to find the nearest drop-off location.

In a statement on its website, UPS said, “We are making exciting changes to optimize our network, improve efficiency and continue to deliver on our customer-first strategy. The changes underway include reassessing a small percentage of our U.S. operations.”

On Jan. 30, UPS announced it had reached an agreement with Amazon — its largest customer — to lower its delivery volume by more than 50 percent by the second half of 2026 in order to focus on more profitable clients. Since then, it has been closing customer centers across the country.

The company did not respond to a request to provide the number of employees impacted by the closure of the Port Angeles customer center, and no worker adjustment and retraining notification had been posted to the state Employment Security Department database as of Tuesday.

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