CBS: How UPS becomes "Santa's sleigh" during the holiday season

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By Alessandro Pasetti

17/12/2018

CBS reports: “From the unending roar of jet engines to the constant hum of conveyor belts, it’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas at UPS Worldport, in Louisville, Ky. The shipping company expects to deliver around 800 million packages this holiday season. UPS’ main package sorting facility is working around the clock, processing 115 packages a second. Wednesday may be its busiest day ever, with 37 million deliveries. That’s more than 425 a second, and nearly double a normal day.”

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