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By Gavin van Marle

07/11/2014

Remember how the surge of e-commerce deliveries combined with terrible winter conditions during last year’s Christmas shopping season in the US caught FedEx and UPS completely by surprise? Well, they are determined not to let it happen again. UPS’s Worldport hub is gearing up for greater volumes, while the company is also adding both temporary and permanent capacity at other locations around the US.

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