Global Logistics

GLOBAL LOGISTICS Every day, thousands of packages are transported across towns, countries, and entire continents. What does it really take to send a box from Switzerland to South Africa on time? In addition to a global network of delivery people, you need the power of logistics to bring air, ground, and water transport in sync with the latest high tech solutions for tracking and receiving. Here's a snapshot of how the global reach of UPS logistics facilitates package delivery to just about every destination, every day. A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE UPS FLEET 92,734 218SERVICE 218.E JETS 27,280 DELIVERY CARS, VANS, TRACTORS & MOTORCYCLES IN F-CELL FREIGHT TRACTORS & TRAILERS Worldwide Services NU DOCUMENTS DELIVERED DAILY 26.2 MILLION MILLION PACKAGES & ' = - 942 DOMESTIC AND 815 INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT SEGMENTS PER DAY 1928 ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES TRACKING REQUESTS PER DAY UPS WORLDPORT BY THE NUMBERS 1.5 MILLION UPS WORLDPORT IS LOCATED IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY WORLDPORT MEASURES 5,200,000 SQ. FT. OR ABOUT 90 FOOTBALL FIELDS PACKAGES PROCESSED ON AN AVERAGE DAY O Worldport recently has undergone a billon dollar upgrade, and is now one AS THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE AIR FLEET, of the most advanced distribution hubs THE HUB HAS 70 PLANE DOCKS AND TURNS OVER in the world. 130 AIRCRAFT DAILY HAS 155 MILES OF CONVEYOR BELTS 60 SORTS 416,000 PKGS PER HOUR, OR ABOUT 115 PKGS PER SECOND. 15 30 AIRPORTS AND HUBS WORLDWIDE PREDICTING MOTHER NATURE EUROPE: COLOGNE/BONN, * GERMANY ASIA PACIFIC: A TEAM OF 5 METEROLOGISTS FOLLOW THE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS 24 HOURS A DAY. CHINA : SHANGHAI, SHENZHEN, HONG KONG Covers 40 countries and territories TO INSURE ONTIME DELIVERY, THEY WORK WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO FORECAST WEATHER ALONG ROUTES AND WILL RE-ROUTE OR SWITCH MODES OF TRANSPORTATION TO AVOID BAD WEATHER. UPS EMPLOYS OVER 400,000 UPS PLANES ARE EQUIPPED WITH SENSORS FOR REAL-TIME WEATHER DATA RETRIEVAL. 220 Worldwide Services COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES COVERED. USE ON-SITE MODEL OF AN AIRPLANE WING TO PREDICT ICING AND FROST CONDITIONS IN THE AIR. Covers 60 countries and territories PEOPLE WORLDWIDE A COLLABORATION BETWEEN GOOD AND KIKI KARPUS, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UPS Ups WEOLOGISTICS