UPS To Expand And Modernize Jacksonville Hub
November 11 2016 - 10:00AM
UPS (NYSE: UPS) will invest $196 million to expand its Jacksonville
ground package hub to add more than 260,000 square feet to the
building and advanced technology and operations automation. When
completed in the fall of 2019, capacity will increase by one-third
to more than 80,000 packages processed per hour.
“Jacksonville is one of the larger U.S. ground processing
facilities and an important transit point to connect road and rail
in the UPS network,” said Kim Wyant, president of UPS’s Florida
District. “We appreciate the state and local community support for
the new technology and jobs that give UPS flexibility to meet
growing needs of our customers.”
More than 1,650 full and part-time UPS employees work at both
the hub and its adjacent four package centers. The company has
committed to new full-time jobs as well as expanded employee
parking as part of the plan.
Onsite liquefied natural gas fueling remains on the property to
power the growing UPS fleet of alternative fueled tractors. Changes
in the building footprint provide a larger trailer staging area.
Another 46 familiar brown package car positions will meet the needs
for growing local delivery operations.
The Jacksonville facility will be retrofitted to include the
latest UPS sorting and processing technology with advanced
automation to increase the building’s flexibility and response to
customer needs. Six-sided decode tunnels will replace traditional
scanning to rapidly capture package information from address
labels. High-speed UPS Smart Label® applicators will place labels
on packages to give personnel instructions for proper routing,
loading on local delivery vehicles. Small, lightweight packages
typical of e-commerce will flow through new systems that maintain
UPS reliability in loads built for destinations throughout
Florida.
The Jacksonville project joins a multi-year UPS investment plan
to expand and modernize its global network operations and
capacity.
UPS employs more than 16,500 people across Florida in package
delivery, ground freight, aircraft operations, air and ocean
freight forwarding and contract logistics.
About UPS
UPS (NYSE: UPS) is a global leader in logistics, offering a
broad range of solutions including transporting packages and
freight; facilitating international trade, and deploying advanced
technology to more efficiently manage the world of business.
Headquartered in Atlanta, UPS serves more than 220 countries and
territories worldwide. The company can be found on the web at
ups.com® and its corporate blog can be found at longitudes.ups.com.
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Susan Rosenberg
404-828-7123
srosenberg@ups.com
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