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Convinced there was still money to be made, he turned his sights on WorldPort at Denver International Airport.
FORBES: Grounded
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At Worldport alone, more than 2.3 million gallons of fuel are guzzled down by airplanes roughly every three days.
ENGADGET: Inside UPS' Worldport: How a shipping titan moves 2,000 packages every 17 seconds
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In order to pull off such a feat, United Parcel Service (UPS) relies on Worldport in Louisville, Ky.
ENGADGET: Inside UPS' Worldport: How a shipping titan moves 2,000 packages every 17 seconds
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Within Worldport, 70 aircraft docks and 155 miles of conveyor belts await the arrival of packages from over 220 countries and territories.
ENGADGET: Inside UPS' Worldport: How a shipping titan moves 2,000 packages every 17 seconds
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The aircraft deliver packages around the globe, but make frequent pit stops at Worldport, where one of them lands roughly each minute during peak operating hours.
ENGADGET: Inside UPS' Worldport: How a shipping titan moves 2,000 packages every 17 seconds
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Work at Worldport is divided into two "sorts, " a daytime and nighttime window where packages are unloaded from arriving planes, rerouted to their next ride and sent off again.
ENGADGET: Inside UPS' Worldport: How a shipping titan moves 2,000 packages every 17 seconds
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Once a package and its destination are identified, the Worldport system routes it to the appropriate place, all while keeping track of where each item is at all times on the 33, 245 conveyors and 2.6 miles of tilt-tray sorters.
ENGADGET: Inside UPS' Worldport: How a shipping titan moves 2,000 packages every 17 seconds
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Of course, not even Saint Nick can deliver all of the presents this year, so we've paid a visit to UPS's massive 5.2 million square foot Worldport shipping facility in Louisville, Kentucky to get a behind the scenes look at its late night operations.
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Moreover, if any of them moves to Piscitell's WorldPort but doesn't lease 20% more space than it had at DIA--that is, justifying the move on the basis of the need to expand--Piscitell must cover the tenant's rent at the airport until a new occupant can be found.
FORBES: Grounded