UPS opens first phase of Worldport expansion - Business First of Louisville:

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billion Worldport expansion at Louisville International The first phase will allow UPS to expandits package-sorting capacity at the hub by 15 to 350,000 packages per hour, from 304,009 packages per hour. Atlanta-based UPS UPS) said it exceeded its minority-hiringv goal of awarding 20 percent ofits $240 millionn general construction budget to minority- and women-owne d businesses. When the project was announced, three phasezs were planned. To date, only two of the phasew have been approved bycompany officials, said Jackise Blair, public relations manager for UPS The second phase is schedulede to open in May 2010.
A third phasse will be initiated when the economy turnsz around and air freightshipping rebounds, Blair When the total project is complete, Worldportf will be expanded to 5.2 million square feet from 4 million squarw feet. The number of aircraft docks will be expandeed to 70from 26. The numberr of conveyors will be expandedto 31,578 from 12,874.