FedEx hums along near full capacity despite Amazon split
A FedEx Ground employee monitors the seemingly never-ending conveyor belt of packages ripping through the FedEx Ground hub in Olive Branch, Mississippi, on Dec. 2. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
A lot of the sorting at the FedEx Ground hub in Olive Branch, Mississippi, is automated and done by laser, such as this bright crimson checkpoint. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
A FedEx Ground employee tags and scans a mountain of packages at the FedEx Ground hub in Olive Branch, Mississippi, Dec. 2. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
A near-continuous stream of packages flows through the FedEx Ground hub in Olive Branch, Mississippi, Dec. 2. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
A lone worker takes a break from the stream of packages flowing through the FedEx Ground hub in Olive Branch, Mississippi, Dec. 2. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
FedEx marked what was expected to be one of its busiest days in history on Monday, Dec. 2, as more than 33 million shipments moved through the Memphis-based company's network.
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Business news reporter, 43-year veteran of print journalism, 35-year resident of Memphis, University of Georgia alumnus and proud father and spouse of University of Memphis graduates.
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