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Inside the DHL Hub That Moves 2 Million Packages a Day
This episode takes you inside DHL's Leipzig/Halle air hub, the largest express cargo facility in Europe, where 2 million packages are sorted every day. Lucas and Luna walk through the operations behind the operation: how conveyor belts, barcode scanners, and a workforce of 12,000 shift packages from plane to truck in under 90 minutes. They explore the decision to centralize European express traffic in one city, the physics of a 60-kilometer conveyor network, and what happens when a snowstorm hits. If you've ever wondered how an overnight package actually gets across the continent by…
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