UPS会议，这将导致全球公民计划的 UPS（NYSE：UPS），调动其全球网络，提供超过200万个呼吸器面罩11,000连体防护服到中国免费空运，以打击传播的目的中国武汉的。UPS运营的航班与 MAP International 和 MedShare这两个位于佐治亚州的非营利性全球卫生组织合作，由中国红十字会和受援组织湖北省疾病预防控制中心与 Project HOPE合作协调。
“世界需要强有力的公私合作伙伴关系来帮助遏制这种致命病毒的传播，UPS会正在扩大其人道主义救援网络，以支持我们的合作伙伴提供供应链知识和航空运输，”UPS 总裁爱德华多·马丁内斯 (EduardoMartinez) 说。会和 UPS 多元化和包容性官。“UPS 会是大流行病供应链网络 (PSCN)和全球卫生安全大流行病防范小组私营部门圆桌会议 (PSRT)的成员。我们已经建立了一个全球救援机构网络，以帮助向处于危机中的社区提供援助，在这种情况下，为中国的医护人员提供医疗援助。”
这架 UPS 人道主义航班于 2 月 2 日星期日降落在 UPS上海国际枢纽，并带来了目前在中国供不应求的个人防护设备。货物包括：
正在中国迅速传播。已报告超过 20,000 例病例，400多人死亡。全球越来越多的国家报告了该病毒，世界卫生组织宣布此次为全球卫生紧急情况。
UPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced the ground breaking of a new €160million advanced-technology super hub in Hannover-Langenhagen at aceremony attended by Dr. Bernd Althusmann, Lower Saxony Ministerfor Economic Affairs. once completed, the hub – one of UPS’slargest investments outside the United States – will serve as animportant link in UPS’s European and German network and offerbusinesses improved access to the company’s smart global logisticsnetwork.
“The growth of business and retail e-commerce – with onlineretail sales alone expected to reach nearly €70 billion in Germanythis year – has created unprecedented demand for UPS’s services,”said Frank Sportolari, president, UPS Germany. “E-commerce offerssmall and medium-sized businesses a platform to trade likemicro-multinationals. Transforming our existing sorting anddistribution hub in Hannover-Langenhagen will allow businesses ofall sizes in Germany to reach new business customers and consumersworldwide, whether that’s in Seoul, San Francisco orStuttgart.”
To support the Hannover-Langenhagen super hub’s role in UPS’snetwork, up to 500 new jobs will be created, both in operations andadministrative functions. Advanced automation technology will allowUPS to double the sorting capacity of the facility – from 15,000packages per hour to 30,000, with a separate processing flow beinginstalled for bulky items.