Asian postal services adapt to post-mail era


  • TECH
  • Friday, 16 Dec 2016

This photograph taken on December 5, 2016 shows a worker placing inbound parcels on a conveyor belt for coding at the sorting section of the Singapore Post (SingPost) ecommerce logistics centre in Singapore. With the pre-Christmas rush at its peak, a serpentine network of conveyor belts at Singapore Post's new logistics centre moves parcels destined for addresses across the world in time for the festive season. / AFP PHOTO / Roslan RAHMAN / TO GO WITH Singapore SingPost logistics parcel, FOCUS by Martin ABBUGAO

SINGAPORE: With the pre-Christmas rush at its peak, a serpentine network of conveyor belts at Singapore Post’s new logistics centre moves parcels destined for addresses across the world in time for the festive season. 

It is a scene repeated in sorting offices around the globe in December, the busiest time of the year for postal firms with armies of workers toiling to get presents delivered on time. 

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