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DHL Express workers are busy delivering holiday packages

December 15, 2022 ATLANTA: Workers at the Atlanta DHL Express facility located at 644 Lake Mirror Road in Atlanta are handling more packages this month as the holiday shipping season reaches its peak shown here on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

December 15, 2022 ATLANTA: Drivers take off after loading up. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

December 15, 2022 ATLANTA: Drivers ready to go after loading up. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

December 15, 2022 ATLANTA: Orlando Gonzalez moves plane cargo cartons into place. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

December 15, 2022 ATLANTA: Driver, Shaolin Hunley marks her packages for delivery. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

December 15, 2022 ATLANTA: Handling the boxes while sorting packages and readying them for transport. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

December 15, 2022 ATLANTA: Smart scanner in action. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

December 15, 2022 ATLANTA: Majeer Montague uses a smart scanner while sorting packages. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

December 15, 2022 ATLANTA: Left to right - Tony Glass, Djuan Moore and Shawn Williams unload the big plane cartons for sorting. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

December 15, 2022 ATLANTA: Tony Glass unloads the big plane carton for sorting. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

December 15, 2022 ATLANTA: Shawn Williams sorts packages readying them for transport. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

December 15, 2022 ATLANTA: Kearra King sorts packages readying them for transport. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

December 15, 2022 ATLANTA: Sorting out the packages and readying them for transport. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

December 15, 2022 ATLANTA: About 40 drivers load their trucks each morning at the DHL Express facility next to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, with some of the boxes and packages that were flown in on DHL cargo aircraft overnight. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

December 15, 2022 ATLANTA: DHL Express handles international shipments to and from the U.S., and station services Ray Aylward said he has seen about a 15% bump up in package volume for the peak holiday period compared with the rest of the year. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

December 15, 2022 ATLANTA: Steve Mayers scans boxes to transport. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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Credit: JOHN SPINK / AJC

December 15, 2022 ATLANTA: Workers at the Atlanta DHL Express facility located at 644 Lake Mirror Road in Atlanta are handling more packages this month as the holiday shipping season reaches its peak shown here on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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