CJ Logistics Processes 200 Million Items in 10 Months Since Establishing 'Icheon MP Hub Terminal'

Workers are sorting packages at the CJ Logistics Icheon MP Hub Terminal.

[Asia Economy Reporter Dongwoo Lee] CJ Logistics announced on the 12th that it has processed over 200 million parcels through the state-of-the-art ‘Icheon MP Hub Terminal,’ which was established in September last year as the first facility in the courier industry dedicated exclusively to sorting and relaying small parcels.

The ‘Icheon MP Hub Terminal’ is a hub terminal dedicated to small parcels that sorts small parcels collected nationwide by region. It opened for the first time in September last year to efficiently handle small parcels alongside the growth of the e-commerce market. It was built in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, to form a network for processing parcel volumes coming from across the country, covering a site area of 8,592 pyeong (approximately 28,400 square meters).

The ‘Icheon MP Hub Terminal’ operates in connection with 44 ‘MP’ small parcel dedicated sorters installed at sub-terminals nationwide. Products ordered by customers are first collected at the logistics warehouses of shopping malls (consignors) and gathered at regional sub-terminals. Among these, only small parcels with the same destination are bundled into sacks of 20 units through the MP and sent to the ‘Icheon MP Hub Terminal.’ Upon arrival at the ‘Icheon MP Hub Terminal,’ the sack-unit parcels go through an automatic sorting process and are dispatched to sub-terminals near the delivery destinations.

The ‘MP Hub Terminal’ is characterized by the introduction of cutting-edge equipment capable of efficiently processing small parcels bundled in sack units. In particular, the ‘MP Hub Scanner,’ equipped with six cameras to recognize waybills attached to sacks of irregular shapes, has been introduced. A ‘metering conveyor’ that maintains uniform spacing between sacks is also installed. The industry’s first ‘DP (Direct Push) sorter,’ which automatically pushes and sorts bulky and heavy sacks by destination, has also been introduced.

Small parcels account for about 90% of CJ Logistics’ total parcel volume. The ‘Icheon MP Hub Terminal,’ equipped with advanced automation facilities, can process more than 2 million small parcels daily, thereby reducing costs and improving operational efficiency.

Small parcel dedicated sorting systems such as the ‘Icheon MP Hub Terminal’ and ‘MP’ were built utilizing existing sub-terminal infrastructure. They are known as innovative systems within the industry because they significantly increase parcel processing volume relative to investment.

A CJ Logistics official said, “By introducing state-of-the-art automated facilities such as the Icheon MP Hub Terminal and MP for the first time in the industry, we are efficiently handling the continuously increasing volume of small parcels,” adding, “We will lead a paradigm shift in the courier industry through continuous investment and securing a super-gap capability.”

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