FedEx Corp. said Wednesday it expects to handle more than 290 million shipments between Black Friday and Christmas Eve, an 8.8 percent increase, breaking last year’s record.

The Memphis, Tennessee-based company projected that Dec. 15 will be the busiest day in company history, with 22.6 million shipments moving around the world.

Fueling the record load will be Internet commerce, leading to volume spikes on the first three Mondays of December. The company anticipates each spike resulting in more than 20 million packages moved.

The company detailed steps it has taken to prepare for the peak season, an effort to assure customers that reliability won’t suffer in the holiday crush. FedEx previously announced it is adding more than 50,000 seasonal positions across its operation, including handlers, helpers, drivers and other support positions.

— From wire reports