Chicago O’Hare

Milwaukee airport to build cargo hub with private financing

Competition for air cargo business in the Greater Chicago area is heating up with Milwaukee’s main airport planning to build a large terminal for freighter aircraft and poach traffic from Chicago O’Hare, the dominant cargo hub in the region, and rising upstart Chicago Rockford airport.

The local economy’s strength suggests the investment has merits, but capturing more than surplus shipments from a major international gateway like O’Hare will be a tall order, according to an expert. 

Project...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/milwaukee-airport-to-build-air-cargo-hub-with-private-financing

Chicago O’Hare avoids labor impasse, cargo disruption 

A final ground handling agent at Chicago O’Hare International Airport has reached a required labor agreement and will continue cargo operations, sparing several cargo airlines from potential service interruptions.

The Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) on Tuesday notified freighter operators that cargo handler Swissport has signed an agreement with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) establishing parameters for the union to mount a membership drive. The development eliminates the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/chicago-ohare-avoids-labor-impasse-cargo-disruption

Chicago O’Hare labor deal minimizes risk of supply chain upheaval

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Cargo service provider Alliance Ground International has reached agreement with a major union on...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/chicago-ohare-labor-deal-minimizes-risk-of-supply-chain-upheaval

El mandato pro-sindical en Chicago O’Hare amenaza con interrumpir los vuelos de carga  

La ciudad de Chicago ha amenazado con revocar las licencias de los contratistas que procesan la carga para las aerolíneas en el aeropuerto de O’Hare si no se abren a los organizadores sindicales, poniendo a dos tercios del tráfico de carga en este importante centro internacional en riesgo de quedar varados y estresando las cadenas de suministro por un período indeterminado.  

Los directivos de las aerolíneas de carga advierten de que podrían tardar meses en encontrar agentes de asistencia en...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/el-mandato-pro-sindical-en-chicago-ohare-amenaza-con-interrumpir-los-vuelos-de-carga

Pro-union mandate at Chicago O’Hare threatens to disrupt cargo flights 

The city of Chicago has threatened to revoke the licenses of contractors that process cargo for airlines at O’Hare airport if they don’t open to union organizers, putting two-thirds of cargo traffic at this major international hub at risk of being stranded and stressing supply chains for an undetermined period. 

Cargo airline executives warn it could take months to find replacement ground handling agents, leading to long backlogs at other overstretched facilities and forcing them to hunt for...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/pro-union-mandate-at-chicago-ohare-threatens-to-disrupt-cargo-flights

Maersk Air Cargo opens US base with South Korea service set to debut

A Maersk Air Cargo truck trailer at a warehouse loading dock.

Maersk Air Cargo, the in-house airline of container shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk, plans to inaugurate scheduled airfreight service in the U.S. market on Oct. 31 between Rockford International Airport in Illinois and South Korea, FreightWaves has learned.

Meanwhile, Maersk has opened a freight station near Chicago O’Hare International Airport to support its aggressive growth plans for air cargo business in the United States, part of a broader transformation into a one-source provider of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/maersk-air-cargo-opens-us-base-with-south-korea-service-set-to-debut

Alliance Ground acquires cargo handler at Chicago O’Hare airport

Inside an airfreight warehouse, with forklifts parked.

Alliance Ground International, a large provider of airport services to airlines in the U.S., has acquired MIC Cargo to increase its cargo handling capability at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, the company announced Wednesday. MIC’s flagship account is Emirates SkyCargo.

The acquisition gives Alliance Ground additional warehouse and aircraft parking capacity at Chicago O’Hare, with a combined warehouse footprint of more than 1 million square feet. The cargo processor also gains specialized...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/alliance-ground-acquires-cargo-handler-at-chicago-ohare-airport

Loonie tune: Air cargo to O’Hare being routed through Toronto

Air Canada Cargo lettering on side of building with some pine trees in foreground.

Logistics companies looking for ways to avoid crushing congestion at Chicago O’Hare airport have resorted to yet another workaround: putting shipments on Air Canada passenger freighters to Toronto and then trucking them to their Windy City facilities.

Air Canada (OTCUS: AC) was one of the first airlines to pivot to dedicated cargo flights when COVID-19 decimated passenger flying. It even removed seats from seven twin-aisle Boeing 777s and Airbus A330 planes to create extra space for light cargo...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/loonie-tune-air-cargo-to-ohare-being-routed-through-toronto

Stealing your own freight: O’Hare cargo delays force drastic measures

A forklift moving stacks of boxes in a warehouse.

Desperate logistics service providers in Chicago are resorting to a number of new tactics, including bribery and undercover extraction missions, to avoid worsening congestion that is trapping shipments for more than a week at O’Hare International Airport’s cargo terminals, according to industry executives.

Shipment volumes at O’Hare have exploded in the past 18 months as businesses turn to air transport for critical imports of personal protective equipment, replenishment of depleted inventories...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/stealing-your-own-freight-ohare-cargo-delays-force-drastic-measures

Maestro choreographs way around O’Hare cargo gridlock

Boxes and loose cargo spread around warehouse floor.

Maestro International Cargo, a local company that provides airside ground handling services for airlines, is shuttling import shipments off the ramp to a new warehouse three miles from Chicago O’Hare International Airport to alleviate huge backlogs at airport terminals.

The 164,000-square foot facility, located three miles away in Des Plaines, Illinois, opened in June and officials held a grand opening ceremony July 27. It has 16 dock doors and two ramps. It also is open 24 hours a day to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/maestro-choreographs-way-around-ohare-cargo-gridlock

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