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

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

Cargo handlers move to airport suburbs to escape O’Hare congestion

An airport worker with a yellow vest walks towards an airplane and a ground tug.

Ground service providers drowning in shipments delivered by airlines are responding to massive gridlock at Chicago O’Hare by permanently relocating some warehouse operations outside the property  to increase capacity in what could increasingly become a model at major U.S. airports that haven’t prioritized investment in cargo facilities.

Alliance Ground International (AGI), with stations around the country, and local ground handling agent Maestro International Cargo this month are both opening...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cargo-handlers-move-to-airport-suburbs-to-escape-ohare-congestion

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