Maersk is growing its global air freight services with the recent opening of its new Atlanta air cargo hub.
In its July announcement, Maersk shared the news of its new 123,000-square-foot air freight gateway near Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson International Airport that offers direct planeside recovery with immediate transfers to the new facility.
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Maersk said the facility is ideal for local and regional distribution and is in close proximity to access commercial carrier capacity.
It added that the site would act as a forward staging facility for our Greenville, South Carolina, own controlled flight operations — from which we operate five B74F return Maersk flights per week to Hahn, Germany, and two B76F flights per week to Shenyang, China, with onward connection to Seoul, Korea.
Maersk said the new facility has 39 dock doors, two oversized drive-up ramps and is a Bonded Container Freight Station (CFS) with U.S. Customs.
In addition, it operates as a U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Certified Cargo Screening Facility (CCSF) to ensure timely, secure handling of air freight.
Maersk noted that this enables priority handling of both import and export airline unit load devices.
The new Atlanta facility builds on several initiatives designed to bolster Maersk's air freight services in North America, including a new Chicago air freight gateway facility and new air freight service with regular flights between South Carolina, Korea, and China.
