News / Maersk and MSC look to US skies as they push into integrated logistics

Maersk has taken another step in its bid to become a fully integrated logistics provider – while rival MSC has also indicated it has more modes in mind following its step into airfreight.

Maersk today opened its new Chicago Air Freight Gateway, outside O’Hare (ORD) airport, serving as its hub for Rockford International, the city’s rapidly expanding and cargo-focused secondary airport.

The hub, in a “strategic location” between the two airports, will offer “direct plane-side recovery with immediate transfers to the new ...