A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) has inaugurated a new 123,000 square foot air freight gateway near Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL).
The facility is expected to offer direct planeside recovery with immediate unit load device (ULD) transfers to the new facility.
According to Maersk, Atlanta is one of the most important commercial, financial, and transportation centres of Southeastern US.
Over 75 per cent of the Fortune 1000 companies have a presence in the Atlanta area, and the region hosts offices of about 1,250 multinational corporations.
Located in Atlanta Tradeport’s Foreign Trade Zone, the new air cargo facility enjoys lower duties, reduced processing fees, and quicker movement of goods from the Port of Savannah.
The site is located just two miles from ATL and has direct access to interstates I-75 and I-285.
The facility is ideal for local and regional distribution and is in close proximity to access commercial carrier capacity.
The site will act as a forward staging facility for Maersk’s Greenville, South Carolina own controlled flight operations – from which Maersk operates 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.
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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 US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Certified Cargo Screening Facility (CCSF) to ensure timely, secure handling of air freight.
This enables priority handling of both import and export airline ULDs.
The new Atlanta facility builds on several initiatives designed to bolster Maersk’s air freight services in North America.
