The renovated warehouse provides greater capacity and leaner processes, giving customers a faster services and helping them send more cargo with ease.
It has improved sustainability credentials, more capacity for pharma products and 60% more plugs for ACT containers.
For sustainability, the warehouse utilises energy efficient technologies such as LED lighting and electric forklifts, reducing energy consumption while maintaining operational efficiency.
Christophe Boucher, Executive Vice President of Air France Cargo, said: “After a six-month renovation period, we are proud to share that the capacity of our Chicago warehouse has increased by a sizeable 40%. This growth is supplemented by a streamlining of operational processes and reassessing the safety compliance of our warehouse, ensuring that our ORD cargo hub has optimised efficiency in order to offer to our Air France and KLM customers a best-in-class service to serve the Midwest Region.”
Jamie L. Rhee, Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Aviation, added: “AFKLMP Cargo’s warehouse renovation in the South Airfield helps bolster the capacity and efficiency of our cargo operations at one of the world's great cargo hubs, and I thank the entire team at AFKLMP Cargo for their commitment to the Chicago market.”
Chicago O’Hare is AFKLMP’s third cargo hub, which has registered a significant increase in capacity and cargo volumes since November 2020, with strong demand in the pharma, aerospace, chemical and e-commerce sectors.
