en.Wedoany.com Reported - Over the past month, three major freight management companies have successively launched charter services from Asia and Europe to airports in the Chicago area, reflecting strong demand from Midwest customers on key trade routes. Freight forwarders offer white-label dedicated cargo services, which give them greater control over capacity, routes, scheduling, ground logistics, and service compared to entrusting cargo to multiple commercial airlines. This flexibility and speed are valued by customers requiring rapid cargo turnover.
Ceva Logistics stated that it has organized a new service from Hanoi to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, operating three times a week, using Boeing 777 freighters operated by its sister company CMA CGM Air Cargo. As more production shifts from China to Vietnam, this service provides better connectivity for the high-tech, industrial, retail, and e-commerce sectors. Flights carry consolidated cargo from across the country, with Ceva Logistics coordinating pickups and transportation from cities such as Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi via air and truck.
Ceva Logistics, ranked fifth by total revenue, also renewed its dedicated air service from Wuxi, China, to Chicago for a second year. The service operates twice a week, also using CMA CGM Air Cargo's Boeing 777 freighters, offering 100 tons of capacity per flight. According to a Ceva Logistics spokesperson, the previous charter service was provided by Nippon Cargo Airlines. To maximize route coverage, Ceva Logistics leverages its extensive ground network to expand pickup coverage in major Chinese manufacturing and export hubs, enabling multi-origin consolidation and delivery to the Wuxi port.
In Chicago, cargo is processed through Ceva Logistics' large warehouse near the airport, which includes 350,000 square feet of dedicated cargo space, an 8,000-square-foot bonded area, and a 6,000-square-foot dual-temperature cold storage facility. These charter programs are expected to run for one year and are renewed based on customer demand.
Kuehne+Nagel, the world's largest pure freight forwarder, added Frankfurt, Germany, to its weekly intercontinental loop using its own Boeing 747-8 freighter (operated by Atlas Air) in early June. The updated service now includes a weekly route from Chicago O'Hare to Frankfurt, a major European cargo hub. The freighter then crosses the Atlantic again to Atlanta, before returning via Liège, Belgium; Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Taiwan; and Chicago. In a press release, Kuehne+Nagel stated that the new route supports healthcare and other time-sensitive goods, such as high-tech and semiconductors. Frankfurt and Chicago are major pharmaceutical production and distribution hubs. The forwarder's charter network has over 100 connections globally each week.
DSV, the world's second-largest freight forwarder headquartered in Denmark, announced a new weekly cargo service from Luxembourg to Chicago-Rockford International Airport. This new charter service builds on DSV's existing weekly service from Shanghai, China, to Chicago-Rockford, which began in November. According to a spokesperson, both services are operated by Atlas Air using Boeing 777-200 freighters. Chicago-Rockford, located about 70 miles west of O'Hare, is increasingly popular among cargo airlines and freight forwarders for handling international goods due to its lack of congestion, fast processing times, and low fees. In a press release, DSV stated that it is evaluating plans to launch a new service between Seoul, South Korea, and Chicago-Rockford later this year.
