IATA WCS 2019: CEIV Fresh certificate launched
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has launched the CEIV Fresh certificate, with Hong Kong International Airport being named the first certified community. The accreditation was pioneered by the airport, with Airport Authority Hong Kong (AA) working closely with members of the airport community including Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals, Cathay Pacific Services Limited and […]
Hactl competition focuses on safety again
Hactl’s renowned International Forklift and Pallet Building Competition has once again taken place at the company’s massive SuperTeminal 1 facility in Hong Kong. It was the twelfth year of the contest, which is a key element of Hactl’s ongoing Safety at Work programme. Nine teams took part in this year’s competition: Air Canada Cargo, Air […]
Hactl goes green with solar panels on the roof
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl) has taken the next step in its “Green Terminal” project by installing 1,300sqm of solar panels on the roof of SuperTerminal 1. The installation will feature 518 panels with the capacity to create 160 kWp, with the renewable energy being fed into the power grid. The system is being […]
Hactl is not waiting to go green
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl) has marked the latest phase in its Green Terminal environmental programme with an event called “Don’t Wait Act Now”. The event, which included a show of upcycled fashion modelled by Hactl staff, is designed to instil a sense of urgency over the need to take steps to reduce society’s […]
Hactl first with new IATA handling audit system
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) – Hong Kong’s largest independent cargo handler – is the first cargo terminal operator (CTO) in the world to complete a pilot for IATA’s new Smart Facility Operational Capacity Audit (SFOC). SFOC is part of the Smart Facility program which aims to provide total transparency on capacities and […]
Hactl makes light work of outsized machinery components
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl) has handled two charter flights for AirBridgeCargo Airlines each carrying 20 metre long machinery components weighing almost 19 tonnes. The outsized loads were carried on two brand-new Boeing 747-8 Freighters from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in the Netherlands to Hong Kong, on their way to their final destination in Guangzhou, […]
Air Belgium picks Hactl as cargo handler in Hong Kong
Air Belgium has appointed Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl) to handle cargo for its twice-weekly service between Brussels and Hong Kong. The airline started twice-weekly services on 4 June using an Airbus A340-300 with approximately 14 tonnes of cargo capacity per flight. It has chosen Brussels South Charleroi Airport as its hub as the […]
Premium products fly around the elephant in the room
E-commerce is a common thread amongst those involved in the transpacific trade and rightfully so with one of the world’s largest consumer markets showing seemingly insatiable demand for e-commerce products out of China. “The e-commerce business on this lane is becoming increasingly significant and we are just scratching the surface of its true potential,” says […]
Rolling with the turbulence, trade maintains altitude
Air cargo traffic growth throughout Asia and on the transpacific picked up again in March following weak growth and a somewhat lethargic pick up after the Chinese New Year (CNY) period in mid-February. But make no mistake the transpacific is as solid as ever, Donald Urquhart reports. The transpacific, perhaps the grand-daddy of all the […]
Air cargo keeps on flying around the world
First, the good news: there are no hotspots anyone is missing but some routes are doing better than others, writes Michael Mackey. The explanation for this is simple: the industry has seen a surge in demand that is broadly-based, both geographically and in terms of sectors. That written, some routes and some parts of the […]
HACTL cleans up in eco-awards
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (HACTL) has received the Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) Environmental Management Recognition Scheme Grand Award, for its continuing efforts to reduce waste. HACTL’s winning submission majored on its benchmarking methods, staff training and education, and its waste management performance. In an on-site assessment in August 2017, and two further […]
Mark Whitehead dies weeks after retiring from Hactl
Former chief executive of Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl), Mark Whitehead has died in his sleep weeks after retiring. Whitehead, who retired on 7 March died while competing in the China Sea Race, had been the chief executive of Hactl for eight years before handing over to Wilson Kwong. He was a member of […]
YTO Cargo Airlines picks Hactl as Hong Kong handling agent
YTO Cargo Airlines, the aircraft operating arm of courier firm YTO Express, has picked Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl) as its handling agent for Hong Kong. Airline operations commenced in September 2015, and the newest route from, which operates four times a week from Wuxi to Hong Kong, started on 29 January, uses a […]
A turning point for the world’s largest cargo hub?
Can Hong Kong continue to flourish as not just the leading air cargo hub of the world, but perhaps more importantly, the air cargo gateway to China to which it owes its pre-eminent position? Donald Urquhart asks where next for Hong Kong. Hong Kong is the undisputed air cargo king of the world. But a […]
Mark Whitehead to retire as Hactl chief executive
Mark Whitehead is to retire as chief executive of Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl), handing over the reins to Wilson Kwong on 7 March. Kwong, the chief executive of Jardine Engineering Corporation (JEC), joined the Jardine Matheson Group in 1998 and has worked in Jardine Aviation Services, the Jardine Matheson Head Office, and Hong […]
EVA Air returns to Hactl for handling service in Hong Kong
EVA Air has appointed Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl) as its cargo handling agent again, returning on 5 January 2018. Hactl will provide all cargo handling services for the airline’s operations in Hong Kong, which include over 60 passenger flights and eight wide-body freighter flights per week. The airline also plans to use the […]
Asia Pacific continues to rise as emerging markets open up
The current peak season may be stealing the lime light, but underlying it all has been a solid year for the industry and for one market in particular – SE Asia – air cargo supply chain executives are upbeat on the market’s solid future despite the challenges, Donald Urquhart writes. It is not hard to […]
Asia Pacific remains the perishables sector’s biggest growth market
The perishables sector shows clearly the new conventional wisdom – that China is mightily important – but also sketches out the considerable mileage still to tap. There can be no doubting the scale or the importance of the sector as bigger players in the market testify. “Perishables is a major cargo segment handled at Changi […]
Hactl chief executive honoured in Directors Of The Year Awards
The Hong Kong Institute of Directors (HKIoD) has named Hactl Chief Executive Mark Whitehead as a winner in its 2017 Directors Of The Year Awards. Whitehead was one of twelve recipients, and one of only three from private companies. This year’s edition of the Awards centred on the theme ‘Belt and Road: Corporate Governance in […]
Hactl to handle Aviastar freighter services from Russia
Aviastar has appointed Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl) to handle its new freighter services from Eastern Russia to Hong Kong. The Moscow-based carrier has started operations from Novosibirsk’s Tolmachevo Airport utilising a Tupolev Tu-204C with a 28.5 tonne payload and 14 pallet positions. It plans to increase services to four times a week by […]
Addressing gaps in pharma logistics the key to growth
There is no disputing the substantial growth of high-yield pharmaceutical traffic, but as more and more players join the bandwagon, are pharma shippers getting all they bargained for? Donald Urquhart writes. With an estimated $12 billion currently being spent on cold chain biopharma logistics, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) forecasts this figure will rise […]
Hactl introduces virtual reality to train new staff
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl) has introduced a Virtual Reality (VR) training environment, enabling new staff to gain experience before working on the ramp. The COSAC-VR provides users with an interactive, fully immersive, 360 degrees, four-dimensional experience, with the first phase covering aircraft cargo compartment operations, and other areas of Hactl operations will be […]
Hactl outperforms the Hong Kong market with 16.6% first half growth
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl) has continued to outperform the Hong Kong market with 16.6 per cent tonnage growth in the first half of 2017. The only independent cargo handler in Hong Kong handled 860,242 tonnes with growth from exports, imports, transhipments and mail/express. Hactl has outperformed the market in every month since September […]
Hactl wins new Virgin Atlantic Cargo contract
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has been appointed as the cargo ground handler for Virgin Australia’s new services from Melbourne to Hong Kong. Hactl will provide terminal handling and all documentation on the five-times-weekly flights which began on 5 July, using Airbus A330-200 aircraft with 14 tonne bellyhold capacity. Cargo sales on these Virgin […]
HKIA celebrates “fruitful” year with record cargo volumes
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has retained its position as the busiest cargo airport for the seventh consecutive year as it celebrates a “fruitful” 2016/17 fiscal year. Cargo volumes grew 6.7 per cent to 4.6 million tonnes, an all time high, and passenger numbers and flight movements also broke all time records. Revenue increased 2.4 […]
Air Cargo Week World Air Cargo Awards 2017 winners announced
Excellence in the air cargo industry was celebrated last night at the glittering Air Cargo Week World Air Cargo Awards in Munich. The luxurious Westin Hotel saw a crescendo of cheering and applause for the reputable accolades as ecstatic winners in the 10 categories raised their trophies aloft. Broadcaster and television director Nadia Dunn compered the […]
Hong Kong – Zhuhai – Macau Bridge to be a game changer in Pearl River
The Hong Kong – Zhuhai – Macau Bridge will be a game-changer for Hong Kong Air Cargo Industry Services (Hacis), and it will do its utmost to maximise two-way traffic, managing director Vivien Lau (pictured) says. The bridge, which is due to open this year, will cut journey times to 40 minutes and Lau says […]
Optimism in the air for a strong 2017 in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s air cargo industry is cautiously optimistic about the coming year as it digests changes ahead of new infrastructure set to underline its hub status, writes Michael Mackey. Supporting this optimism are good figures for 2016 as the territory is blessed not just with a first class airport but also top notch road links […]
Hactl handles horses for Longines Masters for 5th time
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl) has handled 60 horses for the Longines Masters of Hong Kong for the fifth successive year. The transportation of the horses from Liege and their return journeys after the event are being coordinated by European Horse Services (EHS). Etihad Airways was this year’s carrier and DB Schenker performed the […]
VietJet picks Hactl to handle cargo for Hong Kong flights
VietJet has chosen Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl) to provide cargo terminal operations for its Ho Chi Minh City – Hong Kong flights. The daily service will be operated with an Airbus A320 and Vietnam was Hong Kong’s fifth largest export market, with major commodities including telecom equipment, meat products and electronic components. Imports […]
