Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals

Hactl hosts Russian fact-finding mission

A Russian delegation comprising Government authorities and leading airlines and airports has visited Hactl SuperTerminal 1 – the largest air cargo handling facility in the world - as the highlight of a fact-finding mission to explore latest developments and best practice in air cargo processing.

The mission included 25 delegates from the Ministry of Transport, Federal Customs Service, Federal Agency for the Development of State Border Facilities, Federal Air Transport Agency of the Russian Federation and other State agencies, Aeroflot, AirBridgeCargo, Volga-Dnepr, Tolmachevo Airport and STS Logistics. 

The visit to Hactl and Hong Kong Airport was designed to view best practice in e-Freight implementation. All delegates are members of a working group for e-Freight implementation in the Russian Federation. The visit was organized by Russian company “Innovation Center of Civil Aviation” – a coordinator of the Pilot Project of e-Freight implementation in Russia.  

The visit to Hactl included a tour of the giant facility, and focused on Hactl’s enhanced e-Freight capabilities within its recently-launched HK$240million (USD31million/EUR22million/GBP19million) COSAC-Plus operating system. Delegates also investigated the airport’s layout, its role within the local airfreight community, cargo infrastructure needs, competition in ground handling, and how Hong Kong accommodates inter-modal traffic.  

ICCA President, Dr. Rano Dzhuraeva, says: “For more than 10 years, Hong Kong Airport and Hactl have successfully worked with electronic data messages and documents up to IATA standards.  We are very grateful to Hactl for allowing us to look at their impressive facilities and new IT system. 

“It is very important for us to see all details of e-Freight experience and practice in Hactl because the first test transit flights in a frame of the Pilot Project will be provided by Aeroflot from Hong Kong via Tolmachevo Airport to Frankfurt Hahn, and by ABC also from Hong Kong via Sheremetyevo Airport to Amsterdam. All the presentations by Hactl and the Airport Authority’s representatives, and their commentaries, were very interesting and impressive for all delegates”.  

Hactl’s MD, Mark Whitehead, adds: “We are flattered that our friends from Russia spent so much time looking at the Hactl operation and seeking our guidance, and we hope that this visit has given them a clearer insight into the most effective ways of developing their air cargo infrastructure so that Russia can play an integral role in the global industry.”