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Shouting the house down

Air Canada Cargo won this year’s Hactl’s Forklift Competition, while the Pallet Building award was carried off by Air China Cargo – but the prize for the noisiest supporters went to Japan Airlines, followed by IAG Cargo and Nippon Cargo Airlines. Nine teams took part in this year’s competition: Air Canada Cargo, Air France Cargo, IAG Cargo, Air China Cargo, Cargolux, Japan Airlines, KLM, Nippon Cargo Airlines and Qatar Airways. ... [+]

Proud moment for Hactl

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (Hactl) won the Best Station award at the Pride of Ground Handling Awards. Hactl ground services supervisor Chung Cho Sim Felix (pictured below) was also highly commended in the Rising Star category. The new awards celebrate excellence in ground services, and recognise those individuals whose ... [+]

Sunny outlook for Hactl

Hong Kong cargo handler Hactl is to install 1,300sq m of solar panels on the roof of its buildings as part of its Green Terminal project. The 518 panels will generate 160 kWp which will be fed into the power grid. The system is being designed, installed and maintained by CLP ... [+]

Former Hactl boss Mark Whitehead dies at sea

Mark Whitehead, the recently-retired former chief executive of Hong Kong airfreight handler Hactl has died in his sleep whilst competing in an ocean yacht race. He joined Hactl in 2010 and, under his outstanding leadership, the company successfully navigated a period of unprecedented change, while continuing its investment and modernisation programmes.  His tenure as Chief Executive was also ... [+]

Hong Kong airfreight chief hands over

Chief executive of Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl), Mark Whitehead, will retire on 7 March after nearly eight years, handing over to Wilson Kwong, who is currently the Chief Executive of Jardine Engineering Corporation. Under Whitehead’s leadership, Hactl continued its investment and modernisation programmesand now handles over 100 airlines ... [+]

Hactl gets CEIV cert

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminls Ltd (HACTL) has become the first handler in the Territory to gain full IATA CEIV Pharma certification. It is part of an airport authority initiative to gain similar validation for all other players in Hong Kong’s cargo industry. [+]

Foxy lady heads for new home

Hong Kong handlier Hactl has moved four Arctic foxes to Montreal on an Air Canada B777. They were being re-homed from a local wildlife centre to the Quebec Aquarium and were transported to Hactl’s SuperTerminal 1 in a refrigerated truck. One of the foxes, Cindy, was seized from a dealer ... [+]

Here be dragons

Hong Kong handler Hactl said it had the best ever turnout for its 2015 International Forklift and Pallet Building Competition in its eight year history, with 13 teams from around the world competing for awards. Air Bridge Cargo Airlines won the Forklift Driving Safety Award, while Kenya Airways Cargo won the ... [+]

Forwarders join e-AWB system

Hong Kong airfreight forwarders BEL International Logistics Limited and Rhenus Logistics have completed a successful trial to produce electronic air waybills using local handler Hactl’s COSAC-AWB web-based e-AWB generation module. They can now generate IATA-standard e-AWBs for any carrier handled by Hactl that accepts electronic bookings, having demonstrated their ability ... [+]

Hactl gains EU security status

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl) has achieved EU RA3 security accreditation, for all EU-bound cargo. It follows an independent audit of Hactl’s premises, staff vetting regime, training, procedures and security measures. The ACC3 regulation is the latest modification to security measures covering incoming cargo and mail from non-EU countries. ... [+]

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