Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has reported that it handled 228,077 tonnes of air cargo in August, up 8.4 per cent compared with the same month a year ago.
Hactl said the cumulative tonnage from January to August was 1.65 million tonnes, up 2.6 per cent year-on-year. Export volume in August registered an 8.8 per cent growth year-on-year, reaching 129,551 tonnes. Aggregate export volume for the fi rst eight months was 918,740 tonnes, up 2.3 per cent compared with the same period last year.
Transshipment volumes reached 40,601 tonnes in August, representing a year-on-year growth of 15.4 per cent. Total transshipment volume for the fi rst eight months was 292,349 tonnes, up 10.6 per cent against the same period last year, while import volumes for August were 57,925 tonnes, up 3.2 per cent year-on-year.