Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) announced recently that it achieved a new peak day handling record during the third quarter of 2007.
On 20 September, the volume handled hit a daily tonnage record of 9,850 tonnes. Being a driving force of the tonnage performance, export volume kept breaking previous daily records at the end of September, reaching the highest daily export volume of 6,221 tonnes on29 September.
Weekly performance surpassed the 58,000-tonne level, a total of 58,297 tonnes were handled in the week of 17– 23 September. A total of 241,254 tonnes was handled in September, representing a year-on-year increase of 4.2 per cent.
Tonnage throughput for the third quarter and for the first nine months of the year were 689,787 tonnes and 1,896,521 tonnes, respectively, representing a year-on-year growth of 6.1 per cent and 2.8 per cent. Ms. Lilian Chan, General Manager, Marketing and Customer Service said the ground handler saw signs of accelerated growth in the total air cargo throughput in the second half, compared to the sluggish increase in Q1 and Q2.
“We are optimistic in attaining a positive cargo volume growth in this peak season, while delivering our usual high quality services to our customers,”said Ms Chan.