Strong finish and records for Hactl in 2016

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (Hactl) - Hong Kong’s largest cargo handling independent - enjoyed a strong finish to 2016, beating 2015 tonnages by 1.7% and setting new terminal and ramp handling records.

Total tonnage for 2016 was 1,653,938, up 1.7% on 2015. Strongest performance was on transshipments, which were up a massive 29.6% on 2015. Mail, courier and other express traffic meanwhile grew 8.4%, and exports showed 2.1% growth. Only imports declined, down 8.3% - although the negative trend of January-September was reversed in the last quarter, with growth in every month.

Hactl broke its record for weekly cargo handling through SuperTerminal 1 in three consecutive weeks of November, culminating in a new best of 41,926 tonnes in the week 28 November - 4 December.

There was no let-up in the growth of Hactl’s ramp handling business, which set three new all-time records for freighter handling in the final few weeks of 2016. On 23 November, Hactl handled 101 freighters in a single day; this broke its previous best of 98 freighters, set only 19 days earlier.
In the week of 28 November - 4 December, Hactl handled 628 freighters, surpassing its previous week’s record of 609 aicraft.

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