Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (), commonly known as Hactl, is one of the leading

air cargo Air cargo is any property carried or to be carried in an aircraft. Air cargo comprises air freight, air express and airmail. Aircraft types Different cargo can be transported by passenger, cargo or combi aircraft: * Passenger aircraft use the ...

terminal operators in the world. Located at

Hong Kong International Airport Hong Kong International Airport is an international airport on the island of Chek Lap Kok in western Hong Kong. The airport is also referred to as Chek Lap Kok International Airport or Chek Lap Kok Airport, to distinguish it from its predec ...

, it handled a total throughput of 1.65 million tonnes of cargo in 2018.

History

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) was founded in 1971 in Hong Kong. It started its air cargo logistics operations at the

Kai Tak International Airport Kai Tak Airport was an international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 until 1998. Officially known as Hong Kong International Airport from 1954 to 6 July 1998, it is often referred to as Hong Kong International Airport, Kai Tak, or simply K ...

Kowloon Kowloon () is one of the areas of Hong Kong, three areas of Hong Kong, along with Hong Kong Island and the New Territories. It is an urban area comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It has a population of 2,019,533 and a populat ...

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in 1976 and it was the only air cargo terminal operator in town at that time. On 6 July 1998, it was relocated to

SuperTerminal 1 SuperTerminal 1 () is the largest multi-level air cargo terminal in the world located at southeast corner of the Hong Kong International Airport in Chek Lap Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong. It has the area of over and consists of "Main Terminal ...

(ST1) at Hong Kong International Airport,

Chek Lap Kok Chek Lap Kok is an island in the western waters of Hong Kong's New Territories. Unlike the smaller Lam Chau, it was only partially leveled when it was assimilated via land reclamation into the island for the current Hong Kong International ...

Lantau Island Lantau Island (also Lantao Island, Lan Tao or Lan Tau) is the largest island in Hong Kong, located west of Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula, and is part of the New Territories. Administratively, most of Lantau Island is part of the ...

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Shareholders

Hactl is jointly owned by the following

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. * Jardine Pacific: 41.67% *

Wharf Holdings The Wharf (Holdings) Limited (), or Wharf (九倉) in short, is a company founded in 1886 in Hong Kong. As its name suggests, the company's original business was in running wharfage and dockside warehousing, and it was originally known as Th ...

: 20.83% *

CK Hutchison Holdings CK Hutchison Holdings Limited () is a Hong Kong–based and Cayman Islands–registered multinational conglomerate corporation. The company was formed in March 2015 through the merger of Cheung Kong Holdings and its main associate company Hutc ...

: 20.83% *

China National Aviation Holding China National Aviation Holding Corporation Limited is a Chinese state-owned enterprise which is the parent company of Air China and Air Macau. The company was formed on 11 October 2002 by the merger of Air China, China Southwest Airlines, and ...

: 16.67%

References

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Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited

Report of the Commission of Inquiry on the New Hong Kong Airport Incident
{{Airlines of the People's Republic of China Transport companies established in 1971 Chek Lap Kok Logistics companies of Hong Kong Jardines (company) The Wharf (Holdings) CK Hutchison Holdings Air China Transport operators of Hong Kong 1971 establishments in Hong Kong

History

Shareholders

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