Hong Kong airport’s sea-air logistics park in mainland China handled HK$1.1 billion in cargo in first 2 months of year
- Figure puts Airport Authority on track to meet goal to handle 1 million tonnes of cargo per year by 2025
- Authority setting sights on grabbing even greater slice of Greater Bay Area cargo traffic, executive director says
The sea-air logistics park the Hong Kong International Airport operates in mainland China handled HK$1.1 billion (US$140.7 million) worth of cargo in the first two months of the year, with the addition of new infrastructure set to further increase the figure.
Cissy Chan Ching-sze, executive director of Airport Authority Hong Kong, on Monday revealed the latest progress of the airport’s logistics park in Dongguan, whose facility is scheduled to be completed in 2025.
A pier at the airport’s third runway, which would facilitate shipments with Dongguan, was also timed for completion by 2025, Chan added.
The HK$1.1 billion figure puts the authority on track to meet its goal of handling 1 million tonnes of cargo per year by 2025 and underscores its efforts to solidify the airport’s global position as the leading goods-handling hub.
Chan said the authority wanted the airport to serve as an important dual gateway in the Greater Bay Area, which is Beijing’s plan to integrate Hong Kong, Macau and nine mainland cities into an economic powerhouse.