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 Hong Kong's main airport, built on reclaimed land on the island of Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong. The airport is also referred to as Chek Lap Kok International Airport or ''Chek Lap Kok Airport'', to distinguish ...
, 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 the 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 Ka ...
,
Kowloon
Kowloon () is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. With a population of 2,019,533 and a population density of in 2006, it is the most populous area in Hong Kong, compared with Hong Kong Island and t ...
Peninsula
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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 (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) 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 Islands ...
, Hong Kong.
Company History of Hactl
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Shareholders
Hactl is jointly owned by the following shareholders
A shareholder (in the United States often referred to as stockholder) of a corporation is an individual or legal entity (such as another corporation, a body politic, a trust or partnership) that is registered by the corporation as the legal owner ...
.
*Jardine Pacific
Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited (also known as Jardines) is a Hong Kong-based Bermuda-domiciled British multinational conglomerate (company), conglomerate. It has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and secondary listings on the ...
: 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 Hutchison Wh ...
: 20.83%
* China National Aviation Holding: 16.67%
See also
* SuperTerminal 1
References
External links
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
Jardine Matheson Group
The Wharf (Holdings)
CK Hutchison Holdings
Air China
Transport operators of Hong Kong
1971 establishments in Hong Kong