Hong Kong, Dongguan ink pact to develop air cargo shipment

AAHK CEO Fred Lam said the agreement will allow more cargo to be transported.

The Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) and the Dongguan Municipal People’s Government has inked a cooperation framework agreement to develop the sea-air intermodal cargo transshipment mode between the two cities.

Under the sea-air intermodal cargo transshipment mode, the AAHK will set up an upstream HKIA logistics park in Dongguan and a new airside intermodal cargo pier within the airport's restricted area.

Export cargo from the mainland can go through security screening, palletisation and cargo acceptance in advance in the upstream logistics park, and then be transported seamlessly by sea in compliance with Hong Kong's air cargo security regulations and under secured conveyance to the cargo pier on the airside of HKIA for direct transshipment to overseas destinations, without repeating the screening procedures.

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AAHK CEO Fred Lam said the signing of the agreement will allow more cargo to be transported to and from the Greater Bay Area through Hong Kong, consolidating Hong Kong's status as an international aviation hub and raising the overall competitiveness of the bay area.

“Hong Kong is an international aviation hub with a wide international aviation network, while Dongguan is a premier manufacturing base in the bay area. Based on the existing mutually beneficial cooperation, the agreement effectively combines the edges of Hong Kong and Dongguan and creates synergy,” Lam said.

Dongguan Mayor Lyu Chengxi signed the agreement on behalf of the city. Secretary for Transport & Logistics Lam Sai-hung, Dongguan Deputy Mayor Liu Guangbin, Dongguan Secretary-General Yan Jizong and AAHK Chairman Jack So were present as witnesses.