HONG KONG's cathay Pacific deploys small feeder ships on the Pearl River to get air freight from the factories to the airport, reports New York's FreightWaves.
Counterintuitively, the slowest form of freight transport increased the speed and reliability of goods delivered to Hong Kong International Airport in the face of road chokepoints.
'These marine solutions have allowed volumes to recover partially, but they remain far below the level we would want,' said Cathay cargo chief George Edmunds.
Cathay Pacific benefited from freight forwarders creatively utilising the feeder service while China maintained a cross-border trucking embargo to prevent virus spread.
Small coastal vessels reach Hong Kong International Airport from Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other centres in the Pearl River estuary and then transload shipments to trucks for transfer to the airport.
The airport is establishing a logistics park in Dongguan, north of Shenzhen. Export shipments tendered there are palletised and shipped six hours down the Pearl River Delta to the airport.
As trucking restrictions became severe, the pilot programme helped to keep cargo moving to Hong Kong airport for export with twice-weekly voyages.
During the test phase, cargo is taken to the Hong Kong airport cargo terminals to be broken down, scanned and cleared through customs before it can be loaded on aircraft.
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Counterintuitively, the slowest form of freight transport increased the speed and reliability of goods delivered to Hong Kong International Airport in the face of road chokepoints.
'These marine solutions have allowed volumes to recover partially, but they remain far below the level we would want,' said Cathay cargo chief George Edmunds.
Cathay Pacific benefited from freight forwarders creatively utilising the feeder service while China maintained a cross-border trucking embargo to prevent virus spread.
Small coastal vessels reach Hong Kong International Airport from Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other centres in the Pearl River estuary and then transload shipments to trucks for transfer to the airport.
The airport is establishing a logistics park in Dongguan, north of Shenzhen. Export shipments tendered there are palletised and shipped six hours down the Pearl River Delta to the airport.
As trucking restrictions became severe, the pilot programme helped to keep cargo moving to Hong Kong airport for export with twice-weekly voyages.
During the test phase, cargo is taken to the Hong Kong airport cargo terminals to be broken down, scanned and cleared through customs before it can be loaded on aircraft.
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