News / Cathay's new sea-air cargo handling solution will save time and costs

© Phillip Kraskoff

Forwarders in Asia have broadly welcomed the intermodal move by Cathay Pacific’s Cargo division and terminal operator to accept cargo shipments in Dongguan, and ship them by sea to Hong Kong Airport for outbound air freight.

The sea-air intermodal cargo handling between the Greater Bay Area and Hong Kong would lead to lower costs for shippers, they claimed.

The airport’s logistics park in Dongguan allows export shipments to be screened, built up and accepted before being loaded onto ships, which then unload ...