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Hactl’s new TSCE helps streamline export cargo acceptance

ong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Hactl’s 100+ airline customers were
H(Hactl) – Hong Kong’s largest using the facility, which now handles
independent handler – has streamlined an average of 2,000 air waybills daily;
its cargo acceptance operations with around 80% of these have traditionally
the opening of its new Terminal Services been paper documents. Hactl totally
Centre (Export) (TSCE), including revamped its Terminal Services Centre
new digital processes and document (Import) (TSCI) operations in 2022.
handling features. A document management system will
Hactl’s Terminal Services Centre has collect and collate data from all export
been providing Air Cargo Documenta- cargo document e-submissions to assist
tion (ACD) services for airline customers in consolidating documentation and
since 1998. By 2023, three quarters of building cargo manifests for each flight.

UPS to buy Frigo-Trans IN COOPERATION WITH:

to bolster healthcare

logistics capabilities

Early bird
until Nov. 30, 2024

PS has agreed to acquire Frigo-
UTrans and its sister company BPL,
(together Frigo-Trans), industry-leading,
complex healthcare logistics providers
based in Germany. Once completed,
the acquisition will enhance UPS’s
end-to-end capabilities throughout
Europe for UPS Healthcare customers
who increasingly require temperature-
sensitive and time-critical logistics.
Frigo-Trans’ network includes
temperature-controlled warehousing
that covers six temperature zones from
cryopreservation (-196°C) to ambient The Future of
(+15° to +25°C), a Pan-European cold your Supply Chain
chain transportation solution and
temperature-controlled and time-criti-
cal freight forwarding capabilities. November 11–13, 2025
The transaction is expected to
close in the first quarter of 2025, sub- Miami, Florida, USA
ject to customary regulatory reviews
www.tl-americas.org
and approvals. The value and terms www.aircargoamericas.com
of the transaction are not being
disclosed at this time.

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