Cargo terminal advocates RFID-based truck control

Asia Airfeight Terminal is in talk with competitions such as HACTL and Cathay Pacific Services on the possibility of standardizing RFID-based truck control systems to be in use, said Nelson Lee, general manager - Planning & Services at AAT. Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (HACTL) and AAT, with a total warehouse area of 166,000 square meters and an air cargo capacity of 1.5 million tones per annum, are the two franchised cargo terminal operators at the Hong Kong International Airport. In March this year, Cathay Pacific Services, a subsidiary of Cathay Pacific Airways, also signed a 20-year franchise agreement with Airport Authority of Hong Kong for the operation of a new air cargo terminal at the airport. Cathay Pacific will invest a total of about HK$4.8 billion (US$617 million) into the design, construction and equipment of... [read full story]