All four partners in the Hong Kong Seaport Alliance turned out for Asia Fruit Logistica to promote its world class facilities to a large audience of international fruit traders gathered at the AsiaWorld-Expo.
Reaffirming the city’s status as the gateway for fresh fruits from China, HKSPA members, Modern Terminals, Hong Kong International Terminals, Cosco-HIT Terminals and Asia Container Terminals, joined hands to promote the Port of Hong Kong, the largest fruit trading hub in South China, which handled 895,000 teu of reefers in 2018.
Leonard Fung, the newly appointed managing director of HIT said, “We are committed to co-creating a reliable and agile logistics gateway with partners all over the world to ensure shipment stays fresh throughout the entire journey.”
Peter J Levesque, Group managing director of Modern Terminals, added: “Hong Kong enjoys a unique free port status, which offers the flexibility of Hot Box arrangement enabling containers to be picked up immediately after discharge from the ship. This together with the simple, convenient and fast import Customs declaration procedures as well as the high productivity and efficiency of terminals, make Hong Kong an important gateway to China.”
HKSPA features state-of-the-art facilities with 7,866 reefer points, more than any other in South China. HKSPA also offers seamless connections with a comprehensive international service network of over 200 weekly vessel calls and 120 daily barge calls.
“Hong Kong’s strategic location means major fruit markets in South China can be reached within hours,” said Lawrence Shum, managing director of Cosco-HIT Terminals. “from the Hong Kong/Mainland boundary, fruit imports can reach Shenzhen by truck within an hour, Dongguan in 90 minutes, Guangzhou and Zhongshan within two hours, and Shanghai within 24 hours.”
“With long standing experience in handling perishable products, HKSPA is ready to set an unrivalled standard in cold chain shipment, “concluded Hanliang Zhu, managing director of the Asia Container Terminals.
HKSPA was formed in January 2019 I the face of declining box volumes at the Port of Hong. The Alliance has since embarked on an ambitious campaign to reclaim 2m teu from rival transshipment hubs in the region.
Source:
hongkongmaritimehub
The opinions expressed herein are the author's and not necessarily those of The Xinde Marine News.
Please Contact Us at：
admin@xindemarine.com
.gif)
