Cathay Cargo Terminal has become the first Hong Kong cargo terminal operator to provide end-to-end digitalised import collection, with the introduction of Electronic Shipment Release Forms (“eSRF”), offering enhanced efficiency, speed, security, traceability and sustainability to the import collection process.
Previously, freight forwarders could only obtain Shipment Release Forms following authentication of paper documentation, and then needed to queue for truck docks and cargo clearance. Now airlines can issue an eSRF electronically to consignees’ mobile devices for pre-registration, automatic truck dock allocation, and online queuing for cargo clearance. The new functionality forms an integral part of the Airport Authority Hong Kong’s (“AAHK”) HKIA Cargo Data Platform, and was developed collaboratively by Cathay Cargo Terminal and the AAHK, in consultation with the Hong Kong Association of Freight Forwarding and Logistics, airlines, cargo agents, truckers and regulators.
