To put it mildly, Shanghai Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminals Co. Limited (Pactl) is having a banner year.
Pactl, which processes just under 50 percent of all the cargo that moves through Shanghai Pudong (PVG), already handled more cargo in the first 11 months of 2014 than all of 2013 – a growth of 16.3 percent, compared to Jan.-Nov. 2013.
Through November 2014, 1.37 million tonnes of freight moved through Pactl, a 5.6 percent increase over Pactl’s handle for the entire year of 2013. If December – typically a very busy shipping month – stays the course, Pactl should end the year 7 percent higher than 2013.
International cargo in November was up 13.9 percent to 137,523 tonnes, while domestic cargo was up 13 percent to 9,744 tonnes for a total of 147,267 tonnes – an all-time monthly record.
Pactl is one of the top cargo terminals in the world.