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Marine Cargo Terminal
MCT is located at the northeast shore of HKIA at Chek Lap
Kok (CLK) and occupies 14,000 sq.m. of land with 450 meters
quay front for berthing. The minimum water depth along the
berths is about 4 meters. A number of barges can be berthing
at the same time.
The
major facilities of MCT consist of:
A column-free dis-assembly workshop with a gross floor area
of 1,000 sq.m. is specially designed for the air cargo handling
and operating under all weather conditions, 24 hours a day,
7 days a week. The annual handling capacity of this workshop
is 150,000 tonnes. The six-meter wide canopy over the truck
loading and unloading area prevents cargo from wet damage.
An
office shed with an area of 700 sq.m. for those administrative
staff of CKSA, Customs & Excise Department and other shipping
companies is located next to the workshop. The close layout
of workshop and C&E examination hall is planned so forklift
can travel through a covered linkage.
A
container yard occupying 2,700 sq.m. is located at the south
of the terminal which is equipped with sufficient tie down
for protection in case of typhoon attack.
MCT
is not only equipped two fully hydraulic crawler cranes for
the handling of various air cargo but also under surveillance
by security guards as well as the CCTV system. Besides, the
whole MCT is classified as restricted area and access is limited
to authorized persons or entities.
Convenient,
Secure and Low Costing Services
By operating MCT, CKSA instigated another low cost & reliable
alternative of inter-modal cargo delivery mode to those logistics
services providers in Hong Kong. Being the pioneer in the
industry, CKSA can offer comprehensive one-stop-shop, door-to-door
cargo delivery services between Hong Kong and the Pearl River
Delta Region.
1. Convenient
All Customers have to do is just dialing up to CKSA hotline
or faxing in Booking Note, then CKSA will do the rest of coordination
both in the PRD and MCT including cargo pick up/delivery,
terminals handling, barge referral, container and loading/unloading.
Furthermore, all cargo can be cleared electronically prior
to the schedule time of arrival/departure and CKSA conducts
the physical examination job task on behalf of the Customers
if required. Only one clearance will be carried out for all
the transshipment cargo before the departure while the cargo
arrived in Hong Kong.
2.
Secure
As to provide the services safely, efficiently and effectively,
CKSA has custom-made plenty of 10ft containers more suitable
for air cargo consolidation nature. All cargo can be loaded
into containers before dispatch to ensure the cargo security.
The truck fleet of MCT provides the cargo delivery and pick
up services to and fro the customers' door directly.
3.
Low Costing
CKSA makes use of all scheduled barges shuttling between PRD
regions currently operated by CKSE so as to provide a low
costing union transportation service to the Customers. As
a result, their overall transportation cost can be highly
reduced.
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