Video promotes Hong Kong as a global eCommerce logistics hub

ePlus/U-Freight

U-Freight Group subsidiary e+Solutions (ePlus) is helping to promote Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) as a global eCommerce logistics hub.

e+Solutions, an eCommerce logistics provider based in Hong Kong, has taken part in a corporate video created by the air gateway’s operator, Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK).

Some of the video, called ‘Hong Kong International Airport – The e-commerce fulfilment hub in Asia’, was filmed at e+Solutions’ eCommerce Logistics Centre at Chuen Kei Industrial Centre in Kwai Chung.

It forms part of a wider campaign highlighting Hong Kong’s role and benefits as a global logistics centre and that is intended to attract more eCommerce operators to take advantage of them.

The key objectives of the video include showcasing Hong Kong as a free port offering duty-free import/export policies and streamlined return procedures, whilst highlighting its strategic role as a middle-transit hub for logistics companies around the globe.

Brand visibility

With its role in the video and the promotional campaign, e+Solutions hopes to raise its own brand visibility through exposure on AAHK's online platforms.

Moreover, it is looking, it said, to foster closer relationships with AAHK and the other stakeholders involved, “promoting mutually beneficial partnerships that contribute to the growth of the global eCommerce ecosystem”.

The full video can be seen at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ov9izHn4rs

Broadening flight network

The last few weeks have seen a number of new freighter links added through HKIA.

Earlier this month, Hong Kong Air Cargo (HKAC) confirmed that it had launched a new weekly all-cargo route between HKIA and Birmingham Airport in the UK.

The new route is served by an Airbus A330-200 freighter. This was the second UK route to be opened relatively recently by the airline, following the February launch of a London Stansted connection.

This month also saw DHL Express confirm that it was introducing new freighter flights between Hong Kong and Jakarta.

The service will be operated by a 20-tonne capacity Boeing 737-800 freighter four times a week.

The connection will see the transport of shipments – such as e-commerce – originating from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines and Vietnam via the Central Asia Hub in Hong Kong, DHL Express said.

And in September Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP) launched a new freighter flight to Hong Kong after an absence from the airport of nine years.

The service is operated by Martinair on behalf of KLM between Schiphol and Hong Kong utilising a 110-tonne capacity Boeing 747-400 freighter.

The service will initially operate three times per week before increasing to four weekly flights at the start of the winter season on October 27.