Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has begun Phase 2 of implementing its intelligent thermal detection system at SuperTerminal 1.
Hactl – Hong Kong’s largest independent handler – started the project in December 2023. It enabled Hactl to scan cargo for exceptional temperatures before loading onto aircraft.
Under Phase 2, the handler is using the system to scan bulk cargo during cargo acceptance – providing a double layer of protection.
The intelligent cargo thermal detection system combines advanced thermal imaging, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, data analytics, and artificial intelligence, to overcome the limitations of existing thermal energy monitoring techniques.
It monitors the temperatures of different cargo in real-time, quickly identifying any abnormal conditions such as a fire hazard in lithium battery cargo, and thereby triggering alerts.
Hactl’s next step will implement the same level of scrutiny for export prepacked cargo at acceptance.