A smart cargo terminal operated by Shanghai Smargo Logistics Services, a joint venture by Shanghai Airport (Group) Co Ltd and the China Eastern Air Holding Co Ltd, was put into operation at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Wednesday.

The smart terminal is one of a series of digitalization and intelligentization efforts undertaken by Pudong airport, which has become the world's second largest airport in terms of cargo-and-mail throughput in a city seeking to develop itself into an international aviation hub.

Taking up an area of 220,000 square meters, the smart cargo terminal is a collaborative project between Smargo Logistics and the world's largest aviation services provider, Swissport International AG, with the aim of developing the cargo terminal at Pudong into a benchmark smart logistics facility.

According to Shanghai Airport Group, Shanghai's two airports recorded 4.5 million tons of cargo-and-mail throughput in 2025. The new smart cargo terminal will further strengthen Shanghai's competitiveness and influence as an international air cargo hub, support the nation's high-level opening-up, and ensure the stability, efficiency, and smooth flow of the global supply chain.