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Feb 13, 209 (newstodate): Times are tough and turbulent in Iceland, strongly damaged by the on-going world economic and financial crisis. But hopes for recovery survive.
-We are seeing very demanding challenges in the airfreight industry as elsewhere in Iceland, and we will probably not be able to make any long-term planning before at least after the election of a new government, due to take office by late April, says Arnar Bjarnason, TVG Zimsen manager airfreight and business development.
-Right now airfreight import volumes are down some 50 percent, compared to last year, while exports are doing better, consisting however primarily of low-yield fish shipments constituting more than 80 percent of total volumes, and mainly contracted directly between airlines and shippers, bypassing freight forwarders altogether.
-We do of course have airfreight shipments through TVG Zimsen even today, primarily consisting of ships spares, machinery, and IT products, but this is now mainly on ad-hoc basis.
-Looking a bit farther ahead I am confident that normality will return to Iceland and its airfreight business. Hopefully the coming government will bring about stability in banking and business allowing us to develop again, says Mr Bjarnason.
-We are seeing very demanding challenges in the airfreight industry as elsewhere in Iceland, and we will probably not be able to make any long-term planning before at least after the election of a new government, due to take office by late April, says Arnar Bjarnason, TVG Zimsen manager airfreight and business development.
-Right now airfreight import volumes are down some 50 percent, compared to last year, while exports are doing better, consisting however primarily of low-yield fish shipments constituting more than 80 percent of total volumes, and mainly contracted directly between airlines and shippers, bypassing freight forwarders altogether.
-We do of course have airfreight shipments through TVG Zimsen even today, primarily consisting of ships spares, machinery, and IT products, but this is now mainly on ad-hoc basis.
-Looking a bit farther ahead I am confident that normality will return to Iceland and its airfreight business. Hopefully the coming government will bring about stability in banking and business allowing us to develop again, says Mr Bjarnason.