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Jun 03, 2009 (newstodate): Despite generally gloomy prospects in the global airfreight industries, Norway provides a promising exception.
-As ocean temperatures rise, more and more fish farming will move north to benefit from sea temperatures favorable to breeding. This will further spur the importance of Norway's large salmon and other seafood farming industry, and furthermore the farming will move north in Norway to the areas around the polar circle and therefore well placed logistically to utilize the new Korean Air Cargo freighter service at Luleaa Kallax Airport, says Robert Jakobsen, Meyership AS, which is one of the companies behind Kallax Cargo Airport.
-Volumes of Norwegian fresh salmon constitute the bulk of the loads lifted by Korean Air Cargo at Kallax, and from August this will be further boosted by the annual large seasonal export of King's Crabs that must be transported live to markets in the Far East.
-The crabs are harvested live in the waters of northern Norway and can save one day's road transportation by trucking to Luleaa rather than Oslo or other airports.
-So far we have not seen much cargo from other sources than Norway's seafood industry. There has been some transports of fire doors to Mitsubishi and a few other shipments, but generally speaking the current market situation and the financial crisis has not been helpful to secure a break-through yet for the Kallax freighter from other Norwegian industrial exporters, says Mr Jakobsen.
-As ocean temperatures rise, more and more fish farming will move north to benefit from sea temperatures favorable to breeding. This will further spur the importance of Norway's large salmon and other seafood farming industry, and furthermore the farming will move north in Norway to the areas around the polar circle and therefore well placed logistically to utilize the new Korean Air Cargo freighter service at Luleaa Kallax Airport, says Robert Jakobsen, Meyership AS, which is one of the companies behind Kallax Cargo Airport.
-Volumes of Norwegian fresh salmon constitute the bulk of the loads lifted by Korean Air Cargo at Kallax, and from August this will be further boosted by the annual large seasonal export of King's Crabs that must be transported live to markets in the Far East.
-The crabs are harvested live in the waters of northern Norway and can save one day's road transportation by trucking to Luleaa rather than Oslo or other airports.
-So far we have not seen much cargo from other sources than Norway's seafood industry. There has been some transports of fire doors to Mitsubishi and a few other shipments, but generally speaking the current market situation and the financial crisis has not been helpful to secure a break-through yet for the Kallax freighter from other Norwegian industrial exporters, says Mr Jakobsen.