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May 05, 2010 (newstodate): Sweden's Stockholm Arlanda Airport's new perishables handling facility, APG Logistics, and BIP had set May 1, 2010 as its launch date - and stuck to plans!
-We have moved into our new 2,500 sq m facility as planned, but still needs the final opening of our IT integration with the airport infrastructure, which will be in place from early next week, says Einar Longva, APG Logistics managing director.
-The Border Inspection Post will also move in by next week which will make us fully operational and capable of handling all perishables and temperature-sensitive import and export shipments.
-Our prime business will be the handling of import perishables including foodstuff, flowers and other live commodities from exporters in Asia and Africa. Second comes cross-docking of commodities like the Norwegian fresh salmon destined for trucking to markets in Central and Eastern Europe, and further down the line as a future business comes handling of commodities like the Norwegian salmon for air transportation to markets in the Americas and the Far East, either by passenger aircraft or freighters.
-Compared to airports like Amsterdam, Oslo, Frankfurt, Copenhagen and many others, Stockholm Airport has so far held only a tiny share at about 5,000 tonnes per year of the perishables handling market, due to lack of facilities. This picture has changed fundamentally from now, says Mr Longva.
-We have moved into our new 2,500 sq m facility as planned, but still needs the final opening of our IT integration with the airport infrastructure, which will be in place from early next week, says Einar Longva, APG Logistics managing director.
-The Border Inspection Post will also move in by next week which will make us fully operational and capable of handling all perishables and temperature-sensitive import and export shipments.
-Our prime business will be the handling of import perishables including foodstuff, flowers and other live commodities from exporters in Asia and Africa. Second comes cross-docking of commodities like the Norwegian fresh salmon destined for trucking to markets in Central and Eastern Europe, and further down the line as a future business comes handling of commodities like the Norwegian salmon for air transportation to markets in the Americas and the Far East, either by passenger aircraft or freighters.
-Compared to airports like Amsterdam, Oslo, Frankfurt, Copenhagen and many others, Stockholm Airport has so far held only a tiny share at about 5,000 tonnes per year of the perishables handling market, due to lack of facilities. This picture has changed fundamentally from now, says Mr Longva.