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Jun 18, 2010 (newstodate): The final commissioning at the start of this week of the new Swedish perishables handling facility, APG Logistics at Stockholm Arlanda Airport concluded an unexpectedly long delay.
The new facility was ready for business from on May 1, 2010, as planned, expect for final IT connectivity and the opening of the BIP. But eventually operations will now start only from Monday, June 21 2010.
-We did expect a few weeks delay in waiting for the final security clearance by the aviation authorities. But six weeks of delay really took us by surprise, says Einar Longva, APG Logistics managing director.
-The lengthy process means that until now we have seen only costs, and no revenues so we are indeed eager to see the start of operations.
-With the security clearance we are finally able to operate airside as well, and we can thus move our operations with existing customers from the old premises to the new terminal, and start also to work on the market for new airline clients.
-The same goes for the Border Inspection Post that can now also move in with us over this weekend and launch operations from next week.
-With these conditions fulfilled we will look into new markets, notable the market for perishables imports, foodstuff, flowers and other live commodities from exporters in Asia and Africa.
-On the agenda is also 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, says Mr Longva.
The new facility was ready for business from on May 1, 2010, as planned, expect for final IT connectivity and the opening of the BIP. But eventually operations will now start only from Monday, June 21 2010.
-We did expect a few weeks delay in waiting for the final security clearance by the aviation authorities. But six weeks of delay really took us by surprise, says Einar Longva, APG Logistics managing director.
-The lengthy process means that until now we have seen only costs, and no revenues so we are indeed eager to see the start of operations.
-With the security clearance we are finally able to operate airside as well, and we can thus move our operations with existing customers from the old premises to the new terminal, and start also to work on the market for new airline clients.
-The same goes for the Border Inspection Post that can now also move in with us over this weekend and launch operations from next week.
-With these conditions fulfilled we will look into new markets, notable the market for perishables imports, foodstuff, flowers and other live commodities from exporters in Asia and Africa.
-On the agenda is also 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, says Mr Longva.