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Feb 05. 2013 (newstodate): Norway's export of salmon by air transportation reached another peak in 2012.
Statistics on salmon by air form a fireworks of impressive figures, as evinced by the presentation by Tom E. Mikkelsen, Managing Director, Marine Harvest Terminal AS, at the recent Nordic Air Cargo conference in Gothenburg, arranged by Euroavia in cooperation with Swedavia and other main sponsors.
According to Mr Mikkelsen, Norway exported 131,692 tonnes of salmon by air in 2012, equaling 10,974 tonnes per month, or 2,533 tonnes per week - or 360 tonnes per day.
This volume would fill 1,317 Boeing 747 freighters per year - or 3.6 freighters per day, on an average.
These shipments would require 35,592 lower deck pallets filled with 5,267,680 boxes of salmon.
In addition, Norway's uplift of salmon in 2012 also required transportation by air of 8,000 tonnes of ice.
According to Mr Mikkelsen, the Norwegian salmon industry expects volumes by air to reach 200,000 tonnes within five to six years, which would further boost the need for more direct flights from Oslo, more freighter operations and access to more wide-body passenger aircraft.
Statistics on salmon by air form a fireworks of impressive figures, as evinced by the presentation by Tom E. Mikkelsen, Managing Director, Marine Harvest Terminal AS, at the recent Nordic Air Cargo conference in Gothenburg, arranged by Euroavia in cooperation with Swedavia and other main sponsors.
According to Mr Mikkelsen, Norway exported 131,692 tonnes of salmon by air in 2012, equaling 10,974 tonnes per month, or 2,533 tonnes per week - or 360 tonnes per day.
This volume would fill 1,317 Boeing 747 freighters per year - or 3.6 freighters per day, on an average.
These shipments would require 35,592 lower deck pallets filled with 5,267,680 boxes of salmon.
In addition, Norway's uplift of salmon in 2012 also required transportation by air of 8,000 tonnes of ice.
According to Mr Mikkelsen, the Norwegian salmon industry expects volumes by air to reach 200,000 tonnes within five to six years, which would further boost the need for more direct flights from Oslo, more freighter operations and access to more wide-body passenger aircraft.