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Aug 18, 2014 (newstodate): Among Norway's seafood products, the export of live king crabs is one important business.
-The quota in 2014 is 1,200 tonnes, and we export some 300 tonnes primarily destined to Asian markets, says Bjorn Ronald Olsen, Cape Fish CEO.
-The largest markets for us are South Korea and China in addition to a growing market in Taiwan as well as new markets such as USA, and in all cases air transport is crucial.
-The crabs are caught in the northernmost seas, and our company, North Cape, is located only three miles from North Cape constituting a logistic challenge to get the catch fresh to the global market place.
-Our solution is to truck the crabs packed in ice gel to Lakselv Banak Airport for uplift by AN-12 freighters, chartered from ACL, to Oslo Gardermoen Airport where they are lifted by Asiana and Korean Air Cargo to South Korea and beyond.
-We do also use capacity on passenger flights by SAS and Norwegian out of Oslo, but these carriers places first priority on passengers which occasionally puts the cargo at risk. Our product is time-sensitive and does not tolerate short-shipping.
-The season spans from mid-June to mid-February, translating into some 25 freighter operations from Banak Airport with some two or three operations per month, says Mr Olsen.
-The quota in 2014 is 1,200 tonnes, and we export some 300 tonnes primarily destined to Asian markets, says Bjorn Ronald Olsen, Cape Fish CEO.
-The largest markets for us are South Korea and China in addition to a growing market in Taiwan as well as new markets such as USA, and in all cases air transport is crucial.
-The crabs are caught in the northernmost seas, and our company, North Cape, is located only three miles from North Cape constituting a logistic challenge to get the catch fresh to the global market place.
-Our solution is to truck the crabs packed in ice gel to Lakselv Banak Airport for uplift by AN-12 freighters, chartered from ACL, to Oslo Gardermoen Airport where they are lifted by Asiana and Korean Air Cargo to South Korea and beyond.
-We do also use capacity on passenger flights by SAS and Norwegian out of Oslo, but these carriers places first priority on passengers which occasionally puts the cargo at risk. Our product is time-sensitive and does not tolerate short-shipping.
-The season spans from mid-June to mid-February, translating into some 25 freighter operations from Banak Airport with some two or three operations per month, says Mr Olsen.