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Jan 21, 2016 (newstodate): Gardermoen Perishable Center, the center for perishables cargo handling at Oslo Gardermoen is soon to officially commission its latest expansion.
500 sq m of floor space has been added to the existing facility that will now comprise 3,600 sq m for palletizing and containerizing the growing volumes of Norwegian seafood exports, primarily fresh salmon, for uplift from Oslo Gardermoen Airport.
As part of the project, GPC has also increased the number of work stations for handling, packing and palletizing of the seafood from earlier seven to 14 stations.
-We have seen an increase by 43 percent, y-o-y, in volumes handled by GPC in 2015, to 86,000 tonnes and needed the expansion to prepare ourselves for a continued growth in volumes, says Torgil Stig Wenzel, GPC Managing Director.
-The Norwegian seafood industry does not expect the total export volumes to rise significantly in 2016 as the production ceiling is close to saturation. But even so we might see the proportion of flown salmon out of Norway increasing if the demand in the Asian or US markets continues to grow.
-And despite the reluctance in the industry indicating that we will probably end up at 2015-levels by the turn of the year, we have actually seen volumes through GPC reaching an all-time high in January 2016 that will end close to handling of 8,000 tonnes. With the new facilities we will be able to handling of up to 100,000 tonnes, even if we do not expect this be reached anytime soon, says Mr Wenzel.
Staffed with 39 employees, GPC is owned by Schenker Norway, DHL and the Norwegian freight forwarder Air Cargo Logistics.
The official commissioning of the expanded GPC will take place on January 28, 2016.
500 sq m of floor space has been added to the existing facility that will now comprise 3,600 sq m for palletizing and containerizing the growing volumes of Norwegian seafood exports, primarily fresh salmon, for uplift from Oslo Gardermoen Airport.
As part of the project, GPC has also increased the number of work stations for handling, packing and palletizing of the seafood from earlier seven to 14 stations.
-We have seen an increase by 43 percent, y-o-y, in volumes handled by GPC in 2015, to 86,000 tonnes and needed the expansion to prepare ourselves for a continued growth in volumes, says Torgil Stig Wenzel, GPC Managing Director.
-The Norwegian seafood industry does not expect the total export volumes to rise significantly in 2016 as the production ceiling is close to saturation. But even so we might see the proportion of flown salmon out of Norway increasing if the demand in the Asian or US markets continues to grow.
-And despite the reluctance in the industry indicating that we will probably end up at 2015-levels by the turn of the year, we have actually seen volumes through GPC reaching an all-time high in January 2016 that will end close to handling of 8,000 tonnes. With the new facilities we will be able to handling of up to 100,000 tonnes, even if we do not expect this be reached anytime soon, says Mr Wenzel.
Staffed with 39 employees, GPC is owned by Schenker Norway, DHL and the Norwegian freight forwarder Air Cargo Logistics.
The official commissioning of the expanded GPC will take place on January 28, 2016.