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Oct 13, 2016 (newstodate): Seafood logistics is a complex issue in Norway, also because of the country's long north-south distances.
As global heating makes an impact on sea temperatures, much of Norway's production of salmon will over time move north, and already today salmon farming in the northern region is gaining in importance.
Several attempts have been made to set up dedicated freighter services in, or closer to, the north, as an alternative to flights out of Oslo Airport that require two days of trucking for the northern salmon exports to reach Oslo for onward transportation by sea or air to the markets in Europe and beyond.
The most recent effort was the launch of a once-weekly Airbus A330-200F freighter service by Qatar Airways Cargo connecting Stavanger and Doha from November 3, 2014, but the service was suspended already in spring 2015.
Another effort to bring the fresh salmon to Oslo is by rail transportation.
Since 2011, Schenker has thus been operating a dedicated salmon express six times weekly from Narvik, via Sweden to Oslo, on a 26-hour long trip carrying up to 800 tonnes of salmon during peak seasons.
So even if the belly and freighter capacities are growing at Oslo Airport, snags remain in Norway's chain of salmon logistics due to a weak domestic infrastructure.
As global heating makes an impact on sea temperatures, much of Norway's production of salmon will over time move north, and already today salmon farming in the northern region is gaining in importance.
Several attempts have been made to set up dedicated freighter services in, or closer to, the north, as an alternative to flights out of Oslo Airport that require two days of trucking for the northern salmon exports to reach Oslo for onward transportation by sea or air to the markets in Europe and beyond.
The most recent effort was the launch of a once-weekly Airbus A330-200F freighter service by Qatar Airways Cargo connecting Stavanger and Doha from November 3, 2014, but the service was suspended already in spring 2015.
Another effort to bring the fresh salmon to Oslo is by rail transportation.
Since 2011, Schenker has thus been operating a dedicated salmon express six times weekly from Narvik, via Sweden to Oslo, on a 26-hour long trip carrying up to 800 tonnes of salmon during peak seasons.
So even if the belly and freighter capacities are growing at Oslo Airport, snags remain in Norway's chain of salmon logistics due to a weak domestic infrastructure.