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Oct 28, 2016 (newstodate): Norway's export of seafood is booming, growing - and almost insatiable as to uplift capacity from Norway.
With the first flight on November 1, 2016, Cargolux becomes the latest carrier to offer freighter capacity out of Oslo Airport, with so far one weekly flight to Luxembourg and beyond.
-The proportion of seafood lifted out of Oslo Airport in now 30-35 percent of the total export volume, meaning that 65-70 percent of the seafood export is still leaving Norway by trucks to other airports translating into a loss of valuable shelf life at the receivers' end, says Martin Langaas, Avinor Cargo Director.
-My responsibility is thus to contribute to facilitating the fastest possible delivery of seafood products by Norwegian exporters to the global market place, and in this context to lift the cargo capacity as much as possible out of Norway.
-Norwegian seafood is today the single largest air cargo commodity in the North European markets, with some 200,000 tonnes by air in 2016. We estimate a growth by some 10-15 percent in volumes annually, so just to keep the proportion of flown seafood at today's levels will require an extra 22,000 tonnes capacity in 2017, meaning that we will need at least two extra weekly freighters just to keep pace, says Mr Langaas.
With the first flight on November 1, 2016, Cargolux becomes the latest carrier to offer freighter capacity out of Oslo Airport, with so far one weekly flight to Luxembourg and beyond.
-The proportion of seafood lifted out of Oslo Airport in now 30-35 percent of the total export volume, meaning that 65-70 percent of the seafood export is still leaving Norway by trucks to other airports translating into a loss of valuable shelf life at the receivers' end, says Martin Langaas, Avinor Cargo Director.
-My responsibility is thus to contribute to facilitating the fastest possible delivery of seafood products by Norwegian exporters to the global market place, and in this context to lift the cargo capacity as much as possible out of Norway.
-Norwegian seafood is today the single largest air cargo commodity in the North European markets, with some 200,000 tonnes by air in 2016. We estimate a growth by some 10-15 percent in volumes annually, so just to keep the proportion of flown seafood at today's levels will require an extra 22,000 tonnes capacity in 2017, meaning that we will need at least two extra weekly freighters just to keep pace, says Mr Langaas.