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Feb 06, 2017 (newstodate): Seafood exports from Norway's northern production sites have a long way to go to get airborne from Oslo Airport, in the southern part of the country.
Today, transportation of live and fresh seafood products from north to south requires up to two days of trucking to reach Oslo Airport, taking a heavy toll on shelf life.
Several attempts have been made to set up a freighter service in the north to either lift shipments for transfer via Oslo Airport, or fly directly to destinations in Asia.
A meeting is now to be held on February 13, 2017, at Lakselv Airport where Avinor and other parties including potential airline partners will decide on steps to set up Boeing 737 freighter service to Oslo Airport.
One party with a strong interest in a freighter service between Lakselv and Oslo is Cape Fish, a leading exporter of live king crabs to Asia.
-King crabs are extremely sensitive and need fast transportation solutions. We have tried ourselves to drive freighter services from Lakselv to Seoul, in South Korea, but this relied on temporary dispensations and was eventually halted, says Bjorn Ronald Olsen, Cape Fish CEO.
-Our interest is to have a reliable, long-term air service. So far no provider has been able to come up with such a solution. We are now awaiting the outcome of this forthcoming meeting, but if a durable solution is not found we will rather continue with our current logistics including trucking king crab shipment to Helsinki for uplift with Finnair Cargo, says Mr Olsen.
The start of a new freighter route between Lakselv and Oslo would benefit from the new cargo incentive scheme announced by Avinor only last week.
Today, transportation of live and fresh seafood products from north to south requires up to two days of trucking to reach Oslo Airport, taking a heavy toll on shelf life.
Several attempts have been made to set up a freighter service in the north to either lift shipments for transfer via Oslo Airport, or fly directly to destinations in Asia.
A meeting is now to be held on February 13, 2017, at Lakselv Airport where Avinor and other parties including potential airline partners will decide on steps to set up Boeing 737 freighter service to Oslo Airport.
One party with a strong interest in a freighter service between Lakselv and Oslo is Cape Fish, a leading exporter of live king crabs to Asia.
-King crabs are extremely sensitive and need fast transportation solutions. We have tried ourselves to drive freighter services from Lakselv to Seoul, in South Korea, but this relied on temporary dispensations and was eventually halted, says Bjorn Ronald Olsen, Cape Fish CEO.
-Our interest is to have a reliable, long-term air service. So far no provider has been able to come up with such a solution. We are now awaiting the outcome of this forthcoming meeting, but if a durable solution is not found we will rather continue with our current logistics including trucking king crab shipment to Helsinki for uplift with Finnair Cargo, says Mr Olsen.
The start of a new freighter route between Lakselv and Oslo would benefit from the new cargo incentive scheme announced by Avinor only last week.