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Nov 06, 2018 (newstodate): New alternatives to uplift from Oslo Airport will be added to Norway's seafood logistics in 2019.
Besides the efforts to set up a new China-bound freighter service at Eveness Airport from April 2019, exporters in the country's northern production areas will see the opening of a new railway cargo service to carry seafood shipments closer to the airline hubs in Central Europe.
-Starting from July 2, 2019, a direct railway cargo service will launch twice-weekly departures from Narvik to Malmo, in Sweden, to carry seafood shipments for onward transportation by air from Copenhagen Airport or by trucks on the highway system over the Oeresund Bridge through Denmark to continental airports such as Frankfurt, Amsterdam and other hubs, says Stig Winther, Pole Position Logistics.
-Compared to today's trucking from northern Norway to Oslo, the coming train service will reduce total transport times to continental hubs by 24 hours which adds favorably to the shelf-life of the fresh seafood.
-With these fresh options we are introducing new alternatives to Avinor's current efforts focusing solely on the role of Oslo Airport as the country's center for seafood logistics, says Mr Winther.
In 2017, Oslo Airport handled 185,000 tonnes of air cargo, an increase by 35 percent, y-o-y.
The country's total export of seafood by air was, however, almost 230,000 tonnes, of which only about 39 percent, or some 90,000 tonnes, left Oslo Airport by air.
The remaining 61 percent was thus transported by road feeder services into other airport hubs in Stockholm, Helsinki and continental Europe.
Besides the efforts to set up a new China-bound freighter service at Eveness Airport from April 2019, exporters in the country's northern production areas will see the opening of a new railway cargo service to carry seafood shipments closer to the airline hubs in Central Europe.
-Starting from July 2, 2019, a direct railway cargo service will launch twice-weekly departures from Narvik to Malmo, in Sweden, to carry seafood shipments for onward transportation by air from Copenhagen Airport or by trucks on the highway system over the Oeresund Bridge through Denmark to continental airports such as Frankfurt, Amsterdam and other hubs, says Stig Winther, Pole Position Logistics.
-Compared to today's trucking from northern Norway to Oslo, the coming train service will reduce total transport times to continental hubs by 24 hours which adds favorably to the shelf-life of the fresh seafood.
-With these fresh options we are introducing new alternatives to Avinor's current efforts focusing solely on the role of Oslo Airport as the country's center for seafood logistics, says Mr Winther.
In 2017, Oslo Airport handled 185,000 tonnes of air cargo, an increase by 35 percent, y-o-y.
The country's total export of seafood by air was, however, almost 230,000 tonnes, of which only about 39 percent, or some 90,000 tonnes, left Oslo Airport by air.
The remaining 61 percent was thus transported by road feeder services into other airport hubs in Stockholm, Helsinki and continental Europe.