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Apr 19, 2018 (newstodate): A leading exporter of Norwegian seafood is Marine Harvest that spans the entire spectrum from feed, via farming to sales and marketing, organized within three divisions.
In 2017 Marine Harvested produced a total of 370,346 tonnes of salmon exported to 70 markets around the world, with the US market at the top end with 31 percent of is exports.
Of the company's volumes produced in Norway, 7,000 tonnes were lifted directly by air from Oslo Airport, and Marine Harvest is therefore most keen to see the provision of cargo uplift from the airport growing.
-To sustain a growth in cargo capacity out of Oslo we must be more accurate in delivering up to standards and requirements and accept the increased costs incurred in buying airfreight, especially in the ad-hoc market, said Tom Erling Mikkelsen, Marine Harvest Head of Airfreight, at the Nordic Air Cargo Symposium in Stockholm on April 17.
Mr Mikkelsen especially targeted the role of the forwarders, highlighting their responsibility and requesting more initiatives in lifting inbound cargo volumes into Norway to alleviate the imbalance in freighters' import/export volumes threatening the sustainability of freighter operations.
Elaborating on the issue in mails to newstodate after the event, Mr Mikkelsen added:
-The forwarders own and manage the capacity on the airlines. They should indeed adhere to the guidelines of the airlines, for instance when it comes to cancellations of bookings. It is crucial that they don't just maintain their allotments after shippers have cancelled shipments for various reasons.
-As for the issue of rates, this is of course an issue pertaining to discussions with forwarders and airlines, says Mr Mikkelsen
In 2017 Marine Harvested produced a total of 370,346 tonnes of salmon exported to 70 markets around the world, with the US market at the top end with 31 percent of is exports.
Of the company's volumes produced in Norway, 7,000 tonnes were lifted directly by air from Oslo Airport, and Marine Harvest is therefore most keen to see the provision of cargo uplift from the airport growing.
-To sustain a growth in cargo capacity out of Oslo we must be more accurate in delivering up to standards and requirements and accept the increased costs incurred in buying airfreight, especially in the ad-hoc market, said Tom Erling Mikkelsen, Marine Harvest Head of Airfreight, at the Nordic Air Cargo Symposium in Stockholm on April 17.
Mr Mikkelsen especially targeted the role of the forwarders, highlighting their responsibility and requesting more initiatives in lifting inbound cargo volumes into Norway to alleviate the imbalance in freighters' import/export volumes threatening the sustainability of freighter operations.
Elaborating on the issue in mails to newstodate after the event, Mr Mikkelsen added:
-The forwarders own and manage the capacity on the airlines. They should indeed adhere to the guidelines of the airlines, for instance when it comes to cancellations of bookings. It is crucial that they don't just maintain their allotments after shippers have cancelled shipments for various reasons.
-As for the issue of rates, this is of course an issue pertaining to discussions with forwarders and airlines, says Mr Mikkelsen