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Dec 19, 2019 (newstodate): While Avinor continues to source freighter uplift capacity from Oslo to the global seafood marketplace, a new venue for salmon export logistics may be opening.
   Starting from next year, rail cargo may prove a new alternative and cost-efficient solution to get fresh salmon from Norway to destinations in China.
   The rail cargo option builds on a new technique for keeping perishables fresh for up to 20 days: BluWrap, a technology that extends the shelf-life of perishable proteins.
   BluWrap uses a patented oxygen management technique to create and maintain an all-natural, controlled atmosphere environment that suspends time allowing fresh fish and other proteins to be transported without the need for ice.
   The rail solution will use the existing rail cargo solution between Kouvola in Finland and Xian in China operating since 2017 and requiring some 10 days of transportation time - well within the capacity of the BluWrap technology.
   The starting point in Norway will be Narvik, with the cargo transferring via Haparanda in Sweden to Kuovola.
   If the rail cargo solution gains approval and customer acceptance in the market, Norwegian seafood exporters will benefit from significant cost reductions, translating into more volumes and enhanced competitive power and less dependence on air cargo.
   Rail transport of seafood has also been in the focus of Pole Position Logistics, planning a direct railway cargo service with 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 Oresund Bridge through Denmark to continental airports such as Frankfurt, Amsterdam and other hubs.  
   Originally envisaged to start from July 2, 2019, plans have been stalled and no new start-up date has been aired.