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Mar 27, 2019 (newstodate): While exports of fresh salmon is Norway's dominating seafood commodity, other products play a role as well - and hold promising potentials.
   One such product is the king crab that accounted for some 2,000 tonnes in 2018.
   -Export of fresh king crabs has a strong future and could easily rise by 50 percent in the coming years, says Svein Ruud, CEO at Norway King Crab that alone exported 450 tonnes in 2018.
   -Time is a crucial factor in king crabs logistics, and once the crab leaves the water, the clock starts ticking. Our product are transported in water containers into our "crab hotel" near Oslo Airport, from where it is lifted to the global market place.
   -To reap the full benefits, we would however need solutions to existing challenges in air logistics. Today, no provider offers something extraordinary, sticking instead to old standards

and services. We would need innovative solutions focused on the commodity, including full tracking and better lead times.  
   -In 2018, we exported 760 shipments of kings crabs. In 17 instances, shipments were left behind at Oslo Airport, and we get no feedback when errors happen. In 11 instances, shipments missed transfer at Copenhagen and Bangkok, and in six instances cargo was sent to the wrong destinations.
   -So we really need modernized airlift solutions and services to grow the export volumes of this high-value seafood commodity, says Mr Ruud in his presentation at today's Schenker Seafood Seminat in Oslo.