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Mar 28, 2019 (newstodate): Plans for establishing new seafood freighter services in Norway's northern airports meet little support from DB Schenker, one of the strong voices in the industry.
   -There is a reason why freighter services at the northern airports stopped some 20-25 years ago, said Knut Eriksmoen, DB Schenker Norway CEO, at Schenker Seafood Logistics Seminar in Oslo, March 27.
   -The airports in question are hampered by difficult operational environments and lack of the necessary infrastructure to handling of the high-value seafood cargo.
   -We hear of fresh efforts to revive freighter traffic at some of the country's northern airports, but it would be outright stupid to fly in with empty freighter aircraft only to fly out again fully loaded with seafood, also seen from an environmental point of view.
   -Instead, we would do well to cooperate instead to bolster the position of Oslo Airport as the country's airfreight hub offering connectivity to a range of markets and transfer opportunities via other European gateways.
   -Do not be mislead by projects that will bring down the competitiveness of Oslo Airport, but let us focus instead on enhancing the cargo capacity of the airport, said Mr Eriksmoen.
   Against this view are plans to set up a freighter service at Evenes Airport in Northern Norway, with direct flights to China starting in 2019, avoiding the trucking of seafood from production sites to Oslo Airport in the south of the country.  
   The key driver in the project is the Norwegian company Pole Position Logistics working to establish flights by a yet-unnamed carrier flying in with a Boeing 777F from another European airport and continuing to Beijing or Shanghai after the call at Evenes Airport.