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Feb 17, 2021 (newstodate): Stakeholders in Norway's seafood exports had until October 30, 2020, to respond to Avinor's call for views on plans for a new large seafood terminal at Oslo Airport.
   Since then, silence has again shrouded the issue, leaving stakeholders and the world at large in a void.
   -At this stage, Avinor is unable to provide more information about the status of the project apart from confirming that we are now working on the various inputs presented to us by the call for views and ideas from the industry, says Avinor in a reply to an inquiry by newstodate.
   And this is corroborated by evidence from one industrial player, Oslo Seafood & Cargo Centre AS that provides cargo terminal handling and cargo ramp handling at Oslo Airport for airlines including CAL Cargo Airlines, Silk Way West Airlines, Suparna Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Thai Airways, Norwegian and many others.
   -After the RFI, we have heard nothing from Avinor concerning their plans for a new seafood terminal at Oslo Airport. To our understanding, Avinor is now evaluating the eventual use of the area so far allocated to a future cargo terminal, and we are awaiting the outcome of this process, says Roy Egil Skredderberget, OSCC CEO.
   -As earlier stated, in our view the question remains if there is really a need for a new terminal at all. We would rather point to the need for a neutral "cool hotel" open to all operators, allowing us to free space at our terminals' cool areas where processed ULDs are stored awaiting their onward transportation to the tarmac, blocking space and optimization of the handling processes.
   -In winter seasons, there is no problem with storing seafood ULDs on the tarmac pending delivery to the aircraft. In summer seasons, the situation is different. With a "cool hotel", the handling capacity of our existing terminals would be greatly expanded, probably rendering the construction of a new large seafood terminal at Oslo Airport redundant.
   -It is my impression that Avinor is also open to this issue. But it all depends on their decision on what the area so far allocated to cargo purposes will eventually be, says Mr Skredderberget.