Salmon shipments set to fly as Chile and Norway look to increase export volumes

Witold Krasowski

Airlines are hoping to capitalise on increased global demand for Norwegian salmon exports, particularly among US consumers who have been hit by declining production from core supplier Chile.

Several freighter operators announced new routes into Oslo last year, citing increased capacity demands from the country’s seafood industry.

However, while salmon exports surged in 2015, partly after aggressive marketing from Norwegian exporters keen to take market share from a struggling Chilean industry, growth was muted in 2016.

The Norwegian Seafood Council reported just a ...