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Salmon exports from Norway to China fell to 355 tonnes last week from 523 tonnes the previous week. However, this was an increase from just 15 tonnes in the corresponding week last year. Exports to China remain small when compared ...Read More
Salmon exports from Norway to China rose to 395 tonnes during the second week of December,from 291 tonnes the previous week, and from 109 tonnes in the corresponding week last year, data from Seafood Norway showed. Volumes to China remain ...Read More
The Norwegian Competition Authority has approved the proposed acquisition of the Norwegian freight shipping firm, Nor Lines, by the Dutch logistics company, Samskip. The competition commission decided that the acquisition of activities associated with Nor Lines AS would not result ...Read More
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Norway has agreed in principle to begin farmed salmon exports to China after a seven-year trade conflict. "For some weeks now there have been discussions between the Food Safety authorities in China and Norway on how we can ensure predictability ...Read More
Oslo airport is importing jet fuel made from waste cooking oil in California. This has invoked criticism that shipping and trucking it more than 16,000 kilometers (10,000 miles) invalidates environmental benefits. Oslo was the first international airport hub to offer ...Read More
Norway has beaten all previous records, and exported seafood worth NOK 65 billion (€7.3bn) this year to date; an increase of 26%, or NOK 13.2bn, compared with last year. September exports marked an all time high, totalling NOK 8.8bn, an ...Read More
A Yorkshire based cleaning products company has recorded what it described as “unprecedented” sales at the end of its financial year, with export sales up by 68 per cent. Demand for the range from overseas, from countries including Norway, China ...Read More
A dispute in Norway is centred on Nyhamna, a gas processing plant being expanded with freight-train sized modules to allow it to supply about 22 million European homes. Norway is set to export an unprecedented amount of the fuel to ...Read More
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Finland’s postal operator, Itella, said it will abandon its business activities in the fields of air and sea freight in Scandinavia in order to improve profitability within the organisation. Itella will give up service warehouses in Sweden, Norway and Denmark ...Read More
The military and political crisis in Ukraine has caused Norwegian seafood exports to the country to drop by nearly 40% so far this year, according to figures from the Norwegian Seafood Council. The country’s February Maidan revolution has plunged it ...Read More
Already cooperating and supporting each other in world nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament efforts, Norway and Kazakhstan are seeking to expand cop-operation in the areas of imports and exports. Oil and natural gas are the largest exports of Norway, followed by ...Read More
Poland is now Norway’s largest export market for seafood, partly due to soaring cod exports to the country. Figures from the first quarter of 2014 show that Poland is now the biggest buyer of Norwegian seafood, in value, noted the ...Read More
The Norwegian government said that the free trade agreement being negotiated between the EU and US could have serious consequences for Norway’s seafood exports. At the end of March, the government issued a new report on the consequences of an ...Read More
Seafood exports worth NOK 5.4 billion (USD 903 million) from Norway in February, represented an increase of NOK 1.2 billion (USD 200.7 million) or 29 per cent compared to February last year, according to figures from the Norwegian Seafood Council. ...Read More
Norway expects to increase the volume of its salmon exports to Malaysia this year by 5% to 10% from 1,900 tonnes in the previous year. Norwegian Seafood Council Regional Director South-East Asia, Christian Chramer, said the target would be achieved ...Read More
Norway's exports to the EU countries are performing very well. The volume of softwood logs shipped by Norway to European Union member countries, from January to November 2013, has increased by 51% compared with the same period in 2012. In ...Read More
EXPORTS of Norwegian seafood in January soared in value by 25 per cent to 5.9 billion Norwegian kroners (NOK) – an increase of NOK 1.2 billion over January last year. One of the reasons for this was the continued high ...Read More
Russian vets recently returned from a visit to Norway;they are unsatisfied with the food safety control and want to stop all import of fresh fish and fish products from Norway. Norway exports salmon to 120 different markets; only the Russian ...Read More
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The world's most famous Christmas tree was exported from Norway via Immingham to London. Shipping free of charge on DFDS, the tree arrived on Saturday 30 November and is on forwarded by lorry. It is decorated in traditional Norwegian style, ...Read More
The equivalent of approximately 12500 freight truckloads per year is transported to Northern Norway by train. The freight train travels from Alnabru in Oslo to Narvik in the north via Kiruna in Sweden. This takes about 26 hours, which is ...Read More
The Finnmark region in Norway will soon benefit from additional freight services supplied by a combination of rail and truck. The town of Narvik currently has three freight train services from Oslo per week. From February there will be three ...Read More
Last month, seafood exports from Norway were up in value by 32 per cent, compared with last year. This represented the highest-ever value of Norwegian seafood exports for one month. The increase is largely due to sales of salmon for ...Read More
The Russian Prime Minister was promoting a controversial shipping route at the Barents summit in Kirkenes, Norway, earlier this month. The shipping route along Russia's northern border between Europe and Asia.Dmitry Medvedev said that freight turnover along the North Sea ...Read More
In April a delegation from Norway visited India to participate in a joint working group; after a day of talks 25 business representatives visited yards, owners and ports in Mumbai, Chennai, Kochi and Gujarat. Indian shipping is set to boom ...Read More
The Nor Shipping Event opened its doors in Oslo on 3 June, to welcome top shipping executives from all over the world. As a new departure, the event is encouraging young people into the shipping industry by holding an Ocean ...Read More
Flood warnings for Norway suggest that freight cargo may be delayed as major roads are closed in Akershus, Hedmark, Oppland, Buskerud. Freight railway lines to Trondheim, both via Dovre and Røros, have also been closed. The current warning is valid until Tuesday; ...Read More
The Norwegian government has given its support to an ambitious plan to create a ship tunnel able to accommodate 16000 tonne freight and passenger ships. The tunnel would avoid the heavy seas around the Stad peninsular on Norway's west coast. ...Read More
A low fare airline based in Norway has established a dedicated freight subsidiary to develop the carrier's freight carrying potential based on their existing 120 plus destinations. The first long haul destinations to be served will be New York and ...Read More
Norway has been exporting its waste to neighbouring Sweden, to fuel that country's heat producing incinerators. Sweden has more burning capacity than Refuse Derived Fuel, so Norway is paying its neighbour to take delivery of its excess RDF. The ashes ...Read More
The parliament of Norway has approved a new bill introducing permanent rules to enable cargo shipping to employ armed guards. Ships will be able to use armed guards when sailing in high risk areas; the government will also provide naval ...Read More
Prosecutors in Sweden have issued international arrest warrants for two British men accused of smuggling garlic via Norway.Other smugglers have been arrested by police in Britian, Ireland, Austria and Poland for importing illegal garlic. The main route for evading EU ...Read More
The EU's draft report on Norway for 2012 shows that Europe regrets Norway's decision to increase import tariffs on certain cheeses and meat. However there is a good relationship overall, which should not be jeopardised by the new import restrictions.
Meat imports into Norway increased by 69 percent in the first nine months of 2012. Agriculture in Norway is struggling to meet demand and the industry does not expect the trend for increased imports to reverse in the near future.
Imports of seafood from Norway to Grimbsy are growing. Both salmon and cod imports are increasing year by year. Various trade events have helped to promote good business relationships between Grimsby and Norway, in addition to a reduction in salmon ...Read More
This year exports of fish from Norway are showing an overall decline of 5%. In September, the main reason for this was the fall in the value of mackerel exports. Even exports to growing markets like China have fallen again. ...Read More
Demand for exports of fish from Norway remains high, even in countries which have been badly affected by the economic crisis. In the first half of 2012, Norwegian salmon export prices were lower than in the previous year, bt volumes ...Read More
In July, the value of exports of Norwegian Salmon totalled NOK 2.3 billion, an increase of NOK 58 million or 2.6% over July last year. This year to date, the value of Norwegian Salmon exports declined by 5% compared to ...Read More
A strike at one of the world's largest exporters was unresolved on Wednesday as unions failed to agree with employers over changes to pension rights. Exports of oil have slowed down, although gas exports have been largely unaffected. There have ...Read More
Although 700 workers on North Sea oil platforms off the coast of Norway have been on strike since Sunday, government officials are saying that this will not affect exports of oil. Not every platform is affected, and oil companies are ...Read More
Oil rig workers in Norway are in dispute with Statoil, one of the largest producers, over plans to change the pension system. The National Mediator has set a deadline of 23 June for resolution of the dispute, but workers will ...Read More
Although the strikes in Norway are not supported by 100% of workers, air cargo at Oslo has been restricted by the lack of security guards. Air cargo handlers are coping with limited gate opening times, which means that most exports ...Read More
Freight transport companies and organisations in Denmark, Sweden and Norway are calling on their governments to temporarily opt-out of the EU cabotage rules. The trucking companies say that unfair competition from lower cost base trucking companies from the Baltic states ...Read More
The General Conditions of the Nordic Association of Freight Forwarders are generally used within the Nordic countries (ie, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland) to regulate the rights and obligations of parties to a freight contract. The current edition of this ...Read More
A gas tanker followed by three ice breakers left Murmansk on Saturday carrying gas condensate for China. The journey will take two weeks, and the crew will collect data on ice conditions in the area. This is the first time ...Read More