New mill exceeds expectations

MARINE Harvest’s Norwegian feed mill in Bjugn is set to produce 300,000 tonnes of feed this year, which could provide 87-88 per cent its feed needs in Norway.

‘The mill was built with an estimated capacity of 220,000 tonnes annually, but this year we’re nearing 300,000 tonnes,’ Marine Harvest’s CEO Alf-Helge Aarskog told a Norwegian website.

The Bjugn facility has been in operation for two years, with raw material supplied from around the world.

‘We are well positioned in that Bjugn has a central location in relation to our production sites. That means efficient logistics,’ said Aarskog.

He said the proposed Scottish plant on Skye will improve efficiency as currently feed is delivered from the east of Scotland.

‘Our new factory on the west of Scotland will revolutionise the industry there,’ Aarskog told kyst.no. ‘As at Bjugn, in Scotland we will be bringing raw materials into the factory from around the world.’