Eimskip’s transatlantic shipping plan pays off
AN “experimental” export route by sea to the United States and Canada for fresh salmon exports has exceeded expectations, according to Icelandic shipping company Eimskip.
Exporters in Iceland and the Faroe Islands began a series of trial runs during the second half of last year. Eimskip says they were so successful that they have now become regular weekly shipments.
The company recently adapted its shipping system to meet the increased demands of customers in North America.
Eimskip reports: “Quality tests have passed all comparisons and the parties have already begun to look at distribution [to] places at a greater distance from the ports of discharge, even as far as Miami and Los Angeles.”
In addition to salmon, several successful quality transatlantic test shipments of whitefish have also taken place, and the company expects to see “a considerable increase” in whitefish shipments over the next few months.