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I was checking up airliners.net discussion board when someone mentioned about how difficult and expensive it was to airlift and transport fresh sea food.

Since i have done an MBA in logistics and australia being a pioneer in food processing it was but natural for us to research upon time bound fresh and processed food exports from australia. This also included Fresh Sea Food exports.

Australia primarily exports fresh sea food to most asian countries ie Japan, Korea, HK, China, Singapore, malaysia, Indonesia and others.

The federal goverment has placed limits on the total available catch which the whole industry can process with adequate no shipping periods which helps in replenishment naturally.

I had a chance of working as an intern for a month in one of the fresh live seafood exporters and was given a nice tour of how they were exporting . They were using DHL/Fedex/UPS to handle their export.

The most intresting aspect of exporting live sea food was that these crabs, squids, shrimps, prawns, are transported in tanks with temprature control. Plus the water is suppose to be ice cold. Because in icee cold water all these creatures tend to shut down and sleep. Hence keeping the water chilling was a critical issue


Offcourse if we look in rupee term value airlifting of live seafood is expensive but then this is widely prevelant in other parts of the world. Besides from india point of view exporting live sea cargo with the kind of standards in place in the already exsisting competeting nations India really has a long way to go

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But what about the costs?


I mean for eg to send  about 100kgs of some fish from SYD to SIN what would be the cost like and to send 100kgs of something else what would be the difference like?



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I was checking up airliners.net discussion board when someone mentioned about how difficult and expensive it was to airlift and transport fresh sea food. Since i have done an MBA in logistics and australia being a pioneer in food processing it was but natural for us to research upon time bound fresh and processed food exports from australia. This also included Fresh Sea Food exports. Australia primarily exports fresh sea food to most asian countries ie Japan, Korea, HK, China, Singapore, malaysia, Indonesia and others. The federal goverment has placed limits on the total available catch which the whole industry can process with adequate no shipping periods which helps in replenishment naturally. I had a chance of working as an intern for a month in one of the fresh live seafood exporters and was given a nice tour of how they were exporting . They were using DHL/Fedex/UPS to handle their export. The most intresting aspect of exporting live sea food was that these crabs, squids, shrimps, prawns, are transported in tanks with temprature control. Plus the water is suppose to be ice cold. Because in icee cold water all these creatures tend to shut down and sleep. Hence keeping the water chilling was a critical issue Offcourse if we look in rupee term value airlifting of live seafood is expensive but then this is widely prevelant in other parts of the world. Besides from india point of view exporting live sea cargo with the kind of standards in place in the already exsisting competeting nations India really has a long way to go



Can you share some more insight.


Appreciate ur help in advance.



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Specialty food sales adjust to airport restrictions


By ANNA JO BRATTON


Copyright AP 
OMAHA, Nebraska, Sept. 18


Fifteen live lobsters?
Those you can take on a plane.
But the ice or gel packs to keep the lobsters cold are not allowed under the recent ban on liquids and gels in carryon luggage
The restrictions, put in place after an alleged plot to blow up U.S.-bound planes using liquid explosives, are forcing airport businesses that sell edible local specialties to adapt.
Omaha Steaks has been selling steaks at the city’s Eppley Airfield since the late 1970s. The two kiosks are upstairs, outside security checkpoints. But most people have already checked their luggage downstairs by the time they walk past.
Before the restrictions were in place, the frozen steaks were kept cold by gel packs, and many people carried them on to stow in overhead bins or under seats.
Robbi Pozzi has worked at the airport kiosks for two years. Right after the restrictions went into place, she said business slowed.
So Omaha Steaks started offering free shipping, or a free cooler pack if customers buy $50 (euro39.50) worth of steaks, said Beth Weiss, the firm’s corporate communications director.
If people are taking a short flight, the steaks are frozen so solid, they take four to six hours to thaw, Weiss said.
Mike Cochrane was not concerned as he bought a four-pack of New York strip steaks.
He was in Omaha for the first time in five years for work — and he was not going home empty-handed.
‘‘It wouldn’t matter if it was defrosted — I’d just eat them right away,’’ the Canadian software salesman said.
Cochrane told Pozzi he had a six-hour trip to Vancouver, and she packed the steaks into a silver cooler bag.
Anthony Lee, who bought $85 (euro67) worth of meat, said he assumed employees would tell him if they were giving him something he could not carry on.
‘‘Otherwise, you’re feeding all the guards,’’ the San Francisco businessman joked.
Weiss said sales have remained solid. She said the company did not release locations’ separate sales figures, but did $410 million in business last year.
Employees at Clearwater seafood company in Bedford, Nova Scotia noticed a drop in sales immediately after the restrictions went into place.
The location at Halifax International Airport sells live and cooked lobster — and both have to be kept cold.
People were understandably reticent to pack lobsters in their checked luggage, chief executive officer Colin MacDonald said.
Their solution? Frozen vegetables.
MacDonald said the company checked with airport security and was given the go-ahead.
Employees went to a grocery store and bought frozen carrots, peas and cauliflower. Now, instead of packing the wax-lined cardboard boxes with ice or gel packs, employees surround the lobster, live or cooked, with vegetables. The boxes can hold up to 15 live lobsters.
‘‘Not much you can do with a pea — unless you have a pea shooter,’’ MacDonald said.
Retail business at Clearwater accounted for about $4 million of the $315 million dollars in sales last year, MacDonald said. Most of the company’s business is bulk export.
Andrea McCauley, spokeswoman for the U.S. Transportation Security Administration in Dallas, said she saw no problem with using frozen vegetables on U.S. flights.
‘‘People have become very innovative,’’ she said. ‘‘We try to work with them to offer solutions that might help them make it through the checkpoint.’’
Some airports, such as Los Angeles International and San Francisco International, are allowing duty-free items to be delivered by employees to customers already on the plane. McCauley said that is acceptable by TSA guidelines, but does not help lobster or steak dealers, because their products are not duty-free.
Clos Du Val winery in Napa, California, was advising customers to have wine shipped home. The winery also was selling sturdy shipping containers for customers to check wine as luggage. Still, temperature in the cargo hold is a concern.
McCauley said the new restrictions have brought odd questions about what can and cannot come aboard.
The strangest question McCauley has heard: Can you bring a goldfish on the plane?
The answer is yes. As long you do not bring any water.



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See A380 bro the thing is that the food processing industry is really big in australia and thats what they are cashing upon real well.

as far as tariffs are concerned they are decided well in advance for an year thru a contract hence the transportation costs are absolutely insured frm the fuel prices hikes and stuff. To be honest the prices vary from company to company and solely depends upon how much volume were they exporting. In dollar parity offcourse the prices were right thats why one is able to savour the delicacies like lobsters, crabs, squids, prawns, various kinds of fish right cooked in front of u and collected frm the water tank which u are able to see in display window of the resturant.

Jumbojet kindly advice in which domain do u want me to highlight? the procedures of export i guess have already told.

KCM the new liquid ban wouldnt affect fresh sea food exports at all because the water tanks into which these sea animals are loaded are primarily on pallets and they are not part of any belly cargo. they are shipped by full freighters. With customs and quarantine keeping a full tab

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I want you to share ur insights if India imports fresh sea food.


If yes to what extent.


Who are the carriers.


Is any special handling reqiured.


What is the load volume.


How many flights a week. Where do the come from.



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Hi mate,

After alot of indepth research i have come to a conclusion that no live fresh sea food is either exported or imported into India by air.

Though on the contrary India is massive exporter of shrimps, prawans and cattle fish.

While the same are normally exported referigerated containers.

-- Edited by vabby at 20:26, 2006-10-23

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