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remove 7,000 trucks from the road through kilometres an hour. SINTEF has considered NOK 6 billion in 2016. A truck would need to
140 less trips between Bergen, Norway to using pipelines 2-3 metres in diameter from leave every fourth minute to deliver salmon
Hirtshals, Denmark. After gutting, the fi sh airport “fi sh” terminals that can travel at to the Continent, according to a report by
will immediately be cooled down to sub- least fi ve times the speed of lorries, reducing Norwegian research institute SINTEF called
zero temperatures, extending the fi sh shelf- the bottleneck from land transport and “Sea Chart 2050”
life and reducing the amount of ice needed extending the freshness of the fi sh.
in the boxes after packing. This means the “They cannot send all of the fi sh on the
vessel can transport more fi sh. Simultaneously, Norway’s Green party sent roads,” says Thor Myklebust, SINTEF Digital
a proposal to the parliament last December business developer.
Hyperloop requesting funding for a feasibility study
But what if you went even further and for transporting both fi sh and people in a Some politicians are sceptical of the costs.
took out the need for boats and trucks Hyperloop between Norway and Denmark. One study suggests it could run NOK 150
altogether? Norwegian research institute Green Party member Espen Stoknes billion to build a Hyperloop to transport
SINTEF in Trondheim is studying the believes the country could use its expertise people between Stockholm and Helsinki.
futuristic potential of sending air pods in from having built 10 000 kilometres of oil However, a Hyperloop pipeline for fi sh would
a high-speed pipeline from Norway to and gas pipelines in the North Sea to blaze be relatively smaller in diameter and could
mainland Europe that could whisk salmon the trail for future Hyperloop transport. A piggyback off Norway’s vast oil and gas
directly to the markets in little over an hour. decision is expected sometime in August of subsea pipeline network in the North Sea.
this year. It also might be necessary if the seafood
SINTEF is seeking funds from the Research industry is to solve the expected bottleneck
Council of Norway and industry partners to Norwegian seafood exporter Norfra in transporting an expected NOK 550 billion
build a test lab in Trøndelag to research the estimates that it will cost NOK 12.8 billion in marine-based value creation by 2050, a
technology and costs of transporting fi sh annually just on transport to send 3.2 million six-time jump from 2011 levels.
at near supersonic speeds of 300 -1200 tons of fresh fi sh to Europe compared to
“I would like to turn the question around
and ask how they can afford not to look at
Hyperloop,” says Terje Kristensen, SINTEF
Technology and Society research scientist.
“Getting a lab in place is tremendously
important. We need to make a move. If
Norway wants to be a part of this, we can’t
sit on the fence.”

Hav Line’s hybrid-powered fi sh and
transport vessel Gannett will bring fi sh
to the markets in half the time while
also cutting emissions. © Wärtsilä

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