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1H 2021 timber transportation market review: Growth due to increased demand for forest and pulp & paper produce
August 19, 2021 ` 11:48
According to TransLes analytics center, during 1H 2021 railway timber transportation experienced growth due to an increase in demand for timber and pulp & paper products both in external and domestic markets. As a result, the total volume...
Russian Timber Journal 06-2021: interview with Alexander Vysotskiy, Product Director at Data Driven; European Commission’s report on imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of birch plywood originating in Russia; as of January 1, 2022, quotas on exporting softwood pulpwood and logs will be cancelled in Russia; US lumber prices fell sharply; the Ministry of Industry and Trade considers pulp and paper mills construction in the Far East to be inefficient
July 20, 2021 ` 22:38
Russian Timber Journal 06-2021: Alexander Vysotskiy, Product Director at Data Driven: “Lockdown created the necessary conditions for the digital business”; the European Commission approved for 6 months the introduction of preliminary anti-dumping duties on birch plywood from Russia; the...
Repair and construction of summer haul roads began in Vinogradovsky LPH
June 30, 2021 ` 16:18
The specialists of the enterprise that is part of ULK Group filled about 30 km of the road surface. It is planned to repair over 70 km of haul roads in Bereznikovsky and Verkhnetoemsky forestry units.
White Sea Floating Company completed its raft program
June 24, 2021 ` 16:15
Titan Group logistic enterprise – LLC White Sea Floating Company (BSK) has completed its raft program. 20 rafts – 220,000 m³ of winter fabrication timber were shipped to CJSC “Sawmill 25” and JSC “Arkhangelsk PPM”. The rafts were...
Russian Timber Journal 05-2021: Interview with Vadim Vodolazko, General Director of Schmidt & Olofson; The European Commission introduces temporary anti-dumping measures against the import of birch plywood from Russia; Russian Government introduces duties on the export of timber with a moisture content of over 22%; Smurfit Kappa to invest over 1 billion rubles to expand its production in the Leningrad region; Segezha Group and the Republic of Karelia confirm intention to construct a pulp and paper industrial complex
June 14, 2021 ` 21:06
Russian Timber Journal 05-2021: Vadim Vodolazko, General Director of Schmidt & Olofson: “According to our estimates, 10-15% of harvested timber is lost en route from the forest log depot to the mill log yard”; information on preliminary anti-dumping duties...
Segezha Group opens sawtimber carrier navigation along the Volga-Baltic waterway
May 28, 2021 ` 18:54
The White Sea-Baltic Canal officially opened for navigation to the NWFD (North-Western Federal District) timber harvesting branches of Segezha Group, a Sistema company, on 20 May 2021. Previously, the navigation season also started along the Volga-Baltic Waterway and...
Segezha Group sends its first container train to China from Arkhangelsk region
May 24, 2021 ` 23:35
On May 21, 2021, for the first time in its history, the Arkhangelsk region-based Onega Sawmills (Segezha Group PJSC, a subsidiary of Sistema PJSFC) has sent a high-speed container train along the Onega—Grodekovo—Ganzhou Guojigang (China) route. Sixty-two forty-foot...
Russian Timber Journal 04-2021: Possible scenarios of Russia’s unprocessed wood balance after imposing a ban on exports of softwood and hardwood logs; a state company for roundwood export will be established in Russia by the end of 2021; Segezha Group announces pricing of IPO and listing on Moscow Exchange; the European Commission published tentative anti-dumping duties for Russian producers of birch plywood
May 21, 2021 ` 21:27
Russian Timber Journal 04-2021: WhatWood agency about possible scenarios of Russia’s unprocessed wood balance after imposing a ban on exports of softwood and hardwood logs; Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Envoy in the Far East, declared that...
Euroports and Metsä Fibre expand cooperation
May 4, 2021 ` 18:45
Euroports Finland and Metsä Fibre have signed a multi-year service agreement, under which the port operator will take care of handling the finished products of the sawmill that is going to be built in Rauma by the third...
The navigation season begins at Segezha Group enterprises in Krasnoyarsk region
April 30, 2021 ` 19:46
On April 29, 2021, the proprietary fleet of the Lesosibirsky LDK No.1 JSC launched its vessels as scheduled, after a winter break and some maintenance work. In this navigation period, the Plant plans to receive a total of...
JSC Volga increases the share of railroad shipments
April 29, 2021 ` 18:24
At the end of February 2021, JSC Volga started shipping finished products from the Nizhny Novgorod region to China by rail via the port of Vladivostok. The new option will reduce the cost of transportation and shorten the...
Tesla truck test for timber transport
April 14, 2021 ` 17:12
As part of a pilot project in Canada, Tesla Semis are used to transport wood. Mosaic Forest Management, a forestry company based on Vancouver Island, intends to use electrification to pave the way for emission-free transport. Mosaic explains...
