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Arkhbum LLC received a new batch of Tikhvin flat wagons
March 9, 2021 ` 13:27
The Research and Production Corporation “United Wagon Company” PJSC (RPC UWC) delivered a new batch of flat wagons (40 ft) for the transportation of timber products to Arkhbum LLC. The platforms type 13-6852-02 (40 ft) build up a...
VLP Group: draft of the Russian Federal Government resolution submitted for public review contradicts measures implied by president Putin’s instructions
February 11, 2021 ` 17:29
Official press release from Group Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki: At present, the government’s draft resolution “On Determining Railway Checkpoints at the Border of the Russian Federation for exporting goods of the HS Code Group 4403 of the Combined Commodity Nomenclature...
Russian Timber Journal 01-2021: Dmitry Rudenko, Vice President of Segezha Group: demand for wooden houses currently exceeds the productive capacity; the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia held the IV LPK 360° Timber Industry Forum themed A New Era of Development as part of the measures for the development of the timber industry; the Government approved the RF Forest Sector Development Strategy until 2030; how soon will Russia become the world’s largest wood pellet supplier?
February 11, 2021 ` 16:14
Russian Timber Journal 01-2021: WhatWood Agency interviewed Dmitry Rudenko, Vice President of Segezha Group, about the expectations for wooden housing construction and the CLT construction technology that is relatively new for Russia; WhatWood Agency summarizes key theses of the plenary...
Sveza in Uralsky increased its product shipment capacities
February 8, 2021 ` 20:47
In the framework of the project to arrange a new site for container handling, crane runways have been extended and a railroad track has been completed. The new logistics center has been expanded to perform loading from two...
Onega Sawmills shipped the first container train loaded with sawn timber
February 5, 2021 ` 18:39
Onega Sawmills dispatched a full container train loaded with finished products to China for the first time. The train consisting of 62 large-capacity containers will deliver 2,800 m³ of sawn timber to the Celestial Empire. The train departs from...
SCA to develop a new container port in Sweden’s Tunadal
February 3, 2021 ` 19:54
Swedish forest products firm SCA has announced its plans to invest nearly $54.7m in Tunadal port between 2021 and 2024. The company stated that the funds will be used for developing a new container port and new cargo...
Based on results of 2020, Arkhbum LLC increased the products transportation by 19.1% using its own wagons
February 2, 2021 ` 17:21
In 2020, Arkhbum LLC has increased the products shipment using its own wagons by 19.1% to 4.2 mln tons compared to the same period last year. During this period, 81 thousand of wagons were shipped. At the beginning...
Sea Port of Saint Petersburg JSC increased wood pellets transshipment in 2020
According to CM Biomass, in 2020, Sea Port of Saint Petersburg JSC increased wood pellets transshipment by 65% YoY to 744,000 tons.
Russian Timber Journal 12-2020: Andrey Konoplev, General Director of Group Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki, on the implications of the roundwood export ban being introduced from 2022 onwards; Luzales plans to build an MDF plant worth 5 billion rubles; the Ministry of Industry and Trade may introduce a temporary ban on the export of particleboards from Russia; analysis of the current situation in the particleboard, laminated particleboard, MDF market
January 21, 2021 ` 16:19
Russian Timber Journal 12-2020: WhatWood interviewed Mr. Andrey Konoplev, General Director of Group Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki, about the ban on the export of unprocessed timber to be introduced from 2022; Luzales agreed on the conditions for the construction of an MDF...
Russian Timber Journal 11-2020: projected construction of a timber industry complex on the Sakhalin island, Russia, will have the capacity to process over 1.2 million m³ of raw material per year; a significant rise in prices for particleboards is being observed in Russia; interview with Yury Shishkunov, Head of LesoTorgovaya Companiya LLC; Russian sawn timber exports to Japan in 2020, results and outlook
December 17, 2020 ` 16:57
Russian Timber Journal 11-2020: by the directive of the Sakhalin regional government, it is planned to construct one of the largest wood processing centers in all of Russia; Russian retail prices for particleboards began to rise; Yury Shishkunov: “If...
Rustrans DV exported 500 tons of wood pellets to South Korea
Rustrans DV, a Russian producer, supplied 500 tons of wood pelletes to Korea, for the total amount of $60,000, within the export contract signed with the consulting support of the Trade Representative of the Russian Federation in the...
Sea Port of Saint Petersburg JSC increased wood pellets transshipment
In January — September 2020, Sea Port of Saint Petersburg JSC received 531,000 tons of wood pellets and loaded 502,000 tons on ships.
