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Russian Timber Journal 03-2021: interview with Oleg Fokin, Commercial Director of Sudoma Sawmill; markets of South Korea and Japan: prospects for the development of wood pellet exports from Russia; U.S. softwood sawn timber prices unchanged from the previous week; timber exporters from Irkutsk are experiencing difficulties in shipping products to China; investments in the Russian forest industry decreased by 9.8% in 2020
April 8, 2021 ` 17:03
Russian Timber Journal 03-2021: Oleg Fokin, Commercial Director of Sudoma Sawmill: “At the moment, Russia does not have enough own production facilities for processing low-grade timber in full”; WhatWood: Russian wood pellet exports outlook to the South Korea and...
Timber exporters from Irkutsk are experiencing difficulties in shipping products to China
April 7, 2021 ` 16:47
When interviewed by FederalPress, Yury Logachev, president of the regional Union of Timber Industrialists and Exporters, said that the problem had been persisting for several months. “It leads to failures to fulfill contractual obligations, financial losses, decreased revenues...
Pavlovo-Posadskiy Gofrokombinat commissions a new building for storing products in the Moscow region
April 5, 2021 ` 19:26
Pavlovo-Posadskiy Gofrokombinat (the town of Pavlovsky Posad in the Moscow region) has commissioned a new building of 12,500 m² for storing raw materials and finished products. Investment in the construction amounted to 200 million rubles. The new building...
Russian Timber Journal 02-2021: interview with Russ Taylor, President of Russ Taylor Global; Russian sawn timber market in 2020, outlook for 2021; Metsä Fibre going ahead with € 1.6 billion Kemi bioproduct mill investment; Segezha Group acquires Novoyeniseiskiy Wood Chemical Complex; Uvadrev places an order from Siempelkamp
March 15, 2021 ` 16:57
Russian Timber Journal 02-2021: interview with Russ Taylor, President of Russ Taylor Global; Russian sawn timber market in 2020, outlook for 2021; Metsä Fibre going ahead with € 1.6 billion Kemi bioproduct mill investment; Segezha Group acquires Novoyeniseiskiy Wood Chemical Complex; Uvadrev places an...
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.
