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Forestry & Logging

News on forestry and logging in Russia.

Rosleskhoz to spend 100 million rubles for the development of a timber industry information system

June 30, 2021 ` 16:35  
Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz) announced a tender for the development of the Federal State Information System of the Timber Industry worth 99.94 million rubles. Information about the tender is published in the Unified Procurement Information System of the...

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...

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...

Sweden: Continued decline in area of forest notified for final felling

May 19, 2021 ` 14:51  
In March 2021 the area of notifications and applications for permit for final felling was down by 4% compared with March 2020, according to new statistics from the Swedish Forest Agency. The area of applications in montane forests...

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...

Finland increased logging in February 2021

April 30, 2021 ` 18:31  
In February 2021, 6.0 million m³ of roundwood was harvested for use by the forest industries in Finland. This removal volume was up 28% from the previous year and 7% up from the ten-year February average. Sawlogs accounted...

Segezha Group upgrades its logging trucks in Krasnoyarsk Region

April 15, 2021 ` 19:31  
Segezha Group (a Sistema JSFC company) is completing another investment project to upgrade its timber hauling fleet. The logging branches of Lesosibirsk LDK No. 1 falling within the Angarsky group are preparing to receive 10 tractor trucks and...

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...

Revenue of Shuyales decreased by 2.7% YoY to 957.426 million rubles in 2020

April 12, 2021 ` 20:21  
Profit on sales of one of the largest timber harvesting enterprises in Karelia decreased by 83.2% YoY to 10.775 million rubles in 2020. The company’s net profit for the reporting period fell by 92.5% YoY and totaled 3...