Pulp facts to the fore in Montevideo
NewsMajor investments are going ahead in Uruguay as UPM boosts its production and supply chain offer...
Bunking up the logs for easy moves
NewsA neat stevedoring operation undertaken by Göranssons Åkeri delivers roundwood to a key BillerudKörsnas mill in Gävle...
SA-TU Vuosaari step up
NewsSA-TU Logistics is stepping up its activities in the Port of Vuosaari (Helsinki), where it already provides forestry product handling, stor...
Kalmar takes over log handling for Iggesund Paperboard in Sweden
NewsKalmar has signed a comprehensive three year cooperation agreement with Iggesund Paperboard AB, part of the Holmen Group, covering log handl...
Wallenius SOL for shipping forestry products
NewsWallenius and Swedish Orient Line have established Wallenius SOL as a JV shipping company that will transport forestry products and other go...
Euroports Antwerp receives Mantsinen 300M materials handler
NewsThe giant rubber-tyred hydraulic crane has been supplied by Belgian crane rental company Goeyvaerts, a key customer for Finland-based Mantsi...
ABP Silloth welcomes packaging leader
NewsAssociated British Port’s Port of Silloth has handled the first delivery of wood pulp for its new customer, Futamura Group, a Japanese man...
Sennebogen grabs board making role
NewsFiberboard in Baruth, Germany takes in around 450,000 ATRO (moisture content measure) tpa of logs for chipping and conversion into HDF subst...
Driver focus for Hyster
NewsHyster Europe is focusing on the operator’s environment according to application, including the wood, metal, construction, ports and paper...
ABP boosts forestry business with VPK
NewsAssociated British Ports (ABP) has won a two-year contract with Belgium-based manufacturer VPK Packaging Group to handle 35,000 tpa of paper...
UPM’s controversial pulp proposal
NewsUPM is facing opposition over its plans in Uruguay for another mega-pulp mill and a dedicated port terminal in Montevideo...
Brake wood pulp
NewsCosco has started a monthly liner service linking the Port of Brake in Germany with Brazil....
Scandinavian ports strategise to set the scene for future growth
NewsPorts and terminal operators in the region are having to adapt to changing trading patterns and customer requirements....
Calling time on methyl bromide
NewsChinese and Indian regulations requiring logs and other forest products to be fumigated with methyl bromide have put producers in the crossh...
Wagner launches new generation L90
NewsWagner, a subsidiary of Allied Systems Company, has launched the new generation L90 Logstacker, the first of a new series of log handling ma...