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C3’s Portland log marshalling operation has increased throughput by 300% since the deal was completed despite C3 purchasing equipment and commencing operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. C3, one of Australia’s largest forest products logistics providers and part of LINX Cargo Care Group, has secured a multi-million dollar deal to provide log marshalling services in Portland,[…]

US Softwood Lumber Production Improves in January-February 2020 Compared to One-Year-Ago For the first two months of 2020 softwood lumber production in the US continued improvements compared to one-year-ago, to increase even more, says the latest issue of the Western Wood Products Association’s monthly Lumber Track. For January and February 2020 US lumber production volume increased by[…]

Smurfit Kappa has unveiled a new, state-of-the-art solar panel system in its Colombian Forestry operation. The Solar One photovoltaic system, which was developed with renewable energy provider Celsia, will generate 50% of the energy needs of the nursery and the entomology and plant pathology laboratories. The 168 panels that comprise the system will generate an[…]

Maine Loggers – The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine released in March results of a comprehensive study of the economic impact of Maine logging, showing the industry contributed an estimated $619 million to the state economy in 2017. The study, The Economic Contribution of Logging and Trucking in Maine, conducted by the University of Maine[…]

The U.S. Industrial Pellet Association on May 11 welcomed an order from the European Court of Justice dismissing a case against wood biomass. The court ruled the applicants, a group of six individuals and NGOs, lacked standing to challenge the EU’s inclusion of wood biomass in the bloc’s Renewable Energy Directive. “We welcome the court’s[…]

Efforts to rebuild a stronger export economy will be short-lived if the country doesn’t start addressing the cost of unfair trade practices by China, wood and steel processors say. A surge in export log prices – driven by demand from China – is part of a recurring issue that successive governments have failed to address, said[…]

The only thing that is constant is change … and isn’t that the truth. Not only do we face uncertainty with our businesses linked to COVID-19 at the moment but changes for our own wood products industry over the last 12 months have been significant. Every two years Australasia’s wood processing and manufacturing industry is[…]

Strict limits as some wood processing resumes – Some wood processors will be cleared to resume limited operations this week in order to ensure supplies of key products during the current lockdown or to avoid costly damage to plant. The Ministry for Primary Industries’ forestry arm – Te Uru Rakau – will oversee a phased increase[…]

New Zealand foresters are saying that log supply to domestic and export markets is inextricably linked and can’t be separated, as Forests Minister Shane Jones now seems to be advocating. Forest Owners Association President Phil Taylor says a harvest of just about any forest will produce higher grade logs for domestic construction, some logs for[…]

EDITOR’S COMMENT ISSUE 73 A large part of me wants to use these column inches to focus on the international trade concerns that stem from the outbreak of the coronavirus in, and from, China. The nation’s position as a major demand engine for natural resources, including timber, suggests the fortunes of the international wood trade will[…]