Roundwood shipments to Asia held up in western ports

At the South Tyrolean railway station in Bolzano, an additional track is going to enable roundwood to be loaded onto railway wagons. This was reported by the regional department for mobility of the autonomous province of Bolzano in South Tyrol, Italy, on 30 March 2023 following the conclusion of the negotiations with...

Shipments of containers loaded with hardwood and softwood logs to Asia via Rotterdam and Antwerp have been subject to heavy delays since the beginning of December 2022. This is due to stricter compliance with the requirements in place for phytosanitary treatment of logs at low temperatures. Exporters have been informed...

The Swedish wood industry’s stocks of raw material at the end of June 2023 were at their lowest level for the time of year since 2018. According to the latest figures from the Swedish Forest Agency (Skogsstyrelsen) of Stockholm, the industry’s stocks of sawlogs, industrial roundwood, and woodchips amount to 7.906m m³...