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....

The steep fall in container freight rates over the last few months has had severe ramifications for wood-based panel and wood product imports from Asia and South America. Importers and wholesalers are holding back on placing new orders....

In conjunction with D. Oltmann Logistik and Ultrabulk, Seehafen Wismar is starting a scheduled service for sawn-softwood exports to the USA....

Plans that emerged in autumn 2021 for the first breakbulk shipment of elliotis pine plywood from Brazil to Europe have been fleshed out in recent weeks....