Goods produced at the new mill will be exported from the Port of Kemi all year round. Transports will be handled with ice-strengthened break bulk vessels.
INVESTMENTS IN LOGISTICS The supply of feedstock is secure despite the new mill’s considerably greater production volume. Alongside road transport, rail will play an increasingly important role in wood deliveries to the mill. The greater need for wood means that it will be arriving from a wid- er area, but thanks to rail transport, the emissions from logistics will drop. Concerning the adequacy of material, Harmaala is con- fident that Finnish forest assets will cover future needs. “Thanks to sustainable forest management, forests here grow faster than they are felled. If necessary, we can pro- cure wood from Sweden, where the sustainability of forest management is also good,” he adds. “In terms of logistics, the biggest change is that goods from the new mill will be transported as bulk cargo on large break bulk vessels sailing from the Port of Kemi all year round.” To make this possible, a new warehouse of 37,000 square metres will be built at the port. In addition, the fairway in Kemi will be deepened to 12 metres so that large vessels can reach the port safely. Ice-strengthened vessels ensure that pulp bales can be transported as bulk cargo irrespective of the season. The northern winter will not affect delivery times. BOOKINGS CAN NOW BE MADE FOR THE ADDITIONAL VOLUME Harmaala expects that the additional mill output will go mainly to current customers in Asia and new customers in North America. “In Europe, we are mostly striving to maintain our cur- rent market share. The Middle East is a growing market, and growth is also on the horizon in Asia, especially China.” Metsä Fibre is already a major pulp supplier for the Chi- nese market. In the years ahead, the country will be mak- ing large paper mill investments and, thanks to the new mill in Kemi, Metsä Fibre will be even better positioned to supply premium pulp to them. “We have already signed letters of intent for deliveries from the additional volume from the new mill and will be signing more. Companies needing additional volume should contact our sales team and book capacity from our new mill,” Harmaala says. •
Rail transports help reduce emissions 7,6
The new bioproduct mill will use 7.6 million cubic metres of wood per year, representing an increase of 4.5 million cubic metres compared with the current Kemi pulp mill. 5 Five million cubic metres of raw wood will be annually transported by rail to the new mill. 9
An average of nine trains will visit the new bioproduct mill every day. −20 % Thanks to the efficient rail transports, emissions will be reduced by 20 per cent per cubic metre of wood.
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