The IFPTA Journal
Spring 2012 - Volume 29, No. 1
What will the future bring? As has often been said, if we knew that, we’d all be rich. But, in this issue there are excellent articles give us a glimpse of the future. The first is about radio frequency tagging or RFID as it is commonly known and a new project between Swedish pulp producer Metsä Fibre and German logistics provider V. Alexander.
In the second, the recent merger of two ports has created the Port of HaminaKotka, the largest port in Finland and one where forest products is the main player. Through the first 10 months of 2011, the industry accounted for about 50% of the 8.7 million tonnes of export cargo handled through the Finnish port.
Finally, we go off our usual track (so to speak) in this issue to look at a conservation/environment program that the Norfolk Southern railway has instituted in the Mississippi Delta region of the US. Launched in 2011, it is a five- year, $5.6 million initiative that will restore 10,000 acres of woodlands.
Articles and Profiles
Changing the dynamics
A successful technology mirgates to pulp logistics
Completing a three-month pilot using RFID to track pulp shipments, Metsaä Fibre and V. Alexander are ready to implement the full project
Marriage creates a leader
The merger creating the Port of HaminaKotka has made it the leading port in Finland
The ports of Hamina and Kotka officially came together in 2012 creating the Number 1 port for forest products handling in Finland
An industry uprooted
An interview with Patrick Neylan of Drewry Maritime Research looks at changes in forest products logistics
The latest report by Drewry Maritime Research on forest products shipping provides a comprehensive outlook at the logistics side of the equation
A deeper shade of green
Norfolk Southern and GreenTrees have launched a conservation program
The new program for the MIssissippi Delta region is touted as good for business and for the environment
Columns and Opinions
From the Editors Looking at the future
Chairman’s Corner Returning to North America
The Last Word Books and dinosaurs - the fear of extinction
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