15.10.07
ANOTHER NEW DESTINATION ADDS TO TIMBER
EXPORTS AT ABERDEEN HARBOUR
Aberdeen Harbour's continuing success in attracting traffic in timber exports to Europe is continuing, with Latvia added to the list of destinations this week.
The vessel, Carolyn, sailed today (Monday, 15 October 2007) for the Baltic port of Riga after loading around 2,500 tonnes of logs at Commercial Quay.
Aberdeen Harbour Board's Assistant Harbour Master, Captain Brian Andrew, commented: "The increase in exporters, destinations and tonnage of timber over the past 18 months is very encouraging and another example of successful diversification of traffic at the port."
EnShip was the local agent for the latest consignment of timber, which was sold through Scottish Woodlands and will be processed to produce chipboard.
The forestry industry introduced shipments from Aberdeen in May, 2006 and, with four sellers now using the port, over 28,000 tonnes of logs have been handled in the first nine months of this year.
To date, logs have been sent to Finland, Norway and Sweden for production of woodpulp, and to Germany, The Netherlands and now Latvia for chipboard and similar products.
With further major projects underway or at the planning stage, the Board have a five-year development and maintenance budget of more than £40 million for works at the port which handles more than 5 million tonnes of cargo annually.
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