KRS Logistics

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The intention of the project was to assess the technical and financial possibilities to bring Russian logs and roughly cut lumber using sea transport from Ääninen in Republic of Karelia to the Kalajoki harbour as raw material for the local mechanical wood refining industry. The project was based on the logistic supply chain model, which would begin in Russia, have refining in Russia and/or Finland, and delivery to customers in Finland and from Finland to third-party countries. The goal was to implement a pilot shipment using funding from the wood refining industry businesses in the area in order to determine the route; based on the results of the pilot shipment, trial shipments would be started and the necessary conditions for permanent wood product transport in the future would be created. The project had close connections to Karelia’s forest industry through a Russian lead partner. In addition, the project was to create close and continuous connections between Oulu South and the Republic of Karelia and promote co-operation between entities during the project as well as in post-project operations. The project also wanted to produce a comparative report regarding pricing and the environmental impacts of different transport methods (ship, road and rail transport) when importing from the Republic of Karelia to Finland.

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