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Lumber News Archives: September 2010
Latest Data on North American Lumber Production ; Green Energy Plan, Ontario ; California Wildfires State of Emergency ; Pine-Beetle Built College ; Spelter Joins FEA ; Weyerhaeuser Lays Off ; Canadian Lumber Exports ; Madison’s Timber Preview ; Housing Starts, Canada ; Japan Housing Starts ; US Wildfires ; 200 BC Forest Workers Win…
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Lumber News Archives: Aug 2010
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Canadian National Won’t Move Lumber Until Backlog Clears
Note – the embargo refers to shipments to the west coast http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303546204579435050770568642?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303546204579435050770568642.html Canadian National Won’t Move Lumber Until Backlog Clears Railway’s Notice Comes as Port Strike Worsens Delays Caused by Railcar Shortage Canadian National Railway Co. told British Columbia wood and pulp producers it will stop moving products to Pacific Coast loading facilities until a…
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Oregon Log vs Lumber Exports
The Port of Newport on the Oregon coast has finished a major, award-winning renovation of the site, and is negotiating with several timber companies that want to use the terminal to export logs to Asia just as Hampton Affiliates have been investing in the expertise to cultivate a customer base in China and produce lumber…
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Federal Railway Order
The federal government says it will introduce an order-in-council forcing railways to move a minimum amount of grain each week, according to CBC Friday morning. Transport Minister Lisa Raitt says that minimum will be set at 500,000 tonnes, which works out to 5,500 grain cars each for Canadian National and Canadian Pacific. She says there…
