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Revival premiere for Tilbury terminal

SCA Logistics has

opened for business in the Port of Tilbury, on the River Thames in the UK, with agency staff and high quality storage.

Coinciding with the closure of SCA’s terminal in Sheerness, the process of integrating SCA’s digital information flow with the Port of Tilbury has been ongoing for some time and in mid-January a SCA RoRo vessel was due to leave from Sweden to make its first call at the port.

“While moving a complex operation from one location to another is a challenge, we managed to be ready in time and according to plan,” says Steve Harley, former managing director of SCA Logistics’ UK terminal.

SCA Logistics first established a terminal at the Port of Tilbury in 1967. The operation moved to Sheerness in 2015, further downstream on the Thames and closer to the North Sea, only to return to Tilbury seven years later.

Harley says the lock that must be navigated to reach Tilbury is compensated for by the shorter distances by land to customers and improved access by road.

“Tilbury is significantly closer to the M25, which is the main artery connecting England’s motorway network,” he explains. “There is also space for collaboration with new customers.”

INDUSTRY NEWS Koehler Paper to convert its power plant to use sustainable fuel

Preparation for a key

sustainability project at Koehler Paper’s mill at Greiz in Germany has started.

Representing an investment of €6.5 million, the project will convert the mill’s power plant from using pulverised lignite to fine wood fraction fuel. Engineers at Koehler Renewable Energy, which is also part of the Koehler Group, have developed a technique in which a type of biomass can be used as fuel in the existing coal-fired power plant. The converted plant is scheduled to be commissioned at the end of 2022.

The project is part of Koehler’s sustainability strategy to meet the goal of producing more energy from renewable sources by 2030 than is required for its paper production operations.

Udo Hollbach, chief executive of the Koehler Paper mill, said: “Switching from lignite to fine wood fraction will allow us to save more than 24,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions Preparations for the start of construction of the power plant conversion at the Koehler Paper site in Greiz have begun. Pictured are Alexander Schulze (Mayor of Greiz, 4th from left), Kai Dittmann (1st Deputy District Administrator in the Greiz district, 2nd from left), Udo Hollbach (Managing Director of Koehler Paper Greiz, 6th from right) and Holger Palm (Plant Management Koehler Paper Greiz, 2nd from right).

per year at the Greiz plant.”

Founded in 1807, familyowned Koehler Group produces thermal paper, playing card board, drinks coasters, fine paper, carbonless paper, recycled paper, decor paper, wood pulp board, sublimation paper, and also innovative speciality paper for the packaging industry since 2019. Sales are about €770m a year.