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Rhenus Forest Logistics stands for logistics services relating to the raw material wood. These include wood trading, logistics and the storage of sawmill by-products such as sawdust or wood chips as well as energy and round timber directly from the forest and recycled wood from industry.
We supply customers in the paper, wood-based materials, energy and soil manufacturing industries with sawing by-products, recycled and industrial wood and supply biomass for thermal use. By doing so, we move over 1 million tons per year. We also place particular emphasis on the trade and transportation of logs to supply the sawmill industry.
No matter whether it’s from the sawmill, from municipal green spaces or directly from the forest: with our large fleet of trucks, we collect our wood directly from our suppliers. Depending on the requirements, we also provide services such as forest harvesting and processing in cooperation with our partners. As a result of our collaboration with large and well-established wood consumers, we are able to offer our suppliers a reliable purchase guarantee and provide them with access to the bioenergy market. Consequently, you benefit from our logistics: trucks, rail cars, and barges are used, and intermediate storage capacity provided when needed. Every year, we use intermodal logistics solutions to transport guaranteed quantities of wood for our suppliers and customers.
We guarantee coordinated quantities of wood to energy producers and manufacturers of particle board, derived timber products, pulp and paper. We thus provide you with a reliable raw material base for your product.
To carry out the desired wood transport for you, we have the necessary licences required for your domestic and international transport.
As a certified waste management company, we are authorised to handle, transport, store and trade in waste. Intermittent monitoring audits certify that we meet the requirements in terms of organisation, equipment and activities specified in the Ordinance on Specialised Waste Management Companies. This means that our customers can be assured that their waste wood will be disposed of reliably, professionally and competently.
We offer our customers wood that is certified according to the FSC® standard FSC-STD-40-004. This standard means we are on the safe side: we do not accept wood from the conversion of natural forests into plantations or non-forestry uses for wood trade, nor do we accept wood from forests planted with genetically modified trees.
A large part of our wood is PEFC-certified. Thanks to an accreditation process pursuant to international standards, the seal of quality offers complete and binding proof of diligent and responsible forest management. We are aware of this complex issue and check our supply sources carefully.
Our customers include paper and pulp mills, the wood-based materials industry, combined heat and power plants, pellet producers as well as private households. Our suppliers are mostly forest owners for our purchase of round wood as well as sawmills and recycling companies for the sawmill by-products and recycling material.
We are able to offer you comprehensive services along the entire wood value chain. This includes trading, processing, transportation, storage or stockpiling of products in our own storage areas. Thanks to our extensive network of group wide Rhenus locations, we are able to adapt to your needs and will be happy to find tailor-made solutions for your products.
Our fleet for wood transports includes more than 90 own trucks of different kinds such as articulated trains, walking floor vehicles, roll-off tippers or crane vehicles.
