Read the only exclusive coverage of the forest products logistics industry.

The latest issue of the IFPTA Journal offers a range of insightful articles, including:

An exclusive IFPTA Journal interview with Tom Rassmusen and Grieg Star Shipping.

Joanne Hunter profiles the Port of Liverpool and the Manchester Ship Canal as they prepare for several new developments in 2009.

Graeme Rodden, Editor, reports on the Seventh Baltic Shipping Days conference and it’s theme: Sustainable Logistics

Kenneth Norris, Deputy Editor, profiles the Port of Jacksonville and how it gains through the benefit of product diversity.

PPI Transport Symposium 18, industry news and market analysis complete the first issue of the year.

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Included in this issue:

• Fortunes on the rise
  A profile of the Port of Liverpool including the Manchester Ship Canal as they ready themselves for PPI TS18
  
  
• Tradition of service
  A recent organization (and de-merger) has not changed the focus of Star Shipping (now Grieg Star)
  
  
• Diversity is the key
  Jaxport has made diversity its central business strategy, able to handle different vessels and products
  
  
• Shipping sustainably
  New services and special ships showed delegates at the 7th Baltic Shipping Days how they really could go green
  
  
• Industry news
  CN on the acquisition trail, VCP to reduce production, Rotterdam/Wageningen Univ. agreement,Finnish lumber sales slow