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SCA Transforest receives EU Clean Marine Award
On Tuesday, 1 June, European Environment Commissioner Margot Wallström presented the
EU’s Clean Marine Award to Rolf Johannesson, President of SCA Transforest. SCA Transforest
received the award for promoting and leading the development of environmentally friendly
vessel transport and for successfully reducing emissions to air from maritime transport.
The EU’s Clean Marine Award was being presented for
the first time in connection with the “Green Week,”
organized by the European Commission to enhance
commitment to environmentally sustainable
development in Europe. The award was established to
provide recognition for the shipping and transport
companies that take action to reduce environmentally
hazardous emissions from maritime transportation.
The European Commission recently conducted a study
showing that sulphur dioxide emissions from vessels in
EU waters corresponded to three quarters of the landbased emissions, including industry and vehicular
traffic.
Winner SCA Transforest represented by Rolf Johannesson, President. Nominated
was also Volvo Logistics Corporation & Wallenius Wilhelmsen (Sweden), represented
by Mr. Åke Niklasson.
“Ship transportation is one of the largest single sources of emissions,” says Margot Wallström,
European Commissioner. “The Clean Marine Award is an expression of our willingness to cooperate
with shipping and transport companies to reduce environmental impact from sea transport.”
SCA Transforest received the Clean Marine Award for its long-term environmental work. In
1998, SCA Transforest converted to low-sulphur fuel in its system transport. In 1999, the
company initiated the installation of catalytic exhaust treatment in its system vessels. Catalytic
converters reduce sulphur emissions by more than 90 percent. The vessels have also been
extended and have increased load capacity, without any increase in fuel consumption and
emissions. Finally, efficient transport planning and return transports have resulted in a
considerable reduction in emissions per transported ton.
The EU’s “Green Week” is being held in Brussels between June 1 and 4 and will gather more
than 4,000 delegates from the EU’s 25 member countries.
Sundsvall, 2 June 2004
SCA FOREST PRODUCTS AB
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For further information, contact:
Rolf Johannesson, President, SCA Transforest, Tel: +46 (0)70-511 78 61
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SCA FOREST PRODUCTS produces publication papers for newspapers, magazines and catalogues, pulp, solid-wood
products and forest-based biofuels. SCA Forest Products also manages SCA's extensive forest holdings, supplies SCA's
Swedish industries with wood raw materials and offers cost-efficient transport solutions to SCA's units.