The strike in the ports in Finland followed immediately after the end of a strike that halted the country’s road transport system. The stevedores’ strike is estimated to cost the Finnish forest industry approximately 30 million Euros per day.The Finnish paper producers are assumed to temporary shut down mills as a direct effect of the strike. The first mill to be shut down was UPM’s magazine paper mill in Rauma. Sappi followed by shutting down its Kirkniemi mill in Lohja. Stora Enso also expects to begin temporarily shutting down its Finnish mills in the near future.“The impact of the strike will be wide and indefinite. The strike will severely tarnish the reputation of the Finnish forest products industry and its whole value chain,” says Juha Vanhainen, Stora Enso Country Manager in Finland.
Finnish mills affected by stevedores' strike
March 4 2010 Paper mills in Finland are affected by the stevedores’ strike. UPM temporary closed its magazine paper mill in Rauma early Thursday morning. Stora Enso is also expected to shut down mills.
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