UPM Plywood has reached a deal with VR, the Finnish national rail freight haulier, to replace fossil diesel with hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) for shipments from the UPM Pellos mill.
The Finnish seaport, which first replaced oil in October 2022 with district heating to keep its port house warm, is now heating its premises with renewable energy & waste heat.
The fuel company from Sweden will use the Finnish tech firm's schedule optimisation software to reduce shipping emissions by increasing the vessel utilisation rate.
