News / Open-top container for tree transport a greener alternative for SFC

Credit Sumitomo Forestry Corporation.

11/04/2022

Japanese logging company Sumitomo Forestry Corporation (SFC) has created a container to transport trees, as the group moves from trucking to rail transport to reduce its carbon footprint.

With the help of compatriot logistics group Nippon Express, the 9.44 metre container, named Mirai (Japanese for “future”) ...

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