Sustainability Report 2004

Environmental aspects

Marine wood transportation

In 2004, ocean-going coastal shipping delivered 13% of the total wood consumed at the Barra do Riacho unit. With the entry into service of another tug and barge next year, the annual shipping capacity is expected to reach 3.4 million tons, representing 42% of total wood transportation.

Each barge has a wood-carrying capacity of 5,000 tons. As well as optimizing transport costs, their use eliminated some 40,000 truck journeys along the BR 101 highway in 2004, reducing traffic on the road and cutting emissions of greenhouse gases as a result of lower fossil fuel consumption.

Inaugurated in mid 2003, the Caravelas Terminal was the subject of a case history conducted in 2003 by Global Compact, an initiative of the United Nations, which evaluates corporate actions that strive for economically, socially and environmentally responsible practices.