Real-time reports on clearcuts and log exports from southern Vancouver Island. Updated with data from online sources and first-hand info. Spread the word: bookmark, share, follow, comment. Send photos and tips to clearcuts@hushmail.com .

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Log export forecast

Two Singapore-registered cargo ships are loading raw logs for export from Vancouver Island ports this week.

The IVS Kawana (Singapore) is loading logs all week at Crofton.















The Ocean Harmony (Singapore) is loading logs in Port Alberni on Wednesday and Thursday, and at Harmac on Saturday and Sunday.


Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Log export forecast

Three cargo ships are loading raw logs for export from Vancouver Island ports this week.

The Santa Francisca (Panama) is loading raw logs in Port Alberni.















A sister ship, the Santa Serena (Panama) finishes loading its cargo in Port Alberni on Wednesday.

After two weeks in port, the Tasman Sea (Hong Kong) finishes loading raw logs in Kultas Cove.

Monday, January 16, 2012

Clearcut forecast: Cortes Island

Photo: Island Light
Long considered "socially inoperable" due to local opposition, now the mixed-age forests of Cortes Island may be on the block. A visit from Island Timberlands' operations manager is described in vivid detail here. (The manager seems to be suffering from a deficit of social operability himself.)

Cortes Island is known as a cradle of the early Greenpeace movement and home to Hollyhock, the influential eco-wellness institute.

Island Timberlands has offices in Nanaimo and Vancouver, but the company is now owned by Wall Street conglomerate Brookfield Asset Management

On January 12, local activists Tzeporah Berman and Carrie Saxifrage delivered 6200 petition signatures to Brookfield corporate offices in London, New York, Hong Kong, Sydney and Toronto, the Vancouver Observer reports.

Islanders were notified last year that logging would begin in mid-January. Saxifrage says she is "cautiously optimistic" the efforts of residents and supporters will thwart that plan. Two groups, WildStands and Island Stance, are promising spirited protests if the logging goes ahead.

On January 14, Ken Wu of Ancient Forest Alliance released a report on groves of rare old-growth trees on Cortes Island.

Log export forecast

Five foreign ships are loading raw logs from Vancouver Island ports this week. One is a new arrival, three are held over from last week, and the last is unknown.

The Atlantic Burnet (Hong Kong) is in Nanaimo. The Tasman Sea (Hong Kong) is in Port Alberni, and the Eastern Asia (Panama) is at Harmac.

The Santa Serena (Panama) is the new arrival, loading raw logs at Harmac. (No photos are available at this time.) From Thursday through Monday, an unnamed ship is loading raw logs from Kultas Cove.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Log export forecast

Three log export ships are loading raw logs from Vancouver Island ports this week.

The Tasman Sea, registered in Hong Kong, is loading in Port Alberni.















The Atlantic Burnet, also Hong Kong-registered, is loading logs in Nanaimo.

















The Panama-registered ship Eastern Asia is loading logs in Port Alberni and Harmac.

Monday, January 2, 2012

Log export forecast

This week on Vancouver Island, four ships are loading raw logs bound for overseas export. Three of the four were spotted in Vancouver Island ports just over two months ago, and now they have returned.

The Black Forest (registered in Hong Kong) is loading logs in Crofton. It was first reported in October.















The Global Garland from Panama is loading logs from Port Alberni. It was also first reported in October.













The White Coral (Panama) has also returned to Port Alberni after a two month absence.















The only newcomer this week is the Ace Century (Vanuatu) which is loading raw logs from Harmac.