Borregaard and Borg Havn have agreed to build a modern, sustainable lignin warehouse in Øra, near Fredrikstad, Norway. The warehouse will be 19,000 square metres in area, which corresponds to 43,000 pallet positions, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.
"This project will reduce CO2 emissions from road transport and relieve traffic growth on European roads. It will also greatly reduce the local heavy transport related to Borregaard's exports from Borg Havn,” says Per A. Sørlie, CEO of Borregaard.
The new warehouse will optimise product flow and improve logistics. Today, Borregaard stores lignin at a number of different sites, several of which are outside the company’s premises.
Lignin is currently transported via Borregaard's own port facility or by road to Borg for delivery to customers. A new warehouse to store all the lignin will therefore mean more efficient logistics with fewer stages of transportation.
The warehouse will be completed in mid-2019. It will be built and owned by Borg Havn Eiendom AS, a subsidiary of Borg Havn IKS. The main contractor is Metacon (Rakkestad), the warehouse shelving will be supplied by Lager & Industrisystemer (Vinterbro) and the architect is Bjar Arkitekter (Fredrikstad). The building is designed for future energy-saving solutions such as roof-mounted solar cells.
