Woodfibre Operations

Midway is one of Australia largest woodfibre processing and export businesses with operations in Victoria, Tasmania, Queensland and the Northern Territory covering all stages of the woodchipping process – from plantation to export.

Logistics, Harvest and Haul

The procurement, harvesting and hauling of pulplogs to processing facilities is a core component of Midway’s business.

Midway engages contractors to harvest and haul timber to processing sites, including the company owned mills and to third party facilities. Midway’s harvest planning and operational management ensures that regulatory and forest certification requirements are met, including compliance with timber harvesting codes of practice in the states we operate in.

Midway manages all aspects of planning, harvesting and logistics for landowners plantations, including permits and approvals, roading, harvesting and haulage.

Contact Midway if you would like to arrange a proposal for harvesting your plantations.

Processing

Midway Geelong

Geelong processing and export facility is located on 14 ha of freehold land adjacent to the Geelong Port.

Wholly owned by Midway.
Chipping line connected to two stockpiling conveyors
Capacity to store up to 200,000 green metric tonnes of processed chips
Reclaimers with direct link to Geelong Port ship loader
Export capacity of up to 1.8 mil green metric tonnes per annum

QCE Brisbane

Queensland Commodity Exports (QCE) processing and export facility is located at the Port of Brisbane.

Joint venture with GrainCorp (10%)
Leased site with the Port of Brisbane for processing, storing and ship loading
Processes and exports softwood and hardwood woodfibre
Stockpile capacity of up to 10,000 green metric tones
Reclaimer with direct link to GrainCorp ship loader
Processing and Export capacity of up to 600,000 green metric tonnes per annum

South West Fibre Portland

South West Fibre (SWF) processing and storage facility in Myamyn Victoria.

Joint venture with Mitsui
Myamyn facility provides ‘upstream’ processing and storage with a processing capacity of up to 1.8 million green metric tonnes per annum
Processes plantation hardwood woodfibre
Portside ship receival, storage and sip loading facility in Portland contracted with GrainCorp

Plantation Management Partners – Port Melville

Plantation Management Partners (PMP) storage and ship loading facility is leased at Port Melville.

PMP undertakes infield chipping of plantation hardwood
Portside storage capacity of up to 60,000 green metric tonnes of woodfibre
Export capacity of up to 400,000 per annum

Midway Tasmania – Bell Bay

Midway Tasmania exports plantation hardwood, plantation softwood, and regrowth hardwood thinnings woodfibre out of Bell Bay.

4 ha Processing site at Norfolk St opened December 2022
2ha Chip stockpile and shiploading facility on TasPorts Berth 7
Stockpile and processing capacity 500,000 GMT/yr

Marketing and export capabilities

30 years of experience in marketing and exporting woodfibre to customers across Asia.

Exported to Japan since 1986
Exported to China 2003 – 2006 and since 2011
Woodfibre products including plantation hardwood, plantation softwood and sustainably managed regrowth hardwood fibre
Sales of FSC and PEFC certified products

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