Harvesting and operations

Program Manager: Mark Brown

Harvesting and haulage are priorities for the forest industry. These activities account for some of the highest costs in the forest supply chain, and provide many opportunities for improvements in efficiency. Through projects in harvesting systems, product value optimisation and forest transport systems, the CRC for Forestry 'Harvesting and operations' program collaborated with industry to conduct applied research to develop and implement solutions to reduce costs, reduce energy use and increase value recovered.

Research results bulletins: 'Harvesting and operations'

The CRC for Forestry 'Harvesting and operations' program made its results available through a series of short bulletins. Members of the CRC for Forestry can access the bulletins on the CRC for Forestry members' website.

See full list of 'Harvesting and operations' bulletins.

Program contacts

Mark Brown
Program Manager
t: +61 3 5321 4188
mbrown2@usc.edu.au

Mauricio Acuna - researcher
Transport logistics and machine evaluation
t: +61 3 6226 7927
mauricio.acuna@utas.edu.au

Mohammad Ghaffariyan - researcher
Machine productivity and biomass harvesting
t: +61 3 6226 7958
ghafari901@yahoo.com

Rick Mitchell – research assistant
Harvest and haulage systems
rick.mitchell@wapres.com.au

Martin Strandgard - researcher
Onboard systems and operations management
t: +61 3 9250 6872
mnstra@unimelb.edu.au

Damian Walsh - researcher
Product optimisation and value recovery
t: +61 3 9250 6874
damianw@unimelb.edu.au

John Wiedemann – research assistant
Harvest and haulage systems
t: +61 8 9771 7425
john.wiedemann@wapres.com.au

Loren Kellogg – program advisor
loren.kellogg@oregonstate.edu

Program industry partners

Australian Forest Contractors Association

Elders Forestry

Forest Enterprises Australia Ltd

Forest Products Commission Western Australia

Forestry SA

Forestry Tasmania

Gunns Ltd

Hancock Victorian Plantations Pty Ltd

Hansol P I Pty Ltd

Midway Limited

New South Wales Department of Primary Industries

Norske Skog Paper Mills (Australia) Ltd

Oji Paper Company Limited

South East Fibre Exports (SEFE)

VicForests

WA Plantation Resource Ltd