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KSmitty wrote: ↑Sat Apr 18, 2020 2:08 pm Not really sure how you'd even begin to associate those 2 events.None at all. I was just surprised by the timing. I wasn't sure if MoW activities might be on hold for a few days while everything was sorted out. It's actually very reassuring that Pan Am didn't see any reason to suspend MoW work. They've got plenty going on to keep moving forward.
690 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 18, 2020 7:59 pm Why would an explosion at the paper mill have an effect on them brush cutting the track twenty miles away?Given that the railroad tracks run right through it and there's a very active customer on the other side? Potentially quite a lot of need for MoW if there's any track damage. I also wasn't sure how close the milepost is.
Portland Press Herald wrote:It’s already clear, a company spokeswoman said, that without the digester the mill won’t be able to produce pulp “for a significant period.”Read more at: https://www.pressherald.com/2020/04/16/ ... el=related
The mill’s paper machines, however, were not damaged so its owner, the Pennsylvania-based Pixelle Specialty Solutions, is “exploring options to resume paper machine operations as soon as possible to serve our customers,” said Roxie Lassetter, its human resources manager at the mill. How long it might take to restart is uncertain.
While the State Fire Marshal’s Office and others probe the wreckage, the company is trying to figure what, if anything, it can do to keep operating. With so much equipment ruined, the mill’s prospects, which seemed bright, suddenly look less certain.