The shipment of logs from the country by EJ&J Logging Company is expected to take place by March 27 this year. The company will export the logs using the Port of Buchanan in Grand Bassa County.

Briefing reporters Wednesday at the Port of Buchanan, Forestry Development Authority (FDA) Assistant Managing Director, Kendrick Johnson said logging in the country is in full swing and is in fulfillment of the Poverty Reduction strategy (PRS), because jobs are been created for Liberian people.

Mr. Johnson said the company will ship about five thousand cubic meters of logs, approximately a ship load after meeting all government requirements, including pre-felling, among others.

E J&J is a Forestry Management concession (FMC) medium size Company that is in partnership with MALAVASI to enhance the operation of the ongoing logging process in the country. The company has a workforce of two hundred employees, with expectation to increase production increases.

The FDA Assistant Boss stated that employees of the entity are faced with numerous challenges, with respect to the issue of logistics including mobile among others ,to enhance their activities to make the system work more effectively, especially in the leeward counties.

He said FDA needs to deploy all of its employees all over the country to monitor the works of logging institutions. He further stated that FDA needs funding to cope with the system.

He pointed out that for things to be handled properly, there has been a black label attached to every log to ensure the legality of the shipment of logs out of the country.

Meanwhile the Comptroller of the E J & J Logging, Caesar Kolumbo said they have already identified buyers of the logs being shipped out of the country. He said some of the Logs will be taken to Europe while others are expecting to be shipped to China.

He said two thousand cubic meters of logs have been prepared for Europe, while five thousand cubic meters are to be sold on the Chinese market.

Mr. Kolumbo said in order to trace the logs at any time, they are tagged and the tags are changed at every point of inspection by SGS.