December 3, 2007

British grain firm Gleadell opens storage facility in UK's largest grain port

Gleadell Agriculture on November 30 announced that it opened a new GBP3.26 million storage facility at Immingham, UK's largest port by tonnage, in the heart of the UK's grain-producing farmland.

According to David Sheppard, Gleadell's managing director, the storage is designed for import and export cargoes and will be able to dry and condition grain as well as ventilating imported product to ensure quality. He said it will give farmers a full drying facility at an end-user destination - cutting both cost and carbon emissions - without the need for their capital commitment.

Sheppard said the company has already exported 12 million tonnes of grain in the past 25 years through ABP (Associated British Ports).

Once completed, the facility will have the capacity to store some 25,000 tonnes of grain and features a state-of-the-art, fully mobile shiploader capable of handling 1,200 tonnes of grain per hour. We will handle a range of export cargoes - including wheat, barley, oilseed rape and pulses - destined for customers in the Mediterranean, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Ireland and destinations outside the EU, Sheppard said.