THE LINCOLNSHIRE DOCKS LOADED LOCAL GRAIN IN RECORD TIME

In a record time for the season the MV Suerte was loaded with approximately 9,000 tonnes of locally grown feed wheat at Immingham docks on Monday - making up nearly half of its 20,000 tonne cargo in just one day. This level of loading equates to 330 grain-wagon movements.

Tim Cahalin of Lincolnshire grain merchants Gleadell Agriculture says: "For us to be able to load large tonnages in such a short space of time is of great importance to farmers. We can get their grain off and loaded in one day, which means as little disruption as possible to them, minimises costs and relieves demands on labour."

This is even more important at the moment as the region is coming to the end of the sugarbeet season - with wagons at a premium as growers get their beet-crops to the factories. "All of this puts pressure on us to get our job done as quickly and efficiently as possible," adds Mr Cahalin. "And in this case the job was done not only well but in record time, which is testament to the loyal support of our farmer customers and hauliers."

The MV Suerte will be sailing with its full load of feed wheat to the southern port of Cadiz in Spain today.

Gleadell's shipping programme remains active in Lincolnshire with cargoes of feed and human consumption beans leaving Grimsby for Italy and Egypt respectively over the next few days; 4,000 tonnes of feed barley departing Immingham for Gijon in Spain on Monday and 2,000 tonnes of feed wheat being loaded at Boston - destination Ireland.