Great Yarmouth Grain storage and drying facility

Gleadell Agriculture's new state of the art drying and storage grain facility in the port of Great Yarmouth

The brand new state of the art drying and storage grain facility which adjoins the quay in the outer harbour, will be completed in time for this years harvest. The new B&W fully mobile shiploader capable of loading vessels up to 25,000 mt. is ready and waiting to load as soon as the first ship arrives in July.

David Sheppard, Managing Director of Gleadell Agriculture Ltd said, “Our business in East Anglia has grown strongly over the past few years and Great Yarmouth presents us with an opportunity to expand our export and import business in the region in a deep water port.

“In 2008, we commissioned a new grain storage and drying facility in Immingham and this has proved to be a very successful investment, so we are looking to mirror the thriving long term grain import / export business we have in the ports of Grimsby and Immingham at the new Great Yarmouth Grain Terminal.

"With the support of our shareholders, AC Toepfer International and Union InVivo, we believe that we can provide farmers throughout the East Anglian region with valuable markets for their produce in the future. Despite the advent of the bioethanol industry, it is our belief that shipping - both importing and exporting - will continue to be a vital part of the UK grain industry well into the future."

Trevor Gates, Gleadell’s East Anglian Regional Manager, added: “we have grown our business in East Anglia with farmer customers, co-operatives and smaller merchants. We believe the Gleadell Great Yarmouth Grain Terminal, being located at an end user destination, and therefore avoiding the double haulage incurred in all central stores, will provide an extremely useful and competitive drying and storage facility for farmers. Farmers have backed our investment by committing thousands of tones to the facility from the forthcoming harvest."