The Port of Liverpool, part of the Peel Ports Group, has welcomed the UK’s largest shipment of feed maize.
The bulk carrier, Lowlands Future, arrived from the East Coast of the US, delivering 55,000 tonnes of maize.
The importation was managed by ADM Agriculture, a global player in animal nutrition. The maize will be stored in ADM’s dedicated port-centric facilities at Liverpool before distribution to farms across the region.
Phil Hall, Mersey Port Director, Peel Ports Group said: “This shipment demonstrates our port’s capability to efficiently handle large-scale imports crucial to the nation’s food supply chain.
“Our partnership with ADM Agriculture and our state-of-the-art facilities have enabled us to process this volume, reinforcing Liverpool’s position as a key gateway for agricultural commodities.
“Continued investment, such as our new £28 million ($37 million) dry bulk facility at Alexandra Dock, highlights our ongoing commitment to enhancing the services we provide to the agriculture supply chain.”
Albert Linney, Senior Trader at ADM Agriculture, added: “In a challenging year for UK domestic cereals with the UK wheat crop production around 25 per cent lower vs the previous crop year, imported Feed Maize has featured very well into domestic rations across the Ruminant and Monogastric sectors.
“In light of such demand, ADM in partnership with Peel Ports have just undertaken the largest single discharge port execution for a feed maize vessel ever imported into the UK, with 55,000 metric tonnes (mt) on board mv Lowlands Future into the Port of Liverpool.”
Earlier this April, Aggregate Industries UK (AIUK) announced plans to construct a new ‘super shed’ at the Port of Liverpool to meet the growing demand for cement-based products in the UK construction market.
More recently, Maritime Transport, a provider of integrated road and rail freight logistics, completed the development of a major new container storage terminal at the Port of Liverpool.