One of the largest ever consignments of animal feed has arrived at Glasgow Docks, comprising some 65,000 tonnes of soya bean meal from South America.
The Scotsman reports that Andrew Mackay, managing director of importing company Cefetra, said the large load is the most efficient way of importing bulk foodstuffs, providing benefits to farmers who receive animal feeds at world prices.
"It avoids the costs of transhipping and by bringing bulk ship loads right up into Glasgow it is much closer to our customers in Scotland," he told the newspaper.
Billy Davidson of Davidsons Animal Feeds added that prior to the establishment of the route, raw materials had to be brought from Liverpool or Immingham at much greater expense.
Currently, the UK sources more than 70 per cent of its soya from Argentina and Brazil and demand is constantly growing, according to figures reported by the World Wildlife Fund.
Typical Guttridge equipment used in the animal feeds industry includes:
Conveyors – screw conveyors – chain conveyors – belt conveyors
