SCOTLAND’S largest agricultural products hub (“agri-hub”) is now fully operational at the Port of Rosyth with the arrival of the Baltic Mantis bulk cargo ship and her load of over 30,000 tonnes of animal feed from Argentina.
As part of a long-term
partnership with Forth Ports and Cefetra Ltd, the Fife port has now become the
main Scotland’s principal agri-hub, handling an extensive range of agricultural
products for the Scottish animal feed, food and drink and farming industries.
To create the unrivalled
agri-hub, the Port of Rosyth has been deepened to provide a true deep-water
port capable of taking vessels carrying up to 50,000 tonnes of cargo. Its existing
storage facilities have been significantly extended with the addition of a new,
200,000sq.ft. purpose built agricultural products terminal, increasing the
port’s storage capacity to around 100,000 tonnes. The terminal was built by
Luddon Construction and the port manages all the operations in the store.
The port has invested in a new
Liebherr mobile harbour crane for bulk handling capability at the agri-hub.
This new crane is a state-of-the-art mobile harbour crane with powerful
transmission and advanced electronics for bulk handing.
To further enhance the port’s
bulk handling process, and to manage dust emissions, a new SAMSON ecological
hopper is also now in place at the port. The eco hopper is the first of its
kind in the UK and forms a key component of the new agri-bulk hub facility.
Derek Knox, Senior Port Manager, The Port of Rosyth said: “This is an exciting time for the Port of Rosyth as we see another significant investment programme for our customer, Cefetra, reflecting our strategy of working in partnership to deliver supply chain solutions reach fruition. This new agri-hub and our new Liebherr mobile harbour crane bring together the port’s unrivalled logistics links as well as its excellent marine capability. It’s also great to see the new SAMSON eco hopper in use. This is a key part of our dust control at the port. My thanks also to the Luddon Construction team who delivered the new terminal warehouse ahead of schedule.”
Andrew Mackay, Managing Director at Cefetra Ltd, said: “We are very pleased with the new Rosyth agri-hub development. We would like to thank Forth Ports and their contractors Luddon, Liebherr and Samson for delivering these excellent purpose-built facilities. The agri-hub will increase the efficiency of our supply chains, allowing us to take advantage of scale and location, bringing additional benefits to our customers and to Scottish agriculture for the long term.”
Rosyth’s location and
logistical links to the motorway network, make it ideally suited to supply all
areas of Scotland and Northern England. In addition, Rosyth, being near to
continental Europe, has advantages in short sea freight.
