Feed import contract for Peel

Peel Ports has signed a longterm agreement with global grain supplier ADM Arkady to develop its portside facilities at Clydeport and significantly expand its northern hub operations in Liverpool.

The contract will enable ADM Arkady to consolidate its regional imports – better servicing its markets in Scotland and the north of England – and could see a combined throughput of one million tonnes of animal feed imports annually.

ADM Arkady is part of the Archer Daniels Midland Company – one of the world’s largest agricultural processors and food ingredient providers.

Peel Ports Group owns and operates facilities at Liverpool, Heysham, the Manchester Ship Canal, Medway, Clydeport and Great Yarmouth. It also runs a container terminal in Dublin and owns BG Freight shipping line.

Graham Atkinson, managing director at ADM Arkady, said: “These two new deals further strengthen the relationship between Peel Ports Group and ADM Arkady. Combining Peel Ports Group’s extensive port network and expertise in handling and warehousing together with ADM’S global supply chain makes an unbeatable partnership that will benefit UK agriculture in the coming years.”

Mark Whitworth, chief executive of Peel Ports Group, said: “Our long-term agreement with ADM Arkady is a welcome boost to operations in Glasgow and Liverpool. We are in the process of finalising plans for the storage and distribution facilities to accommodate ADM Arkady’s business model.”

Following a comprehensive review, the contract with ADM Arkady will replace a previous agreement with Cefetra to handle its agribulk operations out of Glasgow,