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Forth Ports celebrates million tonne wheat milestone

[ November 13, 2023   //   Chris Lewis ]

Carr’s Flour Mills and Forth Ports are celebrating the millionth tonnes of wheat to be delivered by ship to Kirkaldy harbour since 2011.

The landmark was reached earlier this month with the arrival of the Shetland Trader.

The 506 voyages into the Fife port in the last 12 years have removed around 70,000 truck journeys from the roads.

The wheat shipped in by water is enough to bake over 2.5 billion loaves of bread, or 32,.5 billion sandwiches.

The high-quality UK grown wheat is delivered into Kirkcaldy Harbour, which is owned and operated by Forth Ports, from Dover– a few miles from the town of Sandwich – and discharged directly into Carr’s Flour Mills’ state of the art mill.

The harbour was re-opened to commercial traffic in 2011, with the help of a Freight Facilities Grant from Transport Scotland.

Photo: David Craft

Tags: Forth Ports; Kirkaldy