Picture Gallery: MV Lord Nelson loads up with East Anglian barley at Great Yarmouth
PUBLISHED: 12:11 17 January 2018 | UPDATED: 13:27 18 January 2018
The Lord Nelson ship being loaded with 25,000 tonnes of grain in Yarmouth's outer harbour. Picture: Nick Butcher
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Gleadell Agriculture has kicked off its 2018 exports campaign by loading the appropriately named MV Lord Nelson in Great Yarmouth with 25,000mt of feed barley.
The Lord Nelson ship being loaded with 25,000 tonnes of grain in Yarmouth's outer harbour. Picture: Nick ButcherThe vessel, which sails under a Panamanian flag, arrived in Great Yarmouth after discharging her previous cargo in Liverpool.
MV Lord Nelson, which was built in 2005, is 176m long and 26m wide, was loaded with nearly 900 trucks of East Anglian barley over five days, destined for the Spanish Mediterranean port of Cartagena.
Gleadell has already used its deep water facility in Great Yarmouth this campaign to load the largest grain ship to leave the Norfolk/Suffolk region this harvest year.
The MV Federal Cedar loaded over 26,000mt of feed barley.
The Lord Nelson ship being loaded with 25,000 tons of grain in Yarmouth's outer harbour.
Picture: Nick ButcherGleadell says it will continue to take advantage of Great Yarmouth’s unique position in the region that allows it to access further markets afield and drive further export opportunities supporting the regions’s arable farmers.
The Lord Nelson ship being loaded with 25,000 tons of grain in Yarmouth's outer harbour.
Picture: Nick Butcher
The Lord Nelson ship being loaded with 25,000 tons of grain in Yarmouth's outer harbour.
Picture: Nick Butcher
The Lord Nelson ship being loaded with 25,000 tons of grain in Yarmouth's outer harbour.
Picture: Nick Butcher
The Lord Nelson ship being loaded with 25,000 tonnes of grain in Yarmouth's outer harbour. Picture: Nick Butcher
The Lord Nelson ship being loaded with 25,000 tons of grain in Yarmouth's outer harbour.
Picture: Nick Butcher
The Lord Nelson ship being loaded with 25,000 tons of grain in Yarmouth's outer harbour.
Picture: Nick Butcher
The view from the wing of the Lord Nelson Ship that is being loaded with grain in Yarmouth outer harbour.
Picture: Nick Butcher
The Lord Nelson ship being loaded with 25,000 tons of grain in Yarmouth's outer harbour.
Picture: Nick Butcher
