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Oct 03, 2019 News
The United States Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch, took the opportunity to join the Captain and Crew onboard the MV African Jacaranda on September 30, 2019 to observe the discharging process.
The statement had said that this occurred while she was on a tour of the flour milling operations of the National Milling Company (Namilco) of Guyana.
It was her first experience of a vessel discharging wheat and she was impressed with the operations, the statement claimed.
Bert Sukhai, Managing Director of Namilco; Ralf Hemsing, Operations Manager; and Fitzroy McLeod, Financial Controller, accompanied Lynch on the tour, the statement added.
Ernesto Aguila, captain of the vessel, led a guided tour from the engine room located below to the control bridge at the top.
At the time of the Ambassador’s visit, the impressive 20,000 dwt, 140-meter vessel was in the process of discharging 9,062 metric tons of wheat at Namilco’s wharf.
According to the statement, the facility can discharge in excess of 2,000 metric tons of wheat per day using grabs. Namilco imports three types of wheat which are blended to the specifications of consumers.
In May, the National Milling Company (Namilco) celebrated 50 years of operations.
During this time, it has produced and sold some of the finest flours including Thunderbolt and Maid Marian in the Caribbean.
Namilco is owned and operated by US-based parent company, Seaboard Corporation.
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