2020
In the year of 2020, there was a major drop in the local supply of maize. The yearly requirement of maize for the production of animal feed is approx. 500,000 MT. But only a mere half of that could be supplied to. Therefore under the newly elected government, the local feed millers were permitted to import feed grade wheat as a substitute to battle the shortage.
Out of the permitted import quantity, Five Star Grain Solutions was handed the opportunity to import over 75% of the quota. This was a possibility due to the immense trust our local feed millers have in our capability.
The first bulk vessel imported, carried a record breaking 65,000MT of feed wheat from Russia in the vessel CP Chongquing. This is the largest bulk vessel to arrive at Sri Lanka to date. It was unloaded and departed in 13 days, at a discharge speed of 5000 MT per day with zero waste.
The second bulk vessel imported, carried a total of 27,000 MT of feed wheat from India in the vessel Propell Progress. This vessel was discharged and departed in a mere 5 days with a discharge speed over 5000 MT Per day with zero waste.