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| Thursday, 22 July 2004 |
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Uninterrupted supply of wheat assured by Chamikara Weerasinghe The supply of wheat flour locally will continue uninterrupted despite the loss of nearly 60,000 metric tonnes of wheat at sea, the Prima Company said yesterday. The directors of Prima yesterday told the Daily News that they would sustain Prima's usual level in the supply of wheat flour throughout the country, in spite of their grain carrier ship having sunk in the sea with 60,000 metric tonnes of wheat at Diamond Point off the Trincomalee harbour on July 10. Prima's Marketing Manager Abdul Cader admitted that the ship ('Olympic Galaxy') was carrying a sizable consignment of wheat to Prima. Cader said the company had taken steps to prevent a possible shortage in its supplies of wheat flour caused by the mishap and it has arranged urgent shipments of grain to fill the shortfall. "Orders are in place by the company for two shipments with necessary quantities of wheat. Besides we have enough stocks of wheat in our warehouses to maintain our normal supply of flour unaffected for the next two months ," he said. There will be no shortage of wheat flour for the next two months or after that, assured the directors of Prima. Meanwhile , the Harbour Master of Trincomalee, Captain L. A. S. Mendis told the Daily News, the ship (Olympic Galaxy) had sunk owing to faulty anchorage, and the captain of the ship may be held accountable for the action. "This is the fourth occasion that a ship had sunk at this spot owing to faulty anchorage," he said. "Scan Arctic", the European vessel is expected tomorrow for the rescue of Olympic Galaxy and transfer its cargo until she floats," he said. |
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