Yemen Milling Assessment

Yemen Milling Assessment

Yemen's main milling facilities are located in the ports of Aden and Hodeidah with each location playing host to two large flour mills.
Saliff port has extensive bulk importing operations and there are two storage silos located in the port which provide an additional storage capacity for the mills in Hodeidah (see Saliff Port Assessment for details 2.1.4). Hodeidah also has dedicated wheat silos within the port which are included in this assessment (National Grain Silos, below). Yemen Company for Flour Mills in Hodeidah serve one exclusive customer and generally do not have spare capacity available for other users and they politely declined to participate in the assessment, however some basic details of their facilities are mentioned below. Smaller capacity mills do exist in Yemen (for bakeries and alike) are not included in this assessment.

Milling Company Yemen Company for Flour Mills and Silos (YCFMS)

YCFMS have achieved and maintained the following standards:

ISO 9001 Quality Management System
ISO 4001Environmental Management System
ISO 18001 Occupational Health
ISO 22000 Food Safety Management System

Good Hygiene Practices – Yemen Standardization Organization

Facilities include:

A dedicated panamax capable jetty evacuator direct to silos(See Aden Port Assessment - AGT in section 2.1.2.1).
Testing and research and development laboratories, mechanical workshops, storage facilities for bagged products, a pellet production plant (for animal feed), office block, staff facilities, weighbridges and security all within a walled compound.
The entire facility is fully integrated, automated and computer controlled.

Company Name & Address	Contact Names & Email	Telephone & Fax
Yemen Company for Flour Mills and Silos Mualla, Aden. PO Box 80044	Name: Adbradoh A. Al-Wazeer Title: Planning & Materials Manager Email: pmgr@ycfms.com Web: www.ycfms.com	Tel: +967 2 244400 Tel2: +967 711193953 Fax: +967 2 244155
Summary of Role and Services: see above

Company Name & Address

Contact Names & Email

Telephone & Fax

Yemen Company for Flour Mills and Silos

Mualla, Aden. PO Box 80044

Name: Adbradoh A. Al-Wazeer

Title: Planning & Materials Manager

Email: pmgr@ycfms.com

Web: www.ycfms.com

Tel: +967 2 244400

Tel2: +967 711193953

Fax: +967 2 244155

Summary of Role and Services:

see above

Facilities
Parking area inside compound m²	n/a
Drainage (Good / Fair / Poor / Non Existent)	Good
Fire Fighting Equipment (Yes / No)	Yes
Number of Ventilators	None, system is completely enclosed and fitted with a series of expiators and filters in accordance with ISO 4001 environmental management system. There is no dust leakage or spillage between the Vessel and bagging plant.	Screened
Electricity Load (KVA)	10 Mega Watt
Backup Generator (Yes / No / KVA)	Yes		10 generators with a total capacity of 10 Mega Watts. Brands are Deutz and Perkins all are less than 10 years old

Milling Equipment
Origin of Machinery	Year of Mfg	Year of Installation	Condition
Switzerland (Buhler)	1999	2000	Very Good

Maintenance
Duration (hours / week)	n/a	Type of maintenance	Dedicated mechanical and fabrication workshop and spare parts store with team of qualified mechanics.

Other Equipment or Machinery Installed
Type of Equipment	Yes/No	Number	Owned	Comments
Fortification Feeder	Yes	5	Yes	-
Bag Cleaning Plant	No	-	-	Only new bags are used
Moisture Tester	Yes	1	Yes	-
De-stoning Plant	Yes	5	Yes	-
Metal Extractor	Yes	5	Yes	-

Staffing
Number of full time skilled workers	171
Number of full time labourers	333

Weighbridge
Number	n/a	Capacity (mt)	Length (m)	Type
Within Compound		up to 70 MT	n/a	n/a

Building
	Length (m)	Width (m)	Height (m)
Building – Mill (1 Unit)	70	70	40
Building –Storage (WH) (1 unit)	70	40	12
Silos #1 (5,000 MT) (12 Units)	n/a	20 (diameter)	24
Silos #2 (10,000 MT) (11 units)	n/a	24 (diameter)	25
Silos #3 (20,000 MT) (3 units0	n/a	32 (diameter)	28
Walls	Concrete
Roof	Metal
Floor	Ceramics

Conditions & Cleanliness
	Outside	Inside
Cracks in walls or roof (Yes / No)	No	No
Signs of rodent activity (Yes / No)	No	No
Signs of birds entry (Yes / No)	No	No
Damaged gutters/drains(Yes / No)	No	No
Signs of moisture (Yes / No)	No	No
Adjacent Vegetation(Yes / No)	No	No
Cleanliness (Good / Poort)	Good	Poor

YCFMS have dedicated pest control unit and inspectors maintaining the ISO standards.

Security
Security (Good / Poor)	Good
Compound (Fenced / Not Fenced)	Fenced
Other Comments	-

Security

Security

(Good / Poor)

Good

Compound

(Fenced / Not Fenced)

Fenced

Other Comments

Access
Distance from main town (km)	In town center
Travel time if not located in town (hours)	n/a
Road condition to Mill	Good
Road limitation (if any) Maximum Width and Max. Tonnage	30 tons 10 m
Rail connections (Yes / No)	No
On the railway from	-	to	-
Other Comments

Milling Capacity (Mt)
Commodities	Daily Capacity (mt)	Monthly Activity (mt)
Wheat	3750 MT	112,500 MT
Maize	None	None

Storage Capacity
Storage in Metric Tonnes	Wheat – Covered (mt)	Flour – Covered (mt)
Within the Compound	170,000 MT (addition 60,000 MT will be online in 2010)	n/a

Capacity to Blend
Fortification processes are done as standard under a government nutrition program Blending of wheat types and products is possible, all milling process are computer controlled

Loading & Discharge Rates
The evacuator has a loading rate of 800 MT / hour direct from the vessel to the silos Bagging plant feeds sacks directly onto trucks in the loading bay and has a discharge rate of 5,500 MT per day.

Transport Capacity at Mill
YCFMS have a very limited transportation capacity, relying on clients to make their own arrangements.

Milling Company Aden Silos & Mills Company

Company Name & Address	Contact Names & Email	Telephone & Fax
Aden Silos & Mills Company Al Mualla, Aden. PO Box 80180	Name: Yahya bin Mohammed Al Rowaishan Title: Commercial Manager Email: adenmills@y.net.ye Web: www.adenmills.com	Tel: + 967 2 247201 Fax: + 967 2 247 209
Summary of Role and Services: Aden Silos and Mills is part of Al Rowaishan Group, and works in the field of importing grains, and putting them in bags for sale inside the country and export.

Company Name & Address

Contact Names & Email

Telephone & Fax

Aden Silos & Mills Company

Al Mualla, Aden. PO Box 80180

Name: Yahya bin Mohammed Al Rowaishan

Title: Commercial Manager

Email: adenmills@y.net.ye

Web: www.adenmills.com

Tel: + 967 2 247201

Fax: + 967 2 247 209

Summary of Role and Services:

Aden Silos and Mills is part of Al Rowaishan Group, and works in the field of importing grains, and putting them in bags for sale inside the country and export.

Facilities
Parking area inside compound m²	Yes, m² not provided
Drainage (Good / Fair / Poor / Non Existent)	Good
Fire Fighting Equipment (Yes / No)	Yes
Number of Ventilators	Ventilation throughout Mill	Screened
Electricity Load (KVA)	2800
Backup Generator (Yes / No / KVA)	Yes		3 Units, 1400 KVA each unit Caterpillar Generators, six years old.

Milling Equipment
Origin of Machinery	Year of Mfg	Year of Installation	Condition
Swiss; Buhler	2000	2002	Very Good

Maintenance
Duration (hours / week)	n/a	Type of maintenance	Aden silos have their own maintenance team and workshop for the operations. · The generators are maintained through a Caterpillar workshop in Aden and have recently undergone a complete overhaul.

Other Equipment or Machinery Installed
Type of Equipment	Yes/No	Number	Owned	Comments
Fortification Feeder	Yes	2	Yes	--
Bag Cleaning Plant	No	-	-	Only new bags are used
Moisture Tester	Yes	2	Yes	-
De-stoning Plant	Yes	2	Yes	-
Metal Extractor	Yes	3	Yes	-

Staffing
Number of full time skilled workers	112
Number of full time labourers	28

Weighbridge
Number	2	Capacity (mt)	Length (m)	Type
Within Compound		100 MT	n/a	Bosch
Within Compound		80 MT	n/a	Avery

Building
	Length (m)	Width (m)	Height (m)
Building – Mill (1 Unit)	100 M (estimated)	18 M (estimated)	6 Floors
Building –Storage (flour) (1 Unit)	1,480 m²	-	25 m
Building –Storage (Bran) (1 Unit)	11,560 m²	-	25 m
Building –Storage (Port Warehouse) (1 Unit)	11,560 m²	-	25 m
Walls	Metal
Roof	Metal
Floor	Ceramics

Conditions & Cleanliness
	Outside	Inside
Cracks in walls or roof (Yes / No)	No	No
Signs of rodent activity (Yes / No)	No	No
Signs of birds entry (Yes / No)	No	No
Damaged gutters/drains(Yes / No)	No	No
Signs of moisture (Yes / No)	No	No
Adjacent Vegetation(Yes / No)	No	No
Cleanliness (Good / Poort)	Good	Poor

Pest Control
Fumigation	Complete fumigation is conducted twice annually.	Frequency	n/a	Contracted (Yes / No)	n/a
Spraying	n/a	Frequency	n/a	Contracted (Yes / No)	n/a
Rodenticides	n/a	Frequency	n/a	Contracted (Yes / No)	n/a
Rodent Trapping	n/a	Frequency	n/a	Contracted (Yes / No)	n/a

Aden Silos have their own laboratory who is conducting regular inspections and quality control.

Security
Security (Good / Poor)	Good
Compound (Fenced / Not Fenced)	Fenced
Other Comments	n/a

Security

Security

(Good / Poor)

Good

Compound

(Fenced / Not Fenced)

Fenced

Other Comments

n/a

Access
Distance from main town (km)	Aden silos in located in the town centre, Mualla district.
Travel time if not located in town (hours)	n/a
Road condition to Mill	Good
Road limitation (if any) Maximum Width and Max. Tonnage	Max tonnage: 30 MT Max width: 10 m
Rail connections (Yes / No)	No
On the railway from	-	to	-
Other Comments

Milling Capacity (Mt)
Commodities	Daily Capacity (mt)	Monthly Activity (mt)
Wheat	600	17,400
Maize	None	None

Storage Capacity
Storage in Metric Tonnes	Wheat – Covered (mt)	Flour – Covered (mt)
Within the Compound	13,040 m² warehousing space	n/a
Outside the Compound	80,000 MT (Silos) · (6 additional silos are under construction, expected to add an additional 30,000 MT in 2010). · 24,600 m² warehousing space	n/a

Capacity to Blend
· Fortification processes are done as standard under a government nutrition program. · Blending of wheat types and products is possible, all milling process are computer controlled.

Capacity to Blend

· Fortification processes are done as standard under a government nutrition program.

· Blending of wheat types and products is possible, all milling process are computer controlled.

Loading & Discharge Rates
· The evacuator has a loading capacity of 800 MT per hour. · Flour packing plant has three lines with a total capacity of 85 MT per hour, automatically loading directly into trucks in loading bay. · A wheat packing plant (raw product) has a capacity of 90 MT per hour.

Loading & Discharge Rates

· The evacuator has a loading capacity of 800 MT per hour.

· Flour packing plant has three lines with a total capacity of 85 MT per hour, automatically loading directly into trucks in loading bay.

· A wheat packing plant (raw product) has a capacity of 90 MT per hour.

Transport Capacity at Mill
Aden Silos & Mills have a transportation fleet of 21 trucks, 19 Mercedes with 35 MT capacity and 2 Volvos with 30 MT capacities.

Milling Company National Grain Silos

The National Grain Silos Ltd take care of the reception of large quantities of wheat from the United States, Russia, Kazakhstan, India, Turkey, Syria, Australia and Canada; as well as large quantities of poultry feed (corn - soy). The process of reception starts, upon the arrival of ship to the port of Hodeida, with suction process. After the unloading process to the silos is accomplished using modern equipment, the wheat is weighed and then go to the packaging section. All processes of unloading, storing in the silos, weighing and packaging are monitored for quality control done by highly-qualified team. The National Grain Silos Ltd. has its own laboratories to determine the expiry date; however, governmental laboratories also check each shipment.

Company Name & Address	Contact Names & Email	Telephone & Fax
National Grain Silos Ltd. Port of Hodiedah P.O. Box 4108	Name: Mustafa Taher Title: General Manager Email: info@nasco-ye.com Web: http://www.nasco-ye.com/en	Tel: +967 (2) 207327 Fax: +967 3 211507
Summary of Role and Services: see above

Company Name & Address

Contact Names & Email

Telephone & Fax

National Grain Silos Ltd.

Port of Hodiedah P.O. Box 4108

Name: Mustafa Taher

Title: General Manager

Email: info@nasco-ye.com

Web: http://www.nasco-ye.com/en

Tel: +967 (2) 207327

Fax: +967 3 211507

Summary of Role and Services:

see above

Facilities
Parking area inside compound m²	Yes
Drainage (Good / Fair / Poor / Non Existent)	Good
Fire Fighting Equipment (Yes / No)	Yes
Number of Ventilators	6	3 screened
Electricity Load (KVA)	4 Mega VA
Backup Generator (Yes / No / KVA)	Yes		4 Mega - VA 2 Caterpillar – 4 Years old. 2 Kamens – 2.5 Years old

Maintenance
Duration (hours / week)	n/a	Type of maintenance	The plant has its own maintenance workshop and mechanics.

Other Equipment or Machinery Installed
Type of Equipment	Yes/No	Number	Owned	Comments
Fortification Feeder	No	-	-	-
Bag Cleaning Plant	No	-	-	-
Moisture Tester	No	-	-	-
De-stoning Plant	No	-	-	-
Metal Extractor	No	-	-	-

Staffing
Number of full time skilled workers	130
Number of full time labourers	30

Weighbridge
Number	NGS do not have their own weighbridge, as they are located within the port itself they have access to records from the port weighbridge.	Capacity (mt)	Length (m)	Type

Conditions & Cleanliness
	Outside	Inside
Cracks in walls or roof (Yes / No)	No	No
Signs of rodent activity (Yes / No)	No	No
Signs of birds entry (Yes / No)	No	No
Damaged gutters/drains(Yes / No)	No	No
Signs of moisture (Yes / No)	No	No
Adjacent Vegetation(Yes / No)	No	No
Cleanliness (Good / Poor)	Good	Poor

Pest Control
Fumigation	No	Frequency	-	Contracted (Yes / No)	-
Spraying	No	Frequency	-	Contracted (Yes / No)	-
Rodenticides	No	Frequency	-	Contracted (Yes / No)	-
Rodent Trapping	No	Frequency	-	Contracted (Yes / No)	-

The silos are fitted with a permanent fumigation system and are automatically fumigated as required.

Security
Security (Good / Poor)	Good
Compound (Fenced / Not Fenced)	Fenced
Other Comments	-

Security

Security

(Good / Poor)

Good

Compound

(Fenced / Not Fenced)

Fenced

Other Comments

Access
Distance from main town (km)	4 km
Travel time if not located in town (hours)	5 minutes
Road condition to Mill	Good
Road limitation (if any) Maximum Width and Max. Tonnage	Max Width: 8 Max Tonnage: 30 MT
Rail connections (Yes / No)	No
On the railway from	-	to	-
Other Comments

Milling Capacity (Mt)
Commodities	Daily Capacity (mt)	Monthly Activity (mt)
Wheat	None	None
Maize	None	None

Storage Capacity
Storage in Metric Tonnes	Wheat – Covered (mt)	Flour – Covered (mt)
Within the Compound	90,000 MT	n/a
Outside the Compound	None	n/a

Capacity to Blend
None

Loading & Discharge Rates
For Loading the plant has 4 evacuators with a total capacity of 750 MT / Hour, for additional hatches the plant has grabs & Hoppers that can unload 30 MT / Hatch / Hour. The silos have a bagging plant that load directly on truck at a maximum rate of 350 MT / day.

Milling Company Red Sea Mills

Company Name & Address	Contact Names & Email	Telephone & Fax
Red Sea Mills	Name: Eng. Izeldin Title: n/a Email: n/a Web :n/a	Tel: 711940004 Fax: n/a
Summary of Role and Services: n/a

Company Name & Address

Contact Names & Email

Telephone & Fax

Red Sea Mills

Name: Eng. Izeldin

Title: n/a

Email: n/a

Web :n/a

Tel: 711940004

Fax: n/a

Summary of Role and Services:

n/a

Facilities
Parking area inside compound m²	Yes, no information on m²
Drainage (Good / Fair / Poor / Non Existent)	Good
Fire Fighting Equipment (Yes / No)	Yes
Number of Ventilators	Ventilated to international standards.	Screened
Electricity Load (KVA)	5000 K Watt
Backup Generator (Yes / No / KVA)	No		KVA

Milling Equipment
Origin of Machinery	Year of Mfg	Year of Installation	Condition
Italy (Ocrim)	1983	1985	Reasonable (good considering its age, currently working at about 70% of design capacity)

Maintenance
Duration (hours / week)	n/a	Type of maintenance	The mill has its own mechanics, workshops and maintenance equipment

Other Equipment or Machinery Installed
Type of Equipment	Yes/No	Number	Owned	Comments
Fortification Feeder	Yes	1	Yes	-
Bag Cleaning Plant	No	-	-	Only new bag are used, daily delivery through local supplier
Moisture Tester	Yes	n/a	No	The mill has its own laboratory and testing capability
De-stoning Plant	Yes	4	Yes	-
Metal Extractor	Yes	4	Yes	-

Staffing
Number of full time skilled workers	210
Number of full time labourers	40

Weighbridge
Number	2	Capacity (mt)	Length (m)	Type
Within Compound		80 MT	n/a	Electrical
Within Compound		80 MT	n/a	Mechanical

Building
	Length (m)	Width (m)	Height (m)
Building – Mill (1 unit)	50 m (est.)	20 m (est.)	5 Stories
Building – Storage (1 unit)	50 m (est.)	20 m (est.)	15 m (est.)
Walls	Metal
Roof	Metal
Floor	Cement

Conditions & Cleanliness
	Outside	Inside
Cracks in walls or roof (Yes / No)	No	No
Signs of rodent activity (Yes / No)	No	No
Signs of birds entry (Yes / No)	No	No
Damaged gutters/drains(Yes / No)	No	No
Signs of moisture (Yes / No)	No	No
Adjacent Vegetation(Yes / No)	No	No
Cleanliness (Good / Poort)	n/a	n/a

Pest Control
Fumigation	No	Frequency	-	Contracted (Yes / No)	Fumigation, have own facilities for regulation fumigation
Spraying	No	Frequency	-	Contracted (Yes / No)	-
Rodenticides	No	Frequency	-	Contracted (Yes / No)	-
Rodent Trapping	No	Frequency	-	Contracted (Yes / No)	Rodent Control is outsourced

Security

Security

(Good / Poor)

Fair

Compound

(Fenced / Not Fenced)

Fenced

Other Comments

n/a

Access
Distance from main town (km)	4 km
Travel time if not located in town (hours)	n/a
Road condition to Mill	Good
Road limitation (if any) Maximum Width and Max. Tonnage	Max Width: 15 Max Tonnage: 30 MT
Rail connections (Yes / No)	No
On the railway from	-	to	-
Other Comments

Milling Capacity (Mt)
Commodities	Daily Capacity (mt)	Monthly Activity (mt)
Wheat	1,800 MT	50,000 MT
Maize	None	None

Storage Capacity
Storage in Metric Tonnes	Wheat – Covered (mt)	Flour – Covered (mt)
Warehouse	5,000 MT	n/a
Within the Compound	5,000 MT	n/a
Outside the Compound	None	n/a

Capacity to Blend
The mills can blend different type of wheat from their silos. RSM has fortification capability and is regularly fortifying their flour with Iron and folic acid.

Loading & Discharge Rates
The bagging plant can discharge 16,000 bags per day, translating to 800 MT daily discharge rate. An additional bran packaging plan can discharge 7 X 35 Kg bags per minute – 14.7 MT / Hour Loading is through trucks discharging into two hoppers, maximum capacity would be 15 X 40 MT trucks / Hour – 600 MT / Hour

Transport Capacity at Mill
The mill has a transportation fleet of 26 trucks each with a maximum capacity of 40 MT. Red Sea Mills own four forklift trucks which operate in their palletizing plant.

Milling Company Yemen Company for Flour and Mills (Hodeidah)

Company Name & Address

Contact Names & Email

Telephone & Fax

Yemen Co. for Flour Mills & Silos

Name: Sameer A.G.G. Saeed

Title: n/a

Email: n/a

Web: www.ycfmshod.com

Tel: +967 3211416

Fax: n/a

Summary of Role and Services:

This company, which also has a silo/mill complex in Aden port, is part of the Hayel Saeed Anam Group of Companies (HSA).
Its only customer is Al Saeed Trading (also part of HSA) who market its services.
The complex was built around 2005 and is outside but adjacent to Hodeidah Port.
Discharge from the port is carried out with three 8MT grabs which load a fleet of 50MT trucks.
The trucks shunt to the silos along a 1.9km private road and through this method a discharge rate of 12,000MT per day is achieved.
Silo capacity is 130,000MT. The silo caters almost solely for wheat. Up to 2250MT can be milled per day.
The bagging rate per shift of eight hours (there are three shifts per day) is 15-18,000 i.e. 45- 54,000 bags or 2,250-2,700MT per day.
There is no storage for bagged commodities and all bagging has to be direct on to truck. Maize can be catered for by three additional bagging machines, feeding six lines.
The company has its own bag making/printing factory near Aden.

Facilities
Parking area inside compound m²	n/a
Drainage (Good / Fair / Poor / Non Existent)	n/a
Fire Fighting Equipment (Yes / No)	No
Number of Ventilators	n/a	n/a Screened
Electricity Load (KVA)	n/a
Backup Generator (Yes / No / KVA)	No		KVA