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Port Mourant is a town on the Atlantic coast in East Berbice-Corentyne, Guyana. It is the birthplace of the late president Cheddi Jagan as well as many of Guyana's most famous cricketers. Port Mourant was originally a sugar estate. Many residents are self-employed, but the sugar industry continues to be a source of employment.
Guyana Sugar Corporation > Albion/Port Mourant Estate. Albion is situated on the Corentyne Coast in the Ancient County of Berbice, approximately 11 miles (18 km) east of the town of New Amsterdam. The Albion Estate was established in the second half of the 19th century. The Estate lost its singleness and became known as Albion/Port Mourant ...
Port Mourant is a town on the Atlantic coast in East Berbice-Corentyne, Guyana. It is the birthplace of the late president Cheddi Jagan as well as many of Guyana's most famous cricketers. Port Mourant was originally a sugar estate. Many residents are self-employed, but the sugar industry continues to be a source of employment.
The Guyana Sugar Corporation is the largest cultivator and producer of pure cane sugar in Guyana. On 21st May 1976, the Government of Guyana nationalized the sugar industry operated then by Booker Sugar Estates Limited and Jessels Holdings and merged the estates to form the Guyana Sugar Corporation Limited, which continued as Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. after the enactment of the Companies ...
To these were added the two nationalized Demerara Sugar Company estates to form, an amalgamation, the Guyana Sugar Corporation – GUYSUCO – comprising six estates of Skeldon, the East Berbice Estate (merging of Albion/Port Mourant & Rose Hall), Blairmont, the East Demerara Estate (amalgamation Enmore, LBI/Diamond Estates), Wales and Uitvlugt/ Leonora.
Aug 9, 2022 · The Port Mourant Estate and distillery is deeply rooted into this history, with it's operations beginning in the early 18th century and coming to a close in the mid-1950s. The estate was founded in 1732 by Stephen Mourant, and although this date is well documented, there is still much uncertainty as to when the estate began to grow sugar cane, and of course thereafter distil rum.
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Mar 27, 2022 · THE Albion/Port Mourant Sugar Estate has surpassed its production target for the second consecutive week, ending March 26, 2022, according to Goy Romain, the estate’s Production Manager. Production exceeded its original target by 6.3 per cent, a continuation from the previous week’s performance, when the estate surpassed its target by a whopping 7.9 per cent.
