Brewing New

Marshall Islands

Business

T

he Marshall Islands new brewery in the capital, Majuro, is going strong on LPG, thanks to the lat

est expansion of Boral Gas Pacific (BGP).

Operating a newly constructed termi nal on the isolated island, Boral Gas MFC Inc. has provided the 15,000-strong atoll community with its first continuous on site supply of LPG. Fully manned by lo cals, the Marshall Islands facility caters mainly for the food industry, including the brewery, as well as restaurants, bakeries, and schools.

Operational since May 1993, the LPG terminal signals BGP’s intention to con tinue increasing its area of distribution to include all the smaller pacific regions, ensuring that every community has access to a cheap, environmentally-friendly alter native energy source.

As cookers and package burners are generally electric, production of the elec tricity that they use results in carbon diox ide emissions which are three times higher than for LPG.

BGP thus offers the catering industry energy that is less harmful to the environ ment. reducing carbon dioxide emissions by up to 65 per cent.

Added to this is the fact that BGP can supplement and replace the use of wood and mangrove traditionally used for heat ing and cooking.

In this way, BGP is not only offering a cost efficient product to the consumer, it is also contributing to the preservation of the natural environment.

The Shotover Jet boats in which thousands of visitors each year experience thrills on Fiji's Ngai River are fuelled exclusively by Boral's LPG.