Operations manager, Helen Lewis believes loadsfortanker.com is a fantastic way for hauliers to create new opportunities
Lateu Logistics is to launch a new service. Loadsfortankers.com is a free to register web based portal, marrying hauliers and load placers.
Operations manager, Helen Lewis, explains: “There are so many sites out there that provide a similar service for the likes of palletised loads and do it well. But tanker loads can be a bit trickier to find.
“Loadsfortankers.com is aimed at those that move any product in a tanker. It’s a fantastic way to create opportunities for small, medium and large hauliers seeking new work or looking for backloads, and to ensure that the load placer gets a fair quote for the transportation of their product.”
The service provides a cost effective way to move loads without the hassle of dealing with multiple companies.
Charlie McLoughlin joins as commercial manager, bringing 20 years experience in the tanker business. “With so many companies under economic pressure, this is a great tool you can access from your desk to find work and grow your business,” he adds. “It’s a low cost, pay as you go service based on a flat payment, not a percentage of the quote. This way we ensure that those who use our service know exactly what the pricing will be upfront.”www.loadsfortankers.com
Director of Reynolds Training Services, John Reynolds (middle)
Reynolds Training Services (RTS) has been awarded a contract to produce training material for the National Skills Academy Process Industries (NSAPI).
The Lincolnshire-based health and safety specialist will develop six modules for the SkillsAcademy’s new process safety management for operations (PSMO) course. The course will also be supported by a train the trainer package that will provide the skills and resources for an employer’s own training personnel to deliver the PSMO in house.
“This gives us the chance to impart our knowledge and skills to a wider audience,” said director, John Reynolds.
The SkillsAcademy has worked with the Process Safety Management project board, since 2011 to develop three process safety courses which comprehensively cover all rungs of the workforce ladder.
Jill Turner receives the award from councillor John Loughnan
Carbery Plastics has been recognised at an awards ceremony hosted by its local town council.
The company was nominated for a Spirit of Clonakilty Award by councillor. Cionnaith Ó Súilleabháin. The award which recognises Carbery’s contribution to the local economy, continued commitment to innovation and sales success in Ireland, the UK and Europe, was presented to the company’s Jill Turner at a recent ceremony in the West Cork town.
“I’m delighted to receive this prestigious award on behalf of everyone at Carbery,” said Jill. It recognises the contribution and commitment of the entire team to the continued growth and success of our business. Despite a challenging macro economic environment, Carbery continues to invest in its production processes and products, ensuring the company is positioned to capitalise upon the market opportunities of the present and the future.”www.carberyplastics.com
l-r From Corrib Oil in Co Galway – Tom Connolly, Gerry Mullen, Matt Stratford, Eamonn Dalton, with Neil Stewart, Stewart Oils, Co Roscommon
70% of distributors who completed the feedback forms at the Distributor Debate in Templepatrick earlier this month, rated too much competition and poor margins as their biggest concerns.
Poor image, supply, prices, variable fuel quality, gas oil changes, legislation and the future of the oil heating market were lesser concerns to attendees, with no-one expressing worries about sharing information online or the threat from renewable energy.
Attendees reported the Distributor Debate to have been a really useful event with some good information provided by the five industry speakers – Mark Askew, Federation of Petroleum Suppliers, Angus Fraser, BP, David Kingsman, Fuelsoft, Julia Mansfield, Fuel Additive Science Technologies and David Blevings, Northern Ireland Oil Federation.
“I felt the mix of speakers was interesting,” wrote John Switzer of J Switzer Associates. “The FAST and BP presentations in particular provided a great insight into the technical and distribution side of the industry, which are both often overlooked.”
Paul Hackett, business development manager – Direct for DCC Oil Ireland, who attended the second half said: “The content of the meeting was good although I think the distributors from ROI might have wanted more reference to their issues, etc. I enjoyed the questions and the interchanges between Donall O’Connor, Sam Chambers and David Blevings.”
A report on the Distributor Debate appears in the April issue of Fuel Oil News.
________________________________________________________________Perhaps your concerns about and hopes for the fuel oil distribution industry in Ireland differ……If you’re visiting FPS Expo next month, the Fuel Oil News team hopes you will call at stand C40 to share both your concerns and your hopes about the industry’s future.We also look forward very much to seeing you at future Fuel Oil News events in Ireland.
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Pictured at the pay as you go launch in 2012 (l-r) Charles Burns, commercial director Kingspan Environmental; David Blevings, OFTEC’s Ireland manager; Nelson McCausland; Philip Browne, brand director, Kingspan Environmental; and Jillian Ferris, client and stakeholder director of Carillion Energy Services
Designed to reduce heating bills for struggling families, an initiative by the Department of Social Development in Northern Ireland has been shelved following the failure of its pilot scheme, according to an Irishnews.com report
Rolled out in February 2012, the scheme – partnered by Kingspan Renewables and Carillion Energy – involved the installation of meters at 17 low income households across three counties in Northern Ireland.
Social development minister, Nelson McCausland, pulled plans to continue the scheme saying: “The results of the pilot were disappointing regarding the proportion of participants benefiting from lower oil costs.
“There are two crucial issues around the cost and delivery of introducing a pay-as-you-go oil system into the department’s mainstream energy efficiency improvement schemes:
(1) Costs associated with production and administration of the pay-as-you-go oil scheme.
(2) And, who will supply the oil to the customer?
Departmental economists have serious concerns about the feasibility of the pay-as-you-go oil scheme from a cost/benefit perspective.
“I have considered all of the information available and concluded that it’s not feasible to introduce the scheme into my department’s energy efficiency improvements’ schemes.”
Encouraging the uptake of high efficiency oil-fired appliances is Martyn Bridges, OFTEC’s new chairman
….That is the challenge for Martyn Bridges, Worcester, Bosch Group’s director of marketing and technical support who has been appointed as the new chairman of OFTEC
The appointment, which takes effect on 25th April 2013, sees Martyn commence a two-year spell as chairman of the organisation, for which he has sat on various committees since its inception in 1991.
Having started his Worcester career as a technical services engineer in 1986, Martyn has since worked in a number of roles and departments before taking up his present position, which he has held since 2005. Martyn is responsible for the training, marketing, engineering services, product management and standards departments and is also involved in a number of Bosch-wide design and product committees.
Martyn commented: “I am extremely honoured to be given the opportunity to take up this role within an organisation which is key to the ongoing development of the domestic heating industry.
“I have been in the heating industry for 35 years and involved with OFTEC for over 20 years so I look forward to helping OFTEC continue the challenge of preserving the oil market, encouraging the uptake of high efficiency oil-fired appliances and growing the combination of oil and renewable solutions.”www.oftec.org
www.worcester-bosch.co.uk
Upgrade your skid with IFC
Distributors can now cost effectively convert existing loading skids from old mechanical registers to the latest electronic automated equipment with IFC’s skid upgrade kit which brings terminal loading technology to depot distribution.
When IFC originally started building skids for depot loading, electronic batch control was still new to tanker loading and was mainly installed in refineries and terminals. Although it offered many benefits, the costs were prohibitive for smaller distributors and many chose skids with traditional mechanical registers, presets and ticket printers.
As the advantages of electronic control and automated depot loading became clearer and costs dropped, IFC started fitting electronic batch control to new skids, mainly for larger distributors with multiple sites.Why upgrade?
Although many customers have had mechanical registers for years, there are numerous benefits to upgrading. These include higher levels of security and reliability, operational flexibility, temperature compensation and data storage capacity.
Following years of discussion with customers and further developments in electronic batch control, IFC has come up with a conversion kit that allows operators of existing mechanical skids to take advantage of the benefits of electronic loading and control.
With a number of options to suit all needs, from individual electronic registers mounted at each meter point, to a central multi-point controller for the whole skid, all variations offer storage of loading data and connection to a separate printer or PC. www.inflow.co.uk
If you spot a tank in a compromising position, please take a photo on whatever you have to hand and send it to jane@fueloilnews.co.uk
Everyone knows that heating oil orders are smaller and more frequent – but, evidence that times are really hard has come from Monument Fuels….
When Trevor Rolph of Monument Fuels spotted this tank, he only had his Blackberry to hand. “I thought it was such a good example of what some people are trying to do in these tough times that I had to take the shot. Obviously, it’s not really the thing to do to your tank!”
For more comment on the impact of the recession, see the April issue of Fuel Oil News. Your copy will be with you shortly.
Delivering 115 million litres annually, Lewis Tankers will employ three dedicated aviation fuel tankers on the new Q8Aviation contract
Lewis Tankers has won a new contract with Q8Aviation to handle deliveries of aviation fuel to Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter airports from Hallen PSD, near Avonmouth.
The operation which will run over 363 days of the year will see Lewis Tankers delivering an estimated 115 million litres of fuel annually, utilising a team of up to ten drivers and three dedicated aviation fuel tankers.
The Yorkshire-based tanker operator already has contracts with Q8Aviation to deliver aviation fuel to Newcastle and Leeds/Bradford airports from Misterton PSD, near Doncaster, and to Blackpool airport from Backford PSD, near Chester.
The contract extends Lewis Tankers’ operations into the south west and has prompted the company to set up a small operating base in Avonmouth, with plans to develop its presence in the region.
Stewart MacDonald, Lewis Tankers’ managing director, said: “We’ve been working with Q8Aviation in the north of England for three years and are delighted that our performance has earned us this opportunity to demonstrate our abilities in the south west. This contract broadens our coverage of the UK and provides us with a platform for growing the business in the region.”http://www.lewistankers.co.uk/
Cash conscious consumers, rogue traders dealing in washed diesel and a sharp rise in the use of solid fuel, ensures that oil distributors in the Leinster region are feeling the heat this winter, writes Irish correspondent Aine Faherty
Martin Daly, head of sales and marketing at Top Oil says that a succession of shorter winters, coupled with a short home heating season, is putting pressure on the sector, as people use their central heating as a last resort. “People are burning turf or whatever fuel they can and supplementing this heat with oil,” says Martin. “In a bid to save them money in the long term, people are investing in solid fuel burners instead.”
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