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HOYER Petrolog – driver of the year
Group board director Mark Binns presents the winning driver Michael Williams with his prizes Driver technician Michael Williams has been crowned HOYER Petrolog’s top driver of 2018. Based with the...
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HOYER Petrolog launches recruitment video and retains Valero contract
...the highest standards.” Stuart Honour, a driver with the HOYER Petrolog Fleet in the South East, is the second driver featured. Stuart, who has been with HOYER for 18 months,...
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Challenging gender stereotypes as an apprentice tanker driver
...to help maintain their concentration. Taking the lead The next big step to becoming a fully-fledged tanker driver was to pass the Urban Driver Level 2 test which would allow...
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Designed for the industry by the industry
...aligned to the driver’s ADR renewal date, and the annual refresher element is aligned to JAUPT and driver CPC; training which has to happen anyway. Importantly for such a hands-on...
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FPS restructures driver CPC
The FPS has unveiled a restructured eight-module FPS Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (Driver CPC) Scheme. It is promoting the new modules with special offers until the end of 2012....
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Rewarding and thanking the very best tanker drivers and depots
...Pulham, UKIFDA chief executive. The 2020 Driver of the Year Award is once again sponsored by OAMPS Hazardous Industries, and the 2020 Depot of the Year Award is sponsored by Pen Underwriting. To enter for the Driver and Depot...
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Logistics UK flags serious safety concerns over proposed Driver CPC updates
The industry body has raised concerns over the impacts of the proposed updates on safety, costs and standards Last week’s announcement of a consultation on proposed Driver Certificate of Professional...
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Ex-footballer and army veteran champions Veterans into Logistics
Former professional footballer and ex-army veteran, Tamara Honeywell is now working as an HGV driver for Stobart, thanks to charity, Veterans into Logistics. Tamara played football and cricket professionally for...
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Hundreds complete HGV training as Bootcamps plug driver shortages
...almost 1,950 drivers on the Driver Academy Group scheme. The Driver Academy Group, led by HGV training specialist HGVC and comprising workforce solutions group Manpower and trade body Logistics UK,...
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Are you the Oil Distribution Industry Driver of the Year?
...remotely and helped keep the construction industry going throughout the pandemic, UKIFDA is particularly proud to launch the search for the best tanker driver in the industry. 2019 winner James...
Opinion
CBA welcomes recognition of HGV driver shortages
...from 1 April 2021 to 30 September 2021 A further new apprenticeship, the Urban Driver, is currently being developed and a DWP driver training pilot is also underway A programme...
Interview
Darch Oil tanker driver Chris Eke on life on the road
...Chris Eke, tanker driver at Darch Oil. Chris is another driver with a passion for both driving and photography as well as for the customers he serves. Life on the...
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Stephen Keep, tanker driver: ‘Tanker driving has been his whole world’
...moment captured in the cover image, Steve Keep, the driver at the wheel, continued as a tanker driver for almost 4 decades working for companies such as BWOC, British Fuels,...
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Contractors appointed to demolish Coryton
...neighbouring Thames Oilport, the design of which is still under review, so will not be demolished by the contractors. Graham Alexander, head of business development at Thames Enterprise Park, commented:...
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Regeneration at Coryton
...were demolished at the former Coryton refinery. The demolition clears land to make way for Thames Enterprise Park, a new 400 acre industrial site located on the river Thames next...
Opinion
Will the Petroleum Driver Passport (PDP) enhance driver skills or is it an unnecessary addition to the ADR qualification?
Mick Smith, Suckling Transport “Raising standards throughout the industry can only be a good thing, and by adding PDP to the ADR qualification, the driver will demonstrate their knowledge and...
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Seeking the best drivers in the UK & Ireland
...driver and fuel distribution depot. To enter for the Driver and Depot of the Year awards your company must be an FPS member. For the Driver of the Year...
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A look at software developments in fuel distribution
...is attracting and retaining drivers and, in a bid to address this, D.T.S has looked at ways of improving the interface between the driver and the delivery system technology. Driver...