Insight
The future for tankers
...different. Having the majority of our workforce furloughed, to protect the health and safety of employees and customers, had an impact on production. However, over the 12 months of 2020...
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John Carey brings invaluable experience to new role at GripHero
...of its type on the market. Already in 2020, GripHero has experienced triple-digit sales growth. New supply agreements have made its core hand-protection products available to motorists on four continents,...
News
UKIFDA EXPO 2020 moves to August Tuesday 18th & Wednesday 19th
...the event from 10 & 11 June to 18 & 19 August 2020 in Liverpool. For more information on UKIFDA EXPO 2020, you can contact Dawn Shakespeare, UKIFDA membership and...
News
Who will take the title – Fuel Oil News Tanker of the Year 2020?
Fuel Oil News welcomes your nominations for the prestigious 2020 tanker of the year award. To enter, send a high resolution image of your new tanker together with full details...
Interview
Highland Fuels, proud of fuel distribution heritage but future focussed
...board to deliver the ambition of the business owner, George Shand, for the continued growth and development of Highland Fuels. Stephen joined the business in October 2020, to strengthen the...
News
Wrightbus to recruit for more than 40 new jobs
...up with demand. “There’s no doubt that 2020 was a challenging year for everyone for many reasons,” said Mr Bamford. “We have made huge strides in 2020, despite the year being...
News
Biofuels – an uncertain future
...by volume in 2013/14, to 10% by energy in 2020. FQD does not stipulate any interim targets and for the moment, at least, fuel suppliers will only have to meet...
Opinion
LQM call for financial incentives to aid decarbonisation push
...40 per cent. The need to comply with IMO 2030 will soon loom large for ship owners. LQM chief executive Daniel Rose, explained: “99.2 per cent of vessels on the...
News
Greenergy – ‘greater control of our supply chain’
...oil for ships fitted with scrubbers, and IMO 2020 compliant 0.5% fuel oil. “This an extension of our existing bunkering operations, giving us the ability to supply more fuel grades...
News
TSA Annual Review 2019
...like, it is imperative that this is resolved so that we can move forward as an industry. There are many more issues ahead – decarbonistation, IMO 2020, inconsistent regulation to...
News
TSA conference – ‘high quality authoritative speakers’
...includes presentations on topics such as IMO 2020, energy transition, future health and safety regulation and understanding societal vs individual risk. The full schedule can be found on the TSA...
News
Inter Pipeline to acquire NuStar
...with approximately 10% of the independent storage capacity. The terminal provides gasoline, gas oil and fuel oil storage, and blending services, including those required to produce IMO 2020 compliant marine fuels....
News
New future fuels division supports shipping decarbonisation
...2050 targets. “In the last 18 months, we’ve helped our partners successfully navigate through IMO 2020, and showcased our agility and innovation by completing one of the shipping industry’s first...
Opinion
Why is fuel filter blocking still an issue?
...The issue was first raised in October 2019 and covered in depth in Fuel Oil News – January 2020. In our August 2020 issue we reported the findings of a...
Opinion
UKIFDA urges UK Government to reconsider red diesel entitlement deadline
The consultation, which closed on 1 October 2020, called for views on whether its intended removal of the entitlement to use red diesel from April 2022 except in agriculture, rail...
Insight
Key challenges and opportunities facing the fuel distributor
Change and its frequency are a fact of life in modern economies, but the measure of change experienced by the broad downstream oil sector will be greater than that faced...
Wholesale Price Movements & Price Totem
Wholesale Price Movements & Price Totem | Feb 2020
News
Switch to biofuels brings huge reduction in greenhouse gas emissions for Peel Ports Group
Peel Ports Group has significantly reduced greenhouse gas emissions across its port facilities – cutting them by almost a third since 2020 – as a result of swapping diesels for...