Interview
BoilerJuice: revolutionising operations
...exciting plans for the future. A brief history BoilerJuice was founded in 2004, nearly 20 years ago, by a group of friends who wanted to make ordering heating oil easier,...
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Analysis
UK Downstream: bringing in the next generation
...This means I currently oversee 13 fuel tankers which I book in for services and testing whilst also being a main point of contact for our team of drivers.” Danny...
Insight
The downstream oil market landscape of Ireland in the 2020s
...Jones Oil. The move towards electrification There are currently about 1,800 vehicle electric charging points, of which 1,385 are run by the ESB (Electricity Supply Board) and it is projected...
Insight
Logistics industry report shows lack of support is hampering EV uptake
...62% – plan to have decarbonised their van fleets by 2030, significant barriers remain that prevent the uptake needed ahead of the deadlines. Uphill battle David Wells, chief executive of...
Interview
A Day in the Life… Ken Cronin
...driver hours – and, because we work across five different countries, we have at least one of these in train at any one point of time. We start with what...
News
Community Buying – The organisers’ view…
With community buying still very much a talking point, Liz Boardman contacted a number of regional buying groups to get their side of the story The benefits Without doubt the...
News
Cost effective depot upgrades
...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...
News
UK Fuels launches telematics and fuel management system
...‘accessible price point’. Channelling telematics data on driver and vehicle performance alongside fuel card usage information, Kinesis will provide fleet owners and managers with some of the most accurate MPG...
Interview
James Hygate, Firefly Green Fuels: challenges and progress on the pathway to green aviation
...feedstock The issue of feedstock availability for biofuels is very much a current industry talking point. On top of the scarcity issue, businesses must ensure the provenance of feedstocks is...
News
Major marine fuelling point opens at Blyth
...Geos Group’s managing director, Barry Newton, adds: “Launching Blyth as a major fuelling point for ship operators in the north east has been a great step forward for the Geos...
Insight
Reducing fleet costs: how technology is reducing costs
...additional miles driven to achieve this all add up. Supply systems without a real-time data-point, in which customers actively decide about their order, intensify the supplier’s pain even more. Data...
Interview
Stephen Keep, tanker driver: ‘Tanker driving has been his whole world’
...in the Land Rover. My uncle also had a paraffin round a few miles away. In 1970 dad bought a tanker to deliver domestic heating oil and, as a 10-year-old,...
News
A good infrastructure?
...as key distribution points. In part, this was driven by the outcome of the Oil Warehouse Review in 1985 and enactment of legislation that moved the excise duty liability from...
News
Barton Petroleum celebrates 50th anniversary with special tanker
...before shipping the vehicle back just in time for the UKIFDA EXPO. The talking point of the show “We had an idea that this would be a popular talking point...
News
Designed for the industry by the industry
...some of the cost is annual, some is incurred at the 5-year renewal point. To give some indication, the scheme costs will be in the region of £25 per driver...
Insight
Heating future: prospects for kerosene and HVO
...hydrogen Government Heat and Buildings Strategy (2021): This long-awaited document contains a ‘ten-point plan ambition’, one of which is ‘to start by phasing out the installation of fossil fuel heating...
Opinion
New UK Global Tariff gets positive response
...with the government on behalf of our sector to ensure that we can continue to deliver and thrive.” Draft Free Trade Agreement is ‘A good starting point’ While the UKGT...
News
Biorefinery set for take-off at Stanlow
...NorthPoint, will create 800 direct and indirect jobs during the design, build and commissioning process and over 100 permanent jobs during its operation. Plans for Fulcrum NorthPoint are expected to...