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Keeping tankers moving
An Autosock helped this tanker out of a difficult wintry situation To help keep vehicles on the road in bad weather, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) offers assistance. Now operating...
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TOTY 2022 Runner Up: RTN – working hard to create solutions to customer problems
Whilst Road Tankers Northern was the winning manufacturer for the Fuel Oil News Tanker of the Year award for 2022 for the 4-wheeler fuel tanker submitted by fuel distributor WCF...
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Who will take the 2021 title?
...recognition. Fuel Oil News welcomes your entries now for the prestigious 2021 tanker of the year award. Any tanker that has been added to your fleet in 2021 can be...
Opinion
Delivering growth: the importance of a fully engaged workforce
“Having an engaged driver workforce is fundamental to enabling growth and successful partnerships within the bulk fuels industry.” David Heath, Head of Fuels at Suttons Tankers Employee engagement With employee...
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OMJ’s port report service
...click on a tanker report and a pop-up will provide a map detailing the current location of the tanker along with details on other tankers in dock or heading to...
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IFC Inflow celebrates 30 years in business
...types of tanker loading, as well as fuel bunkering and tanker safe access. The company, which also works in the food, beverage, powder, pharmaceutical, rail and marine sectors, has doubled...
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March 2024 – latest updates from our distributor community
...process!” Tanker investment sees Rix hit a century Rix Petroleum Ltd has hit a century with its latest investment. The Hull-based business has invested almost £2m in 10 DAF tankers,...
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Grand designs
...and Collins Youldon reel and hose. The company has recently built a mini tanker for promotional purposes. Although driveable and identical to its bigger relatives, the tanker, named Minnie, will...
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Scottish fuel distributor expands again
...most to our customers.” The Tanker build The tankers are built by Cobo on a Volvo FE chassis with discharge and metering equipment from Emco Wheaton. After shipping the vehicle chassis...
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IFC exhibits depot and terminal equipment at the TSA exhibition
...of tanker loading equipment and tanker safe access systems, the company offers a range of equipment including petroleum & chemical loading arms, tanker loading skids, loading platforms and gantries, self-levelling...
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Latest people moves within the fuel distribution industry
...Road Tankers Armagh With an enviable reputation for the manufacture of high-quality truck-mounted fuel tanks, Road Tankers Armagh (RTA) recently moved to new larger premises in Armagh Business Park and...
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Bigger loads, better efficiencies for Kinch Fuel Oils
...strong tanker fleet at Kinch Fuel Oils is fitted with a 7000-litre tanker body, commissioned and built by Road Tankers Northern in Barnsley. With a three-compartment tanker body for even...
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On the road to success
...FUEL OIL NEWS WELCOMES ENTRIES FOR THE TITLE OF 2018 TANKER OF THE YEAR Please send a photograph together with details about what makes your new tanker extra special to...
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Tasca acquisition fuels further growth
Wakefield-based tanker manufacturer, Tasca Tankers is on track for further expansion after acquiring the business and assets of Maidment Tankers. “It was with regret that we learned of the difficulties...
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Downstream fuel distribution event, UKIFDA Expo, came back with a bang
...of Cobo Tankers & Services too: “It was great to be able to put faces to names for those that are new in the industry. As everyone would agree it...
Interview
Could improving gender diversity be an answer to the driver shortage problem?
The fuel oil distribution business is heavily male dominated with very few women driving tankers. When Fuel Oil News caught up with a new distribution business, Bedford Fuels, for our...
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Kettlewell Fuels expands delivery fleet
...Both tankers have a larger capacity and are able to take 9,300 litres compared with the company’s other four-wheelers. The new tankers also have a much more efficient pumping system,...
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Dean appointed Haartz service manager
Dean Leggett, service manager at Haartz Tanker Dean Leggett has joined Haartz Tanker as service manager. Dean takes to Haartz a wealth of knowledge and experience of the tanker industry...