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Driver awareness increases demand for hand protection

New independent research, commissioned by GripHero, has revealed that 66% of drivers are aware that Covid-19 can be passed from driver-to-driver at the fuel pump, driving demand for hand protection....
Compass Fuel Oils distributor diaries

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Distributor diaries September 2023

...Fuels – racing to success     Exswift Fuels, the Essex-based fuel distributor, is proud to be sponsoring racing driver Scott Sumpton for the upcoming TCR season. CEO Chloe Crofts commented: “At...

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The search is on for the driver of the year

...or who have done something way beyond their normal duties. Sponsored by OAMPS Hazardous Industries the prestigious FPS driver of the year award carries a £1000 winner’s prize and two...

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Top honours for HOYER Petrolog drivers

James Givens (l) winner of the first prize in HOYER’s 2016 driver of the year competition with Mark Binns, MD of HOYER Petrolog Three drivers working at Kingsbury and Stanlow...

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Global product support from MechTronic

...and professional distribution. “It can help monitor fuel deliveries by the minute, truck by truck, driver by driver and compartment by compartment; thus, loaded quantity will always match delivered quantities.”...

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A shining light in the fuel industry

Celebrating on the OAMPS Petrochemical stand at FPS EXPO are Duncan Grant, the newly appointed FPS president with the winning Flynn Fuels’ tanker driver Ciaran Quinn and runner up Raymond...

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Tanker driver passports exceed 5,800

The Downstream Oil Industry Distribution Forum (DODF) has announced that more than 5,800 Petroleum Driver Passports have now been issued by the scheme manager, Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA). Once all...

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Putting the Petroleum Driver Passport into practice

Brian Worrall, DODF chair and Marisa Ferguson, contracts manager, SQA, at the signing of the PDP agreement The UK’s first Petroleum Driver Passport (PDP) has moved a step closer to...
Lhyfe announces plans for UK green hydrogen plant

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Lhyfe announces plans for UK green hydrogen plant

...the UK offers. The proposed plant will occupy four acres of leased industrial-zoned land along the north bank of the River Tyne, the site of the former Neptune Bank Power...

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Relaunch of Seletar’s Great Yarmouth site

...Tyne, Isle of Man, Orkney, Southampton and Shetland Islands. It also has facilities in Aberdeen, on the Thames, in Dundee, and in Oban, as well as a nationwide delivery infrastructure....

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The shipping news

...of companies permitted to supply fuel on the Thames. Another specialist service provided by GB Oils is the transportation of IFO grades from Eastham to every port in the UK,...

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Greenergy – ‘greater control of our supply chain’

...storing and suppling marine fuels by truck from Navigator Thames (south east of England), Tyne (north east of England), Eastham (north west of England), Grangemouth (Scotland), Cardiff (Wales) and in...

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Marine fuel – sulphur spot checks

...Geos Group, a specialist physical supplier of marine gas oil which has terminals at Aberdeen, Thames, Blyth, Heysham, Montrose, Great Yarmouth and Lerwick. As of 1 January 2015, vessels operating...

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Diesel – the need to go further afield

...Andrew Owens. “That’s precisely why Greenergy has been investing in modern import terminals at North Tees and Thames Oilport.  With their deep-water jetties, these investments will allow us to source...

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Oil NRG expands into East Anglia

...east and north of England, from the Thames to the Tweed,” added Jeremy. Incorporated in 2007, Oil NRG is now run by managing director Roger Peart, ex-owner of third generation...