Interview
The evolving scope of fuel logistics
...in many ways, the dilemma for many is investing in today’s technology that will rapidly becomes yesterday’s technology, as well as working out exactly where the opportunity and growth will...
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Banning the internal combustion engine
...vans, will also be a critical catalyst in transforming the transport sector. This a theme we shall be exploring in a forthcoming report.” Freight Transport Association (FTA) Looking at the...
News
Logistics UK celebrates becoming a government approved provider
...to employees working in the transport and logistics sector who wish to progress to a transport manager role, with the transport manager qualification funded as part of the apprenticeship. The...
News
Crown Oil – encouraging customers to use cleaner fuels
Transport and business sectors are the UK’s largest/third largest contributors of greenhouse gases according to the most recent data in the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy’s 2017 UK...
Analysis
Greening the sector: Dover Fueling Solutions considers the future for fuels
...see the place for CNG within the transport sector? Statistically, CNG is 30% more efficient than petrol, with a vehicle able to travel the same distance on 6/7 litres of...
News
Huge boost for HVO as Government agrees with removal of import measures
...across transport, aviation and home heating equally. “Currently, HVO cannot be delivered to home heating customers as cheaply as those in transport and aviation. In addition, HVO is subject to...
Opinion
Hydrogen bodies urge government to better support fuel suppliers
...electricity production will be eligible for Renewable Transport Fuel Certificates. With hydrogen viewed as a key component to overcome the tough challenges of decarbonising the transport sector, the trade bodies...
Analysis
ACTION – changing health & safety culture from the ground up
...years. I worked my way up through a first line manager role, initially in the warehouse, then in the transport area, eventually taking a senior transport manager role. It was...
News
£200 million HGV trial funding to support transport decarbonisation
Transport Minister Trudy Harrison MP’s announcement today at Logistics UK’s Future Logistics Conference of £200 million in government funding to continue its zero-emission HGV trials will help enable the logistics...
Opinion
A Day in the Life – Jane Scarlett of Rawlings Fuels
...CAN’T LEAVE THE HOUSE WITHOUT My mobile phone. MY TYPICAL DAY Being a business development manager means that every day is different so it’s not really possible to describe a...
Insight
The case for a UK CSO agency
...days of inland consumption with 58 days for importers/wholesalers. Monitoring of compliance is conducted by DECC on a monthly basis from information on refiners/ex-refiners supply and stocking collected in the...
Interview
A proud tanker driver
...truck is loaded up and Alex starts the day’s deliveries. No two days are the same – the company services a variety of industries and businesses. “I could be delivering...
Insight
Security of oil supply in the fuel distribution sector
...days for importers) and, for the full obligation (67.5 days & 58 days respectively) for fuel oil and regular kerosene, this can be met by a category termed ‘Any Oil’...
Insight
Fuelling commercial road transport: the future energy mix
...transport category should be static machinery, off-road vehicles, agriculture, fork-lifts, pick-ups, etc. Commercial road transport plays a vital role in the lifeblood of the economy, keeping it moving so to...
News
Increased demand for hydrogen-fuelled HGVs sees UK expansion for fuel cell manufacturer
...centre of London and next to a growing group of manufacturers helping decarbonise road transport, including current customer Tevva Motors, the hydrogen and electric truck OEM which is based in...
Opinion
Industry disappointed by lack of government response to ‘Fuelling the Future’ report
Logistics UK shares the Transport Committee’s disappointment regarding government’s response to the Fuelling the Future report. Michelle Gardner, deputy director of policy at Logistics UK comments: “While government’s response did...
News
Craggs Christmas day fuel deliveries exemplify seasonal goodwill
It seems Santa wasn’t the only one out delivering on Christmas Day. Whilst many were at home celebrating Christmas Day with their loved ones, Craggs Energy driver Lee Westwell was...
Opinion
Roll out of E10 petrol in Northern Ireland is welcomed by UKPIA
...up to 10 percent ethanol, which brings Northern Ireland in line with the rest of the UK, has been welcomed by UKPIA as a further step towards reducing transport carbon...