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Road Tankers Northern: leading from its ‘one stop shop’

...aluminium, produces around 320 road tankers per year using modern manufacturing techniques and some of the most advanced automated road tanker welding equipment in the UK. Claudia Weeks speaks with...
How to save money on fleet costs.

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Reducing fleet costs: how technology is reducing costs 

...tank usage up to 70%, flexibility for the supplier is a key success factor. This is achieved through a contract model with vendor-managed inventory and automated deliveries. Everything is fine....
Tank storage industry event the biggest and best yet

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Tank storage industry buzzing after “best StocExpo yet”

...throughout the three-day event.  Commenting at the event, exhibitor Leon de Ridder, director of sales, Mistras Group, said: “We’ve got the next generation of our Automated Radiographic Testing Crawler on...

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Valero and Co-op achieve record site conversion

...goal was possible because of the introduction of an auto replenishment system, Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI). The system gives the supplier a live data feed from the retailer’s fuel tanks...

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Racing around at JET

...British Touring Car Championship (BTCC). Nicolas was happy to sign autographs and be pictured alongside his own car, an Audi S3 NGTC with AmD Tuning. “The typical British weather could...

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OptiMate: Now with gravity metering

...OptiMate also supports automatic compartment follow-on and pre-determined line changes at the end of the delivery, without the need to return to the vehicle – saving drivers time and increasing...

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Boosting brand awareness at the Silverstone Classic

...Hamilton, who met customers in hospitality and signed autographs for visitors. As Nic’s title sponsor for the Renault Clio Cup, his race car was on display with JET also sponsoring...
Martyn Lyons

Interview

In Conversation with Martyn Lyons, TR3 Consulting

...We did until NuStar. When we bought Germany, Denmark and Sweden, they were overseas business units that ran largely autonomously with some centralised resources and direction from head office. The...

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Seeking the best drivers in the UK & Ireland  

...are automatically entered into the Depot of the Year competition. “The audits cover 15 sections, including yard and tank storage, health and safety management, transport, and environmental management,” explained Tony....

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Improving operator safety

...ticket, the remote display on the handset automatically resets to zero. NEW ADTUBE additive applicator This provides a simple, cost-effective means of dosing fuels with additive when it is not...

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Vintage year of success for Millers Oils

...year’s Automechanika show in Frankfurt.  The lubricants use microscopic nanoparticles that act like minute ball bearings between opposing metal surfaces, thereby increasing engine performance through reducing friction. Motorsport users reported...

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Logistics UK

...“The future of the logistics industry will be very different from the one we all operate in today,” says David Wells “When I started at FTA, things like autonomous and...
Improving the UK’s fuel supply network

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Improving the UK’s fuel supply network   

...will of course complement our strong supply proposition in the Midlands”, Carlos adds. “Essar is now able to leverage its strong automotive fuel expertise in new markets, across London and...