News
In Conversation with Klass Oil: a class act in energy distribution
...Gabriel’s enjoyment of the sector, and its challenges, comes through when he speaks. “In oil distribution you get to deal with people from all walks of life which I find...
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Distributor diaries August 23: updates from our distributor community
...test. Peter said: “I have been working for Oilfast for the last 2 months and l am looking forward to the challenges ahead. The depot is getting busier and busier...
Insight
Sector decarbonisation: The future transport energy mix
...call for ideas that summarises the progress made to date and looks at some of the broad opportunities and challenges for low carbon fuels in the transport sector. We now...
Interview
Market review 2022: Fuel tanker manufacturers
In a fuel distribution sector that has seen high demand throughout the challenges of the last two years, the tanker manufacturers in the UK and Ireland are no exception. We...
Interview
Talking about mental health: frequently asked questions
...health challenges may isolate themselves due to feelings of shame or an inability to cope with social interactions. • Substance abuse: Increased reliance on alcohol, drugs, or other substances as...
News
Bridgestone launches world’s first EV Services Platform
...real-time vehicle data and insights on driver behaviour and energy consumption. Electrification challenges “As businesses across the world step up to cut carbon emissions, electrification is top of mind for...
News
Ben Ball is back
...automotive has to face life’s toughest challenges alone. This is more important now than ever before, as automotive people have been facing more complex and urgent challenges due to the...
News
Space scientist to lead Future Logistics Conference 2022
...her keynote will set the tone for two days of lively debate that will help attendees address the challenges our industry faces in the coming decades.” As well as Dr...
Analysis
Analysing the driver recruitment market: Noz Miah of Aim Recruit
...paramount importance.” Challenges to the driver recruitment market It’s clear that there are some challenges in driver recruitment, as Noz explains: “In addition to the factors already mentioned, there exists...
Opinion
Energy security and emission reduction: the role of downstream
...in different directions, if we can attain the investment needed to reduce our emissions then it is likely that the UK can successfully navigate both of those challenges. “It is...
Interview
Road Tankers Northern: leading from its ‘one stop shop’
...some of the other fuels have required slight changes to some of our builds but at the moment it is only changes to gaskets rather than the overall builds.” Challenges...
Insight
Reducing fleet costs: how technology is reducing costs
...frequently changing prices are key challenges. It is becoming increasingly important that decision-making is based on real time data, given the impact of extreme market situations in the energy industry...
Opinion
Hydrogen (H2.0): a new dawn?
...hydrogen’s global success, as the numerous challenges are being met with diverse technological advances, not in lab experiments, but through different simultaneous market approaches, accelerating the broader adoption across end-markets....
Interview
Avioxx: innovating processes to deliver price parity for sustainable aviation fuel
...of the most famous brands. Over the last decade, I’ve built and exited two award-winning FinTech companies which have gone through M&A. “The key challenges here were the regulatory aspects...
Insight
Shared deliveries …
...cost base is making deliveries. Looking at domestic heating oil – a core market segment for many distributors – a number of factors present challenges: Geographical dispersion of customers Multiple...
News
Shippers and hauliers join forces to drive HGV decarbonisation
...complex and least-understood logistics challenges. Matt Pumfrey, CEO, Innovation Gateway, comments: “Decarbonisation of HGVs is a critical business challenge. Innovation and collaboration are at the heart of what we do,...
Interview
In conversation with Bedford Fuels Ltd
...there are plenty of customers for everyone within our delivery area. Over the next few years, what do you see as major challenges to the industry and what are the...
News
Record revenues for Abbey Logistics but driver shortages reduce profits
...Patten Rapid response to challenges Dave Patten, Abbey Logistics managing director, said: “I am really pleased with how the business has responded to the challenges faced from the COVID-19 pandemic,...