News
New business innovates fuel transportation
...a provider of specialist equipment used to transfer dry and liquid bulk materials from road tankers and other vehicles. The company has continued to evolve its portfolio and now also...
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Case Study
How FORS fleet accreditation benefits distributors
...offers a proven framework to help distributors not only meet current expectations, but lead the way in safe, sustainable, and smart fleet management. Whether you operate five tankers or fifty,...
Interview
Drivers of the Year on the industry and the role of the tanker driver
...named as winner of the 2025 Driver of the Year Award. Having spent 14 years driving tankers, Peter has earned a reputation for attention to safety and professionalism in fuel...
News
Driven to succeed
...Suttons operates 75 road tankers across 20 sites throughout the UK, including Grangemouth, Purfleet, Milford Haven and Avonmouth. Harvest Energy is one of the company’s biggest customers with whom it...
News
Recognition for lead on fuel transition
...and only UK fuel supplier to run its entire fleet of tankers and delivery vehicles on vegetable oil in June 2021. The family business predicts a saving of around 3,080...
Insight
The downstream oil market landscape of Ireland in the 2020s
...and refined oil products of 1.4 million M3 and capability to load/unload tankers from 20,000DWT to 320,000DWT. Ireland has an unusually high dependency on oil in its total energy mix,...
Market Report
Why a lack of both infrastructure and green production leaves hydrogen-fuelled vehicles a ‘grey’ area
...consumption of 50bn litres per annum is distributed via 6 refineries, 8 import terminals, 4 rail-loading facilities, 6,350 miles of pipelines, 30,000 petrol tankers, 8,500 forecourts and 140,000 dispensing nozzles....
News
IFC Inflow celebrates 30 years in business
...use of bottom loading skids for road tankers operating in the Authorised Distributor market. The company’s very first unit was built in 1994, since when IFC has expanded into different...
Interview
Driving change: One woman’s story and the power of inclusive recruitment
...my licence.” In 2017, Zoe passed her HGV test and, after six years in distribution, she moved into fuel tankers. She’s now been driving fuel for two years and is...
Opinion
Do you see issues with the introduction of Euro VI or do you welcome it as positive step towards increasing energy efficiency?
...bottom loading and metering equipment etc into the available space more troublesome, especially in shorter wheelbase rigid mini and midi tankers. The second issue is the high temperatures that the...
Interview
In Conversation with United Fuels
...received our first order! “Since then, we have grown to six tankers, a handful of office staff and still have the same enthusiasm we had when we started.” The impact...
Insight
Strategic supply from Britain’s largest refinery
...and 22m mt of crude oil, oil products and chemicals per year. The facility can accommodate coasters or part laden tankers of up to 350,000 (deadweight) DWT. The refinery complex...
Interview
Value Oils: leader in online fuel distribution
...was sold to Maxol Group in 2001. “At that time, we operated circa 35 tankers and employed more than 100 employees. I then moved to Maxol Group, who were a...
News
A revolutionary launch from Magnus Monitors
...multiple trips to the same area. This reduces both the wear and tear on tankers and the carbon footprint. It also provides visibility into customers’ tanks enabling a proactive rather...
News
Entries now open for UKIFDA industry awards 2026
...waste reduction or environmental protection initiatives. Achievements may vary in scale, but the focus is on genuine progress and commitment. Young Person of the Year Award Sponsored by Just Tankers This...
News
Fuel switch in full flow for River Thames
...terminal to the river, removing the need for on-road delivery tankers in the supply chain to fuel river vessels. GPS Marine’s fleet of tugs, barges and multi-purpose vessels is the...
News
Driving academy launch solves distributor driver shortage
...to our way of doing business. The candidates will learn so much more about our business than simply driving tankers. “Their training and development will cover all aspects of our...
Insight
Marine bunkering – fuel for a vital activity
...to/from tankers Road tanker, for the typical 20-30 tonne delivery of gas oil to ports where access to this type of bunkering arrangement is available e.g. fishing trawlers. Bunker deliveries...