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TOTY 2023 The runners up: highlighting three very special entries
The Fuel Oil News Tanker of the Year Award 2023 received a record number of entries with all the tankers entered being of an extremely high standard. You made it...
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Kettlewell Fuels presented with Fuel Oil News Tanker of the Year 2021 award
This year’s industry EXPO provided the perfect opportunity for Fuel Oil News to present the Tanker of the Year 2021 award to Janet and Trevor Kettlewell of Kettlewell Fuels. The...
Insight
E-fuels – the challenges and opportunities in e-fuels
...aircraft and heavy-duty commercial vehicles, for instance. E-fuels, also known as electrofuels, eFuels, synthetic fuels, Power-to-X (PtX), Power-to-Liquids (PtL) and renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBOs), are a synthetic alternative...
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SOS Sales announces £8m partnership with South African tanker manufacturer GRW
...an ongoing supply of fuel tankers ranging from conventional fuel bulking tankers, aviation and urban artic, making SOS Sales Ltd the largest customer to GRW in UK and Ireland. Commenting...
Interview
Ferguson Fuels: family-run, with customers at its heart
Ferguson Fuels has operated as a family-run fuel business in Northern Ireland for over 50 years. Claudia Weeks, Community Content Lead for Fuel Oil News spoke with Clark Hamilton, Yard...
Knowledge
Ryan Finnigan, Ribble Fuel Oils: ten top tips for tanker care
Ribble Fuel Oils is a fuel distribution business that is part of the NWF Fuels group. Originally established in 1967, the distributor continues to pride itself on its strong local...
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...
News
Tanker of the Year 2024 – Special Recognition
...have resulted in an extremely safe and versatile fuel tanker, and one which helps support Watson’s sustainability goals. A spokesperson commented: “Throughout our long history of fuelling homes, farms and...
Interview
35 years of tanker loading and process metering solutions
...their fleet of road tankers, since, if the tanker is not on the road, then they are not selling their fuel. Now, lots of customers recognise that a skid not...
Interview
Lee Crellin and Ryan Finnigan, Ribble Fuel Oils: tanker-driving photographers
Ribble Fuel Oils is a fuel distribution business covering Cumbria, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Merseyside, and Greater Manchester that is now Part of NWF fuels. Originally established back in 1967, the distributor...
Analysis
Replacement trucks: what will be the future fuels?
...be investing in? Should you be investing in hydrogen, electric, fuel cell or biogas fuelled tanker replacements? Tankers are a huge investment for this industry, often costing upwards of £200k...
Interview
In conversation with Jonathan Pinnock of JPS Fuels
...to an ageing workforce and the uncertainty around future fuels. But the drive that saw him buy a tanker on impulse in 2018 still powers JPS Fuels today. His focus...
Insight
What does the RFAS scheme extension mean for fuel distributors?
...generators are all under pressure to switch from fossil fuels to lower carbon alternatives. And while renewable liquid fuels can deliver massive greenhouse gas (GHG) savings, there has been a...
News
New RTN parts website keeps tankers running
...rapid growth followed. By 1993 the company was building over 80 new road tankers a year and RTN is now the UK’s leading tanker manufacturer, making over 450 tankers a...
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Adler and Allan partners with Hoyer for tanker testing
Adler and Allan has agreed a three-year partnership with Hoyer Petrolog UK Ltd to carry out road tanker testing across its road fuel tanker fleet. The contract will include holding...
Analysis
In review: the 2022 tanker market
A look back over the highlights and challenges that 2022 brought to the tanker market and some thoughts on what lies ahead for those in tanker manufacturing. A challenging year...
Interview
A new chapter for Craggs Energy and Moorland Fuels
...our customers don’t just get fuel – they get reliability and consistency.” Where is the fuel distribution industry heading? “Liquid fuels will always have a role, especially in rural and...
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March 2024 – latest updates from our distributor community
...share then please get in touch – claudia@fueloilnews.co.uk Craggs Energy and Moorland Fuels – delighted to reveal new tankers Craggs Energy, the West Yorkshire-based distributor, is proud to announce the...