Interview
Rapid growth keeps Exswift Fuels in the pink
A couple of years ago we chatted with Chloe Crofts, CEO of Exswift Fuels, a company, at that time, into its third year. With the domestic kerosene delivery business having...
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Opinion
Do you see issues with the introduction of Euro VI or do you welcome it as positive step towards increasing energy efficiency?
...of Euro V orders and have even stocked some pre-registered chassis’ having received feedback that Euro VI may be troublesome and expensive in early models. We see a couple of problems...
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Liquid fuel distribution sector to benefit from new format event in 2023
...still want to attend an annual event – hence the tailoring of the new one-day event in line with delegate and exhibitor feedback. And in 2024, we will be back...
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A change in direction for Thomas Silvey
...fuel card division being merged into the existing Silvey Fleet business. ‘Our future is now less about being a supplier of fuel and more about providing fleet solutions to businesses,’...
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UM Terminals makes senior appointment
...metres of bulk liquid storage, but the plan is to grow this to over 400,000 cubic metres. Product solutions include vegetable oils, industrial, food and feed, chemical, fertiliser, fuels, biofuels...
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New OCRS report
...report altogether. Following representations by FTA, VOSA recognised that it had removed a useful compliance too and agreed to develop a bespoke report. At the workshop operators gave feedback on...
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Greenergy – additional biodiesel production
...its own biofuel blending obligations under the UK’s Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation. Greenergy already owns and operates a waste based biodiesel facility on the east coast at Immingham. Production from...
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The best forecourt in Scotland
...service. Employees at the site listen to feedback to ensure the product range meets the customers’ needs. Within our growing company portfolio of 23 company-owned sites, Carronvale deserves its standing...
Opinion
Is there a market for building vehicles to run on alternative fuels?
“Quite simply yes,” said Simon Wood, Mercedes-Benz UK “We’ve a number of operators who’ve opted to run vehicles on alternative fuel solutions – LPG, CNG, hybrid, E-CELL and a selection of...
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DECC proposes excluding biofuels from domestic RHI
...tariff of 4.1p/kWh – the same rate as for approved, solid biomass fuels. Although the expected timeframe for its introduction remains unchanged (summer 2013), proposed levels of financial support for...
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UM Terminals invests millions in its Liverpool terminal
...oils, fertiliser and key growth areas of biofuels and biofuel feed stocks. The company is also underway transferring across to low carbon tank heating technology, part of the wider UM...
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Driving academy launch solves distributor driver shortage
What should you do when there is a shortage of drivers? Start your own driving academy! Cumbria-based distributor, WCF Fuels, has done just this as an ingenious solution to the...
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Open to debate in Ireland
...BP, David Kingsman, Fuelsoft, Julia Mansfield, Fuel Additive Science Technologies and David Blevings, Northern Ireland Oil Federation. “I felt the mix of speakers was interesting,” wrote John Switzer of J...
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QM Recycled Energy unveils new HQ
...plastic in lieu of using feedstocks from fossil fuels. Tim StClair-Pearce, QMRE CEO, said: “This is a highly significant chapter in the development of QMRE’s nationwide network of plastic waste-2-oil...
Opinion
Emissions: how harmful are they?
...and the importance of taking action now while we wait for future fuel solutions. Is it all bad? There are many reasons why carbon-based fuel emissions are considered harmful but,...
News
A clear vision for the future of our industry
...to achieve a circular economy thanks to developments in feedstocks, operations, fuels and products. UKPIA’s vision for the long-term future of the downstream oil sector is a positive one. “It...
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Aston University to train UK’s next-gen decarbonisation experts
...on use of biomass to replace fossil fuels and removal (or capture) of CO2 from the atmosphere, with the potential to create new sources of fuels and chemicals. Integration of...
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February 2016 update
...feed, heat and transport. And if demand is looking a little more patchy, it is still growing – and most definitely growing in China. OK, the Chinese Stock Market seems...