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New apprenticeship programme sees first HGV driver qualify
...record in logistics, was set up in response to the national shortage of Class 1 HGV Drivers. The logistics sector, like many others, is facing a huge skills shortage and...
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HVO trial roll out will fuel Suttons tankers on its road to net zero
...fuel source throughout the Suttons fleet is planned with the aim of reducing CO2 emissions by 39000 tonnes – 85% of the logistics provider’s Scope 1 emissions. The trial is...
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A plea for an effective supply chain
Earlier this month the UK’s logistics industry reminded politicians that a No Deal Brexit would break the prime minister’s promise – made in January 2017 – to keep trade as...
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Driven to succeed
Group managing director, Andrew Palmer Against a backdrop of economic instability, one company bucking the trend and achieving impressive organic growth is the Suttons Group. The Cheshire-based global logistics provider...
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Transition talk with Peter Davidson of the Tank Storage Association
...services that are critical to UK, European and global consumers. The sector supports an essential interface between sea, road, rail and pipeline logistics for a diverse range of products that...
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Suttons Tankers and Nippon Gases UKI partner for HVO emission reduction trial
...aims to reduce carbon emissions within Nippon Gases’ logistics operations. Last year, Suttons Tankers trialled HVO fuel across a selection of its fleet, achieving an 80% reduction in carbon emissions....
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The Phillips 66 Interview
...CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES Built on more than 130 years of experience, “Phillips 66 is a growing energy manufacturing and logistics company with high-performing midstream, chemicals, refining, and marketing and specialties...
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Suttons Tankers agrees deal
...a national shared user-support network.” “We welcome this approach by Suttons Group”, added Stuart Carlyon, VP operations industrial transport within Network Logistics & Transport Division, DHL Supply Chain. “Like us,...
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Bedford Fuels: fuel distribution one year on
...in logistics operations, having been an equal shareholder in a fuel logistics business, Martyn explains how this experience will help further expand the Bedford Fuels offering: “In early July 2023...
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Top up telemetry – what’s on offer?
...tanks are alarmed against theft, and will never run out.” Smarter telemetry with SonicSignalman – text updates for customers and an iPhone app Logistics management Kingspan Environmental’s SonicSignalman is a...
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Turnover increase for Clugston Distribution
Tim Doggett, director of Clugston Distribution – see the August issue of Fuel Oil News for top 10 fuel logistics companies (page 17) Clugston Distribution has increased turnover to £17m...
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FREE guide – saving fuel costs and reducing emissions
FTA’s Logistics Emission Reduction Scheme (LERS) has recently launched a FREE guide to help all road operators to reduce their use of diesel. The guide, available on LERS’ website, provides...
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The Humber refinery – a key indigenous source of supply
...it with very advantageous logistics. The refinery can also run up to 19,000BD of other feed stocks, principally straight run residual fuel oil. In the early 1980s a fluid catalytic...
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Industry solutions provider marks anniversary with expansion into downstream
...and process control systems (Automation xl), and from industrial fabrication and logistics lifting solutions (Access xl) to specialist vehicle access solutions (Mobility xl). Embracing downstream “We will continue to have...
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ReFuels announces new HGV biomethane refuelling station
...biomethane for the first time. Additionally, the site will serve iPort, the UK’s most advanced multimodal logistics hub. The new station will host 12 refuelling pumps, capable of refuelling more...
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2M Group trial HVO fuel in Suttons Tankers collaboration
The 2M Group of Companies, in collaboration with logistics partner Suttons Tankers, have embarked on a six-month trial using Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) as an alternative fuel aimed at decreasing...
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Suttons invests in UK road tanker business
...fuel efficiency, environmental impact, vehicle reliability, after sales support and whole life cost. “Suttons Tankers is the UK’s largest bulk chemical logistics company and this latest deal continues Suttons commitment...
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New fleet investment by Hoyer Petrolog
...apparently declining market demonstrates that our business strategy is working,” said Allan. “Our petroleum business continues to grow, particularly with customers interested in a full service logistics solution whereby Hoyer...