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Urban charges and lorry bans – planning ahead
Between early 2019 and the end of 2020, cities across the UK will start levying prohibitively high charges on older HGVs and vans, for air quality reasons. This autumn’s FTA...
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Interview
Negotiating the swings and roundabouts of fuel distribution
...prices and the ever changing weather patterns continue to make this a difficult market to predict with any certainty. Planning, forecasting and margin management are becoming even more important given...
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Coca-Cola begins new UK HVO trial to cut vehicle emissions
...transport emissions Tom McCarthy, Vice President of Integrated Business Planning at Ball Beverage Packaging EMEA, said: “We are delighted to work with Coca-Cola Europacific Partners on such an important project....
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INEOS sets the wheels in motion on sanitiser delivery
...adds, “INEOS is a company with enormous resources and manufacturing skills. We are not only planning to produce a million bottles of hand sanitiser a month in the UK but the same again...
Opinion
Will my supplier be putting FAME in my gas oil?
...to buy gas oil without biodiesel, so we’re planning to keep our gas oil FAME-free. It is not our intention to blend FAME into our gas oil at any location...
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UM Terminals enhances customer service with roll-out of Client Central Services
...terminals. “Sometimes we don’t know until the last minute when they are going to be coming in. Operational planning and flexibility are key in a fast-moving environment like UM Terminals....
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Ministerial visit marks Celtic Renewables milestone
...from pioneering university research team to an exporting business planning its next stage of growth. Scottish Enterprise continues to support the company’s innovative approach to green chemicals production as it...
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ULEMCo awarded contract for largest fleet-wide hydrogen conversion to date
...shall be enabling 35 vehicles to run on hydrogen dual fuel, with more in planning,” says Amanda Lyne, managing director of ULEMCo. “These include vehicles in the existing fleet as...
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FPS EXPO 2019 – making the most of your visit
If you’re planning to visit FPS EXPO 2019 in May, why not download the new FPS EXPO app to ensure you are well-prepared in advance. Plus – find out about...
Analysis
A just transition for Grangemouth?
...planning to become a fuels’ import terminal. “As we have told Government, the fuels sector is vital for the nation’s energy security and net zero ambitions, but faces difficult investment...
Interview
Preparing for oil off Ireland
...Ireland? Gordon McIntosh, director of enterprise, planning and infrastructure for Aberdeen City Council spoke about the services and infrastructure that took Scottish city Aberdeen from a ‘small, underdeveloped fishing town’...
Insight
Zemo forum identifies ‘missing policies’ for transport decarbonisation
...frameworks, with all relevant government policies – energy, industry, planning, skills, and finance – contributing to achieving the net zero target. The final ‘Map of Missing Policies’ report, will be...
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ReFuels to open Wales’ first renewable biomethane refuelling station for HGVs
...Warburton’s, Lidl, Amazon and Waitrose to make immediate cuts of over 90% to fleets. Glen Morgan, Operations Manager at Dixon Transport – one of the companies planning to use the...
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Biofuels – an uncertain future
...market specialist is running seven Citroen Relay vans on a B30 biodiesel blend and is planning to switch its 21-strong fleet to the fuel by the end of 2012, saving...
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Confirmed: Grangemouth, the UK’s oldest refinery, is to close in 2025
...very sad to hear that Grangemouth refinery is planning to become a fuels’ import terminal. “As we have told Government, the fuels sector is vital for the nation’s energy security...
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Waste oil – where are we in 2011
...Statement on Hazardous Waste and Planning for Infrastructure, puts forward a specific policy to encourage investment in a modern high technology lubricants re-refinery. This reflects waste hierarchy policy, but substantial...
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Team Exocet conquers Cotswold Way Ultra Challenge to raise funds for MND Association
Back in April we shared how a team from Fuel Additive Science Technologies (FAST) were planning to tackle a tough challenge to raise awareness and support for the Motor Neurone...
Interview
Next generation joins family-owned fuel distributor
Following on from the feature published in the December issue of Fuel Oil News looking at the vital role the next generation have to play in fuelling the future, the...