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Truck drivers and cyclists: essential safety advice

...the subsequent increase in the number of bikes, we hear from Brake as they revisit the challenges this presents to truck drivers. Every professional truck driver knows that encountering cyclists...

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Drivers call for a new union

...an anonymous driver on the DCC-GB Oils drivers’ info blog.  “We could recruit every driver in every sector of the industry.” Arguing that Unite, the drivers current union would not...

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Driver awareness increases demand for hand protection

New independent research, commissioned by GripHero, has revealed that 66% of drivers are aware that Covid-19 can be passed from driver-to-driver at the fuel pump, driving demand for hand protection....
Compass Fuel Oils distributor diaries

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Distributor diaries September 2023

...Fuels – racing to success     Exswift Fuels, the Essex-based fuel distributor, is proud to be sponsoring racing driver Scott Sumpton for the upcoming TCR season. CEO Chloe Crofts commented: “At...

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The search is on for the driver of the year

...or who have done something way beyond their normal duties. Sponsored by OAMPS Hazardous Industries the prestigious FPS driver of the year award carries a £1000 winner’s prize and two...

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Top honours for HOYER Petrolog drivers

James Givens (l) winner of the first prize in HOYER’s 2016 driver of the year competition with Mark Binns, MD of HOYER Petrolog Three drivers working at Kingsbury and Stanlow...

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Global product support from MechTronic

...and professional distribution. “It can help monitor fuel deliveries by the minute, truck by truck, driver by driver and compartment by compartment; thus, loaded quantity will always match delivered quantities.”...

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A shining light in the fuel industry

Celebrating on the OAMPS Petrochemical stand at FPS EXPO are Duncan Grant, the newly appointed FPS president with the winning Flynn Fuels’ tanker driver Ciaran Quinn and runner up Raymond...
Claudia Weeks ADR training

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ADR Training: Claudia Weeks joins Barton Petroleum

Claudia Weeks, Community Content Lead for Fuel Oil News, was invited to attend an ADR Awareness Course hosted by Barton Petroleum at its Oakley Depot in September. ADR Driver Training...

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Tanker driver passports exceed 5,800

The Downstream Oil Industry Distribution Forum (DODF) has announced that more than 5,800 Petroleum Driver Passports have now been issued by the scheme manager, Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA). Once all...

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Putting the Petroleum Driver Passport into practice

Brian Worrall, DODF chair and Marisa Ferguson, contracts manager, SQA, at the signing of the PDP agreement The UK’s first Petroleum Driver Passport (PDP) has moved a step closer to...
Lhyfe announces plans for UK green hydrogen plant

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Lhyfe announces plans for UK green hydrogen plant

...the UK offers. The proposed plant will occupy four acres of leased industrial-zoned land along the north bank of the River Tyne, the site of the former Neptune Bank Power...