Interview
Phillips 66: Humber Refinery
...enough speciality coke to put 1.3 million EVs on the road every year. So how does it work? Well, like all great products – the formula for our speciality coke...
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News
FTA welcomes HGV speed limit consultation
...convinced that a 40 mph speed limit causes unnecessary costs to vehicle operators, congestion, and avoidable overtaking collisions. It also means that HGVs travelling above the speed limit enjoy a...
Knowledge
Cyber Awareness Month: Prepare for the when, not if, of a cyber attack
...specific legal and/or specialist advice. Pen Underwriting Limited and OAMPS Hazardous Industries (part of Pen Underwriting Limited) accepts no liability for any inaccuracy, omission or mistake in this publication, nor...
Opinion
Getting your vehicles winter ready
...focus, but other areas such as fuel, oil and antifreeze sometimes get overlooked. We hear from MANNOL – a German lubricant specialist – who reminds us of the importance and...
Interview
Driving change: One woman’s story and the power of inclusive recruitment
...needs new faces but finding the right drivers for the specialised needs of fuel logistics can be a challenge. Sometimes, the solution arrives quietly, without a headline, like Zoe Challinor,...
News
BSI publishes revised fuel oils standard to avoid safety and performance issues
...provides detailed, application-specific, fuel oil specifications to reflect the need for changes in end users’ equipment, legislation, market use and the application specific use of fuel oils and fuel oil...
News
Credit where it’s due
...incurring bad debt losses caused by the insolvency of their customers From being a relatively specialist area of the insurance market that rarely hit the headlines, credit insurance was promoted...
Insight
Fleet strategy for fuel distributors: when to lease, when to buy, and when to replace
...specification when purchasing 2nd hand, checking: Vehicle history and paperwork Full-service history Compliance and certification Fit-for-purpose specification Estimated cost comparison Indicative costs vary significantly depending on specification, compliance requirements, maintenance...
Opinion
Free oil? Not today …
Following the news that West Texas Intermediate (WTI) Futures traded at negative prices for the first time in history last week there has been rampant social media speculation, much of...
Interview
A Day in the Life… Ken Cronin
...so I get more time to spend with my wife. Before we spent our downtime as KenKabs1 & 2 – always on call with no meter running. We live in...
Opinion
Why is fuel filter blocking still an issue?
...meets or exceeds the applicable specification. Rather it is the specification and standards of fuel being imposed at governmental level that are being cited as the problem. The NFUS suggesting...
News
FleetGO strengthens UK and Irish focus with DreamTec acquisition
...in fuel and food distribution circles for its specialist telematics applications. The deal brings together FleetGO’s broad, pan-European logistics software portfolio with DreamTec’s deep vertical expertise in market-specific solutions. For...
Analysis
An industry acquiring
...from energy major Total. Also in March, environmental risk reduction business, Adler and Allan, announced the acquisition of three companies into the group: electrical specialists AMGS Electrical, hazardous material specialist...
News
Simon – investing in our infrastructure
...Humber, the latter specialising in petroleum coke for export. The Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Immingham Dock & Grimsby Ports receive between 55-60m tonnes of cargo a year, of which approximately...
Insight
An industry acquiring
...AMGS Electrical, hazardous material specialist Flotech Performance Systems Limited (Flotech) and industrial sewage specialist and underground infrastructure specialist Oneline Surveys The acquisitions followed changes to Adler and Allan’s senior leadership...
News
IFC Inflow celebrates 30 years in business
...a specific purpose,” explained Kiran. “But as customers reduced their in-house engineering staff it became apparent that we needed to offer engineering solutions as well as standard products. To that...
News
Kerosene – supply and quality
...tank to dirty kerosene, clean kerosene but with a high (off spec) char value to really dirty kerosene How old is your kerosene? What does concern Julia is that fact...
Interview
A DAY IN THE LIFE… Peter Davidson
...incredibly lucky to have an excellent communications specialist and technical specialist working with us. Nunzia and Jamie are invaluable to everything that we do. It is their professionalism and commitment...