Interview
Market review 2022: Fuel tanker manufacturers
...“One of our most recent deliveries was a 20,000 litre, 5 compartment, BLVR aluminium, 6-wheel road tanker to Tinney’s Oil. Equipped with a full Emco Wheaton package and built...
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Opinion
Ken’s Corner: I had to make sure I kept an eye on the real world
...a simple leaflet posted through our customers’ letterboxes, was just the start. It came about because of a huge collaboration between distributors, technicians, manufacturers and suppliers. I am proud of...
Opinion
Diversity in action in distribution
...Craggs Energy in 2015, about her role as a young, female fuel oil distributor. Fresh blood I joined the Craggs’ new apprenticeship scheme in 2015, called ‘Craggs Academy’ which was...
News
Euro Garages joins forces with EFR
...Greggs, Louis Delhaize, Starbucks and Subway. The group has total pro forma gross annual revenues of around EUR 6 billion. Intervias, which will be chaired by Tony DeNunzio as group...
News
HGVC secures £10m funding to train thousands more drivers
...r 2021, HGVC has trained around 1,800 drivers. In addition, some 1,121 are now in jobs. Qualified drivers are securing starting salaries of up to £40,000. HGVC’s existing programmes have secured...
Interview
In Profile: Luc Smets
Speaking of his family, recent achievements and a love of chocolate, we chat with Luc Smets, general manager at Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery to discover more about the man behind...
News
Valero strengthens supply in Northern Ireland market
...added flexibility and will ensure we can continue to deliver a competitive and reliable service.” Valero has been using the DCC fuel storage terminal and the nearby NuStar terminal to...
News
Hydrogen update: Highlands hydrogen hub
...the UK and Europe. One of its projects will provide distilleries in the region with hydrogen. A feasibility study into this kick starter Distilleries Project will begin this month and...
News
Thames Oil Port – operational in 2013
...which started in June, after former owners Petroplus entered administration. The joint venture plans to turn the site into an import and distribution terminal called Thames Oil Port, expected to be...
Opinion
Funding will accelerate alternative fuels
...and inflationary pressure set to bite over the autumn, a guaranteed, permanent freeze on fuel duty would allow our members to recover from the impact of the pandemic and start...
News
Holiday of a lifetime for Gulf winners
...with the theatrical opening of Cars 3, which follows the ongoing adventures of the legendary Lightning McQueen. The prize includes flights, transfers, four nights at the 4-star Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, Cadillac...
News
Oilfast depot supervisor is the fuel distributor’s star pupil of the month
Oilfast, the independent fuel supplier with depots in Scotland, Wales, Herefordshire, and Gloucestershire, is very proud of Insch depot supervisor Christine McKay. Christine recently passed her first ever forklift truck...
Opinion
Industry responds to government hydrogen plans
...the start of a journey to significantly ramp up the supply and production in green hydrogen across the whole of the UK, which will be key to delivering hydrogen in aviation. When we...
News
Industry champions sought as award nominations open
The search has begun today (Thursday 8th July) for industry’s brightest stars, mentors, and innovators as nominations open for the 2021 OGUK Awards, sponsored by Shell UK Limited. Aberdeen ,...
News
Award-winning Greenergy
Greenergy played a starring role at the Oscars of the corporate reporting world when Stephen McCaffrey, chief financial officer and chairman Paul Lester CBE were presented with an award by...
News
The search for StocExpo’s Forty Under 40 begins
...will inspire the next generation to start careers in the industry. “To be one of StocExpo’s Forty Under 40 for a given year is a real achievement, something you can...
News
Certas partnership with Chamberlain Transport delivers another HVO fleet switch
...that the transport sector is increasingly choosing HVO as the necessary bridging solution for its journey to net zero.” Simon added: “We must start somewhere, so what better place than...
Analysis
DCC annual results confirm pivot to an energy-focussed future
...content of liquid-fuel rises far more rapidly – or volumes start to contract – DCC’s interim milestone could be at risk. Low-carbon fuels share – with a target of 25-30%...