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New executive director at the TSA
...crude oil, petroleum and chemicals as well as potable liquids, edible oils and fats. Receipt and delivery of these products takes place by means of sea transport, inland barge, road,...
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Truck operators bid for funding
The Department for Transport and the Technology Strategy Board Industry have invested £9.5m to support the low carbon demonstration trial. Truck operators are being invited to bid for some of...
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A critical role for Stanlow
A key source of supply – the Stanlow refinery – supplies approximately 15% of the Uk’s transport fuel requirements It also has 1.8 million metric tonnes (mt) of catalytic reforming...
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New logistics appointments
...Wilson, is now managing director of the group’s logistics division, whilst Luis Angel Gomez has been appointed as managing director of the transport division. Malcolm and Luis join CEO, Hervé...
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Suttons lands Total contract
New contract with Total UK strengthens Suttons position as a supplier of bulk fuel transport Suttons has landed a new contract with Total UK for the distribution of petroleum products...
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Quest Waste Management takes delivery of new RTN-manufactured articulated ADR tanker
The 30,000-litre Articulated ADR Tanker, specifically designed for carrying and transporting hazardous and dangerous liquids will be taking to the road following it’s unveiling at Road Transport Expo earlier this month...
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Harbour Energy’s Viking project to transform Humber into UK’s leading CCS hub
...infrastructure to transport and store CO2 in secure offshore storage sites. Working with a consortium of emissions capture and infrastructure members, the project will create a CO2 capture, transportation, and...
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Pioneering haulage firm commits to HVO
...Energy’s podcast, ‘HVO on the Road’, Steph Crack, Transport & Compliance Manager at T&J Haulage, says the requirements of customers set them on their green journey, but their own extensive...
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Hydrogen Strategy: Ongoing developments
...industries such as transport, cement manufacture and steelmaking. Interestingly, existing hydrogen demand scenarios show estimates for future use of the fuel vary between 6% and 25% of final worldwide energy...
Analysis
UK Downstream: bringing in the next generation
...are the same in fuel industry, however on an average day I work towards hitting my sales targets as well as handling the transport for our Nottingham and Immingham depots....
Opinion
Low Carbon Fuels Strategy is urgently needed for transport decarbonisation progress
Logistics UK has written to Minister of State for Transport, Jesse Norman MP, to call for the urgent publication of the Low Carbon Fuels (LCFs) strategy as well as a...
Opinion
UKIFDA submits view on ending sales of petrol, diesel and hybrid vehicles by 2035
...all the facts. “Whilst attending a recent Westminster Transport Forum in London, our industry questioned the Department For Transport on its vision for the future. This vision was based on...
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Scottish fuel distributor expands again
...a growing base in Wales with 8 depots across Scotland and Wales and the five new trucks will operate out of the company’s Crieff, Grangemouth & Insch Depots in Scotland. William Nicol, transport & operations director commented:...
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Certas Energy acquires Advance Fuels
...Mabanaft Limited, will continue to maintain and service its existing wholesaling and fuel card marketing activities. Advance Fuels sells heating and transport fuels to a broad range of domestic, commercial,...
Opinion
“As the Driver CPC deadline approaches – are you ready?”
...ensure all our remaining drivers have the required 35 hours to qualify well before the September 2014 deadline.” Mick Smith, Suckling Transport (part of SBG Silvio Bertani Group) “At Suckling Transport...
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BP OUTLOOK 2023: the outlook for global energy to 2050
...over the Outlook, driven by falling use in road transport as the efficiency of the vehicle fleet improves and the electrification of road vehicles accelerates. Even so, oil will continue...
Opinion
Logistics UK’s Alex Veitch responds to Budget
...direct support to those looking to retrain and reskill into vital operational roles like HGV drivers and transport managers would help that transition. The average cost for a 12-month apprenticeship...
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Fuel distributors back calls for renewable liquid fuel tax to be slashed
...completed as part of a routine service. WCF currently distributes HVO fuel to the transport sector which benefits from reduced duty on renewable fuels for commercial fleets under the Renewable...