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A good Standard of tanker
Very impressed with the performance of its newest tanker, Knowsley-based Standard Fuel Oils has ordered two more. Fitted with Alpeco tank and metering equipment including the TE550 electronic register, the...
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2M Group trial HVO fuel in Suttons Tankers collaboration
The 2M Group of Companies, in collaboration with logistics partner Suttons Tankers, have embarked on a six-month trial using Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) as an alternative fuel aimed at decreasing...
Interview
Could improving gender diversity be an answer to the driver shortage problem?
The fuel oil distribution business is heavily male dominated with very few women driving tankers. When Fuel Oil News caught up with a new distribution business, Bedford Fuels, for our...
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Suttons celebrates growth in fuels sector with 100th petroleum regulation truck on fleet
Suttons Tankers has grown exponentially in the fuels and bitumen sectors in recent years, providing its customers with the highest levels of safety and customer service. Expanding into new markets...
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On the road to success
...FUEL OIL NEWS WELCOMES ENTRIES FOR THE TITLE OF 2018 TANKER OF THE YEAR Please send a photograph together with details about what makes your new tanker extra special to...
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Crown Oil adds to its fleet
The latest addition to the Crown Oil tanker fleet is ready to deliver HVO across the UK. The 8-wheeler DAF tanker joined Crown Oil’s fleet last week, and with the...
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Lindsey refinery collapse results in redundancy for more than 100 tanker drivers
Administrators for the Prax Lindsey oil refinery, which filed for insolvency at the end of June, have confirmed that more than 100 tanker drivers have been made redundant with immediate...
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Distributor diaries October 2023
...Centre Tank Services is enjoying quadruple celebrations Centre Tank Services Ltd is a leading trade distributor of fuel dispensing, storage tank, AdBlue™ and lubrication equipment. This month, CTS is celebrating...
Interview
Donegal distributor gets lucky
...to the north and Killybegs in the south. The company also supplies diesel to agricultural, commercial and small retail customers. There are 30 full-time staff and 15 tankers, ranging from...
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Helping with Ireland’s energy transition
...manufacturers and installers, and tank storage, we are looking to work with the government on its planned pathway to a low carbon footprint. “This is something we have done in...
Insight
Key challenges and opportunities facing the fuel distributor
...and managing the transition away from fossil fuels’. Two particular issues present themselves: In its ‘Future Vision’, published in July 2019, the primary physical suppliers’ trade association, UKPIA, stated a...
Opinion
Longer term impacts of coronavirus on the UK and Ireland’s oil industry
Boris Ivanov In the light of continued disruption to demand and supply chains, falling margins and prices and increasing fears over storage capacity we discuss with Boris Ivanov, founder and...
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UKIFDA launches trio of fuel distribution industry awards
...the Year competition. “The audits cover 15 sections, including yard and tank storage, health and safety management, transport, and environmental management,” comments Tony Brown. “In addition, as part of an...
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Trade body name change reflects move towards more sustainable fuels
...petroleum products. Previously known as the United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association (UKPIA), the change reflects its members’ ambition to manufacture and supply the biofuels, low carbon hydrogen and other low...
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NI oil stocks starting to replenish after high demand saw supplies run low
Trade association NIOF has confirmed that the temporarily low levels of oil stocks in NI after an unexpectedly high uplift of product have started to recover. Spokesperson David Blevings said:...
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Unprecedented demand creates temporary oil shortage in Ireland
...industry trade association UKIFDA. The sudden blast of arctic weather in the run up to the Christmas break has caused a significant spike in demand with homeowners effectively ‘panic buying’...
Interview
Jay Nair of Mabanaft: transition, inclusion and diversity
...successful and sustainable decarbonisation strategy for transport, heat and commercial is highly likely to involve a diverse mix of renewable energy sources and energy storage technologies. However, there are some...
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Ambitious low carbon investments
The UK Petroleum Industry Association (UKPIA) has welcomed the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) funding towards hydrogen projects at Essar’s Stanlow oil refinery and a renewable hydrogen...