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Radar reversing system from Sentinel promotes vehicle safety
...death or serious injury, or damage to property caused by reversing vehicles. A radar sensor is fitted to the rear of the tanker. When reverse gear is engaged this sensor...
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Distributor diaries March 23: updates from our distributor community
...and risk management scheme for fuel distributors, making them the perfect choice to be the first to be presented with the brand new Oilshield Tanker Spill Kits. The ADR compliant...
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The ‘perfect fit for Rix’
...staff, including tanker drivers and office workers, have been retained by Rix Petroleum, and another tanker is to be stationed at the depot, bringing the fleet to three. Duncan Lambert,...
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Space saving equipment for tanker trucks
Easy to fit and install – user friendly equipment from Emco Wheaton with Euro 6 compatibility The implications of Euro 6 regulations on the road tanker industry have presented many...
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Suttons Tankers agrees deal
Suttons Tankers has agreed a deal to acquire DHL Supply Chain’s domestic bulk commodity chemical business. The acquisition predominantly covers chemical transportation from sites in Billingham, County Durham and Runcorn,...
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HOYER Petrolog launches recruitment video and retains Valero contract
...of the Year competition where I was awarded second place.” “I never expected I would become a tanker driver so this is a dream come true. HOYER has given me...
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Abbey Logistics trials CNG vehicles
A gas fuel tank on an Abbey trial vehicle Abbey Logistics is now working with CNG Fuels to run trials on new CNG vehicles. The trucks from Iveco and Scania...
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Family driven
...With a fleet of 43 tankers and another three on order from RTN Lakeland, Ford Fuel Oils moved up six places from 16th to 10th on this year’s Fuel Oil...
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Drivers call for a new union
Tanker drivers have called for a new union – the National Tanker Drivers’ Union – to be set up. “We could call it NTU, the National Tanker Driver’s Union,” wrote...
Review
The system with the intelligence to prevent conditioning downtime
...14/13/11 fuel standard via multi-pass filtration, preventing stagnation and diesel bug from causing downtime in low usage tanks such as generator back up tanks. After years of success with its...
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Roy Durell
...above a petrol station in Lewisham and the two second-hand tankers he acquired were based nearby in Rotherhithe. Roy worked extremely hard to establish the business, calling on customers as...
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Tanks – getting the last drop out
If you spot a tank in a compromising position, please take a photo on whatever you have to hand and send it to jane@fueloilnews.co.uk Everyone knows that heating oil orders...
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New loads for tankers
...loads and do it well. But tanker loads can be a bit trickier to find. “Loadsfortankers.com is aimed at those that move any product in a tanker. It’s a fantastic...
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Valuable insights from the other side
Bedfordshire-based distributor Bedford Fuels recently hosted a ‘Teams on Tanker’ day, for the BoilerJuice Supply Team to get valuable ‘hands-on’ experience. Extremely grateful for the opportunity to better understand supplier...
Interview
BoilerJuice: revolutionising operations
...failed or incorrect delivery due to suppliers not being able to locate the correct heating oil tank. “As you can imagine, this can be stressful for not only the customer...
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Around the clock fuel monitoring
High accuracy electronic gauging provides instant information on fuel stock levels, remaining tank capacity and ullage Cameron Forecourt has supplied a new centralised fuelling system to significantly overhaul all aspects...
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UKIFDA Show 2025 Awards – Winners revealed!
...Ukay Fuels (Hadleigh) Ltd. Runner-up: Pam Arnasalam, Certas Energy UKIFDA Young Person of the Year Award 2025 sponsored by Just Tankers Winner: Jordan Ferlisi, New Era Energy Matthew Gilmore, director...
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Addressing winter challenges: Martin Goddard, Depot Manager, Gleaner Ltd Inverness
...for many years.” The depot “Initially, when I started in Inverness, we had five drivers and six vehicles, one artic unit and trailer, four six-wheel tankers (one spare) and one...