Opinion
Should FPS and OFTEC move closer together?
...are best served by having two independent trade associations to focus on and champion the particular needs of their members.” Mark Nolan, Nolan Oils “I think the two organisations should...
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Boiler scrappage in next month’s Budget?
...Petroleum Suppliers (FPS), the Heating and Hotwater Industry Council (HHIC) and the UK LPG Association (UKLPG) have written to George Osborne calling for him to introduce an England-wide boiler replacement...
Opinion
CIA President speaks out against the UK Government’s lack of energy policy
Speaking at the Chemical Industries Association (CIA) annual dinner last week, CIA President Tom Crotty of INEOS took the Government to task for its lack of a coherent energy policy and...
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Belfast conference – FTA announces keynote speaker
Minister for the Environment, Mark H Durkan, will be the keynote speaker at the Freight Transport Association’s (FTA) Transport Manager Northern Ireland conference, to be held at Titanic, Belfast on...
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Highlighting the importance of the downstream oil sector
...which we rely on in our daily lives’ The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on the UK oil refining sector, in partnership with the UK Petroleum Industry Association, held its...
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Tuffa takes title
Members of the Tuffa team celebrate their award winning success Staffordshire-based Tuffa Tanks, which recently supplied an oil tank to the country’s National Memorial Arboretum, has been awarded the title...
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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...