Analysis
In review: the 2022 tanker market
A look back over the highlights and challenges that 2022 brought to the tanker market and some thoughts on what lies ahead for those in tanker manufacturing. A challenging year...
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Inver Energy tanker seeks title
Designed with a bespoke modification to the highly successful single compartment version of the established 42,000 litre LAG 6 compartment petrol tankers, Inver Energy’s latest tanker has joined others seeking...
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Unveiled! Fuel Oil News Tanker of the Year winner for 2023
...step towards a sustainable future, New Era Energy proudly entered their latest fleet addition – the brand-new DAF XF. This revolutionary tanker showcases a cutting-edge mirrorless design, not only enhancing...
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Future fuel ready tanker is Fuel Oil News Tanker of the Year
The winning tanker was highlighted for its innovation, design and drive towards greener fuel deliveries for winning distributor, Kettlewell Fuels who was thrilled to see its future-ready tanker awarded the...
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Road tankers – new SLP guidance + updated technical publications
...road tanker maintenance and guidelines for road tanker drivers’ emergency actions on road tanker loading racks plus a new free to download publication detailing recommendations for a standard method of...
Interview
35 years of tanker loading and process metering solutions
...their fleet of road tankers, since, if the tanker is not on the road, then they are not selling their fuel. Now, lots of customers recognise that a skid not...
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2023 Tanker of the Year nominations are open!
Entries are now open for the Fuel Oil News Tanker of the Year 2023 award. Calling all fuel distributors and tanker and tanker equipment manufacturers. We are now welcoming nominations...
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Kettlewell Fuels presented with Fuel Oil News Tanker of the Year 2021 award
...a challenge to pick the winning tanker from the numerous excellent entries we receive each year, but the winning tanker was chosen for its innovation, design and drive towards greener...
Interview
Stephen Keep, tanker driver: ‘Tanker driving has been his whole world’
...L plates on the tanker and said: “You can drive!” Talk about in at the deep end! The tanker was a 1962 one. It had 2 x 500 gallon pots...
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Hydrogen vehicle is zero-emission HGV game-changer
...design, brings his wealth of experience designing commercial vehicles to HVS’ striking truck designs. The ground-up design brings innovation in packaging, performance, efficiency, weight, range, consumption, maintenance, and lifecycle benefits...
Interview
Lee Crellin and Ryan Finnigan, Ribble Fuel Oils: tanker-driving photographers
...drivers for Ribble Fuel Oils, to find out more about how they combine their passions for both tanker driving and photography. The tankers I asked Lee and Ryan to tell...
Interview
The Cobo fuel distributor conference – tankers, tours and tapas
...the design of the tankers and some of the technologies we use in production as we feel this gives a good insight into the quality of the product. “After that...
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Tanker investment sees Rix hit a century
...breathe tankers. They’re also a family business, as is Rix, so understand our values and commitment to deliver on time, every time.” The tankers have a capacity of 18,600 litres...
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TOTY 2022 Runner Up: Craggs – a next generation tanker
...next generation tanker. Manufactured by DAF with a total capacity of 19,000 litres in five compartments, the new tanker is a top-of-the- line piece of machinery designed to transport a...
Interview
Morrow Fuels – goes the extra mile
...specially designed 4×4 tanker which can cope with the extremes of weather, and the very worst of terrain. “Last year’s extreme weather caused so many people in Northern Ireland to...
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March 2024 – latest updates from our distributor community
...also have noticed the back of the tankers looks slightly different from our normal design. We have chosen to feature red and yellow chevrons, taking the first steps to becoming...
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IFC exhibits depot and terminal equipment at the TSA exhibition
...of tanker loading equipment and tanker safe access systems, the company offers a range of equipment including petroleum & chemical loading arms, tanker loading skids, loading platforms and gantries, self-levelling...
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TOTY 2022 Runner Up: RTN – working hard to create solutions to customer problems
Whilst Road Tankers Northern was the winning manufacturer for the Fuel Oil News Tanker of the Year award for 2022 for the 4-wheeler fuel tanker submitted by fuel distributor WCF...