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Keeping it in the family
...1982, as a young, learner tanker driver making his way through the snow to ensure customers stayed warm. 41 years later Louise got in touch to let us know that...
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Fuel metering system gives Mechtronic cause for double celebration
With tanker equipment supplier, Mechtronic Ltd, celebrating five years of its innovative electronic metering system OptiMate, this year also sees the 500th OptiMate go out on the road, giving the...
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Highland Fuels looks to future growth as an employee driven enterprise
...entrepreneurial spirit that was established from the formation of Highland Fuels still runs through the company over 65 years on. The geographical development has been vast, with the independent distributor...
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Certas Energy – new appointment and new website
...Energy provides fuels and lubricants every day. With 150 depots, over 1,000 tankers and 2,500 personnel, Certas Energy delivers over 6 billion litres of oil every year. “The launch of...
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New Abbey training delivers Class 1 drivers
To support drivers looking to make the transition from Class 2 to Class 1 driving, road tanker company Abbey Logistics launched an ‘Earn while you learn’ training programme earlier this...
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Recognition for lead on fuel transition
...and only UK fuel supplier to run its entire fleet of tankers and delivery vehicles on vegetable oil in June 2021. The family business predicts a saving of around 3,080...
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Why a lack of both infrastructure and green production leaves hydrogen-fuelled vehicles a ‘grey’ area
10 years ago this month, Toyota launched their first mass-produced hydrogen car at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The Toyota Mirai was powered by a hydrogen fuel cell stack that...
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IFC appointments reflect growth
...five years experience in sales, Chris will be responsible for internal sales, product technical support and project management. His appointment reflects the company’s recent success within the tanker loading and...
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In Conversation with United Fuels
...increase in volumes year on year.” The team is United Claudia asked James to tell us more about the team at United Fuels: “Back in 2018, we started with three...
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Free oil? Not today …
...physical oil, which at the negative prices they bought back at they can afford to sell cheaply to refiners, even if they had to do it in tanker truck loads....
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Adler and Allan’s regional acquisition
...cleaning, tankering and industrial services which complements that of Adler and Allan. In addition to this acquisition, Adler and Allan’s Glasgow department has moved to a new, larger facility in...
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Fuel distributor team takes on tough fundraising challenge
A team from Ford Fuels recently completed an impressive fundraising challenge, raising over £10,000 in memory of two beloved colleagues. In the past three years, Ford Fuels has sadly and...
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A revolutionary launch from Magnus Monitors
...and are highly accurate: +/- 5mm to a range of 4 metres. Being battery-driven, it has the ability to run for up to five years with a high frequency of...
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Which? reports on heating oil prices
With the price of heating oil at a four-year low, Which? has taken another look at the heating oil market; a market that has seen a 23% fall in price...
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Fuel switch in full flow for River Thames
...carbon emissions, improve local air quality, and boost the Thames’ drive to clean up and reduce pollution. GPS Marine and Green Biofuels commenced their partnership last year, by fuelling with...
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Driving academy launch solves distributor driver shortage
...to our way of doing business. The candidates will learn so much more about our business than simply driving tankers. “Their training and development will cover all aspects of our...
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Driver shortages create barrier
...job, they had never put delivery by oil tanker into practise, let alone safely negotiate tight driveways at customer properties. We paid out more in repair bills…” It is not...
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Emco Wheaton – Konnect loading arms
Konnect, a new range of value for money loading arms, developed to handle the safe transfer of petroleum products to and from road and rail tankers, has been launched by...