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Crown Oil completes acquisition of Star Oil

...staff numbers to more than 1,250. Star Oil, set up by Christian Hatherall and Michael Doyle, has seven tankers covering the North West and supplies fuel, oil and lubricants to...

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Watson Fuels opens state-of-the-art Kent depot

...as well as improving the tank infrastructure and capacity within a number of existing depot and office locations. Watson has also been modernising its 350-strong fleet of tankers and will...

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Fair price award for Isle of Wight Fuels

...across the Island. Oil is shipped into the terminal in East Cowes by the company’s own tanker, the Rix Merlin. The facility in Kingston Road stores up to three million...

Insight

Refining operations

...refinery site comprises 145 storage tanks including 11 for crude oil and 38 road tanker loading bays which can accommodate up to 400 RTWs per day. The rail loading facility...

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Northern Ireland – an overdependence on oil?

When kerosene is being distributed by taxi rather than tanker, it’s time to take action. Air your views on the heating oil market, among other hot topics, at the Distributor...

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Up and running

Pictured beside the WP Group’s newest tanker – Dan Hedges, Melanie Noel and Terry Brown – on the Magyar stand at FPS EXPO 2018 When the Southampton-based WP Group launched...
A look at what drives successful recruitment and retention at NWF Fuels

Analysis

Recruitment and retention at NWF Fuels

NWF Fuels delivers heating oil and commercial fuel across the UK from its strategically located depot network using a modern fleet of 120 fuel tankers. In the last year, the...
MechTronic: celebrating 20 years

Interview

MechTronic: celebrating 20 years

MechTronic is a Leeds-based family-owned and run business, specialising in metering and gauging fuel delivery systems for road tankers. MechTronic designs and engineers fuel delivery systems that aim to save...

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DCC to acquire Irish-owned fuel distributor

...With a fleet of 45 tankers and 150 staff members, Jones Oil had Euro 138 million in turnover in 2019 – an increase of 13.5pc compared to 2018. DCC, a...
Bedford Fuels tanker

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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...

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Certas plans for new fuel depot on Isle of Wight

...delivered by road tankers. Smaller, more rural filling stations were still being supplied by IOWF and Certas Energy the supply of which was coming from the East Cowes fuel depot...

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Ford Fuels optimises delivery with tech investment

...tankers by the end of 2021. John Ford remarks: “We differentiate ourselves by moving vehicles to places where other people can’t. If someone needs fuel, they need fuel, and we’ll...
Portland Report

Market Report

Prices and predictions – what does 2025 have in store?

...crude oil tankers around the world, which roughly speaking, equates to a supply interruption of around 10m barrels of oil. This is easily enough to temporarily send prices northwards but...
Portland Christmas report

Market Report

A special Christmas market report from Portland

...of a dedication than a personal favourite, but “Driving Home for Christmas” by Chris Rea is for all my tanker drivers out there at the moment making those last-minute deliveries...

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Gulf Aviation fuels Cheltenham Gold rush

Gulf Aviation fuel tankers provided refuelling services at last month’s Cheltenham Festival In partnership with Helicopter & Aviation Services, Gulf Aviation added another prestigious event to its portfolio when it...