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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...
News
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...
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...
Analysis
Energy Resilience – Is the UK facing a crisis?
...away, meaning that large ships are needed to transport fuels to the EU. The UK’s ageing infrastructure, with some exceptions, struggles to handle large oil tankers, which instead will typically...
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...
Knowledge
Smarter liquid fuel management with NivelWatcher by Celestia TST
...Propenor, a subsidiary of Cobo Tankers and Services Ltd, adopted the NivelWatcher system following a successful pilot project. “We started with five sensors and now operate with 50,” said Raúl...
News
Energy select committee visits the village at the heart of the industry fuel campaign
...The MPs were told of the significant positive impact the fuel has had in the community and had the opportunity to see the fuel delivered by a road tanker which...
News
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...
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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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Board changes at Abbey Logistics as CEO moves to executive chairman role
Long serving CEO Steve Granite has stepped down from his role as CEO of Abbey Logistics Group to take up a new position as executive chairman at the tanker specialist....
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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...
Case Study
Creating long-term partnerships: a case study with Alpeco and Rawlings Fuels
...provided them tank and metering equipment for their road tanker fleet. More recently we have supplied them with TEX Flow Computers.” Full of features Built from the ground up, the...
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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...
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...
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...
News
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...
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Diesel laundering plants
...equipment and chemicals. Three men from Merseyside were subsequently arrested. At premises in Ashford in Kent, 12,000 litres were removed along with chemicals, equipment and a fuel tanker. Capable of...