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XPO Logistics launches Female Driver Academy
XPO Logistics has created a new Female Driver Academy to help attract more women into the industry. The female drivers who join the Academy will undertake a 12 to 16-week...
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Essar building a brand in the UK
This first Essar branded tanker is now working on deliveries to commercial customers Last week Essar Oil (UK) unveiled its first ever Essar liveried tanker at the company’s Stanlow manufacturing...
Analysis
Greening the sector: Dover Fueling Solutions considers the future for fuels
...energy and global platforms, shares her thoughts on the future for fuel with Claudia Weeks, content editor for Fuel Oil News. Can you tell us more about Dover Fueling Solutions?...
News
Distributor diaries May 25: updates from our distributor community
...fun and inclusivity drew me in. It’s been a joy meeting new people and singing every week. “Previously I have completed the Great North Run and last year, I ran...
Opinion
DAF gives HVO the thumbs-up
...you can switch between the two. If, for whatever reason, you decide it’s not for you, you can simply stop using it. You can use it one week and not...
Opinion
Calls for ‘vital’ fuel tax cut to remove inflationary pressures on distributors
...UK supply chain journeys are by road while others always have a road element to provide first- or last-mile deliveries. “With forecourt diesel prices increasing by 34% since the start...
News
Team expansion sees UM Terminals recruit two apprentices
...four-year apprenticeship based at the company’s Regent Road head office in Liverpool, but also spending time at UM’s other UK terminals in Hull and Portbury. Jake Ellis, UM Terminals’ Maintenance...
News
Products for a greener sector
...This facility is the second of its kind in the UK to dispense Shell GTL, a drop-in alternative to diesel for both on-road and off- road applications. Shell GLT fuel...
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HGV fleet operators to benefit from enhanced fuel bunkering services
...market or fixed contract prices. Vehicles can then refuel at all UK Fuels sites, which include more than 875 HGV-accessible sites and extensive motorway and trunk road coverage. Any operator...
News
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...
Insight
Marine bunkering – fuel for a vital activity
...to/from tankers Road tanker, for the typical 20-30 tonne delivery of gas oil to ports where access to this type of bunkering arrangement is available e.g. fishing trawlers. Bunker deliveries...
News
A good Standard of tanker
...5-compartment tanker, which is mounted on a MAN 6×4 chassis, was constructed by Road Tankers Northern and has been operational for over six months. The vehicle has proved so successful...
News
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...
News
Crown Oil announces acquisition of Samuel Cooke
...range of advanced low carbon fuels and speciality lubricants. In line with Crown’s environmental commitment all Samuel Cooke’s delivery mileage by road tankers will now be fully carbon offset. http://www.crownoiluk.com/...
Interview
A Day in the Life…Chloe Crofts, CEO at Exswift
...on the road. After the office I am back home, and I will try to head to my PT session followed by a circuit class, or I will go to...
Analysis
Greenergy expands its role in the UK supply chain
...largest of the independent wholesalers, supplying more than a quarter of the road fuel in the UK. It holds its own physical oil at eight terminals across the country, including...
Insight
Key challenges and opportunities facing the fuel distributor
Change and its frequency are a fact of life in modern economies, but the measure of change experienced by the broad downstream oil sector will be greater than that faced...
Opinion
Red diesel update: Navigating the evolving fuel landscape
...emissions by up to 90 per cent and is completely biodegradable. HVO can be used for on- and off-road vehicles across a range of industries including construction, agriculture, road and...