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What price oil? 2024 In review
...the Red Sea dominated January. Numerous cargo ships, including oil tankers, were targeted, and hit by Houthi rebels from Yemen. Product was diverted around the Cape of Good Hope to...
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Breaking barriers and challenging the industry
...New Era, responsible for keeping the brand consistent across everything we do, from designing the look of our tankers to creating strong partnerships with customers and reinforcing the values that...
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Pen Underwriting extends long-term specialist fleet deal in Republic of Ireland
...existing capacity deal. The agreement will see Zurich continue to provide 100% capacity for Pen’s specialist offering – which covers motor fleets in the hazardous goods, tankers and environmental industries...
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Linton goes Continental
...brand across its entire fleet. The company, which operates a mixed fleet of nearly 40 tankers driven by DAF, Mercedes and Scania tractor units, also transports lubricants using eight curtainsiders....
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Addressing winter challenges: Martin Goddard, Depot Manager, Gleaner Ltd Inverness
...for many years.” The depot “Initially, when I started in Inverness, we had five drivers and six vehicles, one artic unit and trailer, four six-wheel tankers (one spare) and one...
Interview
Thoughts on Christmas from the fuel distribution community
...year in the snow! Matthew Gilmore Director Just Tankers 1. Why did the truck driver bring a ladder to the Christmas party? Because they heard the drinks were on the...
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A good infrastructure?
...principal operator is James Fisher & Sons. The latter, has a fleet of 18 tankers ranging in size from 3500-13,000 DWT and carries over 8 million mt to UK-wide locations...
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Suckling Transport’s top service award
...and consistently high levels of service. The company services and maintains Suckling Transport’s Shell fleet of tankers based at the Hythe terminal. “We receive great support from all our truck...
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A champagne day for Hull-based Rix
...of the port of Hull. Nowadays, Rix Shipping has a fleet of dry cargo vessels, four coastal tankers, and three estuarial barges. The J.R. Rix & Sons Group is now a...
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Shared deliveries …
...scheduling and routing. In many instances they also provide stock reconciliations and replenishment planning/management. Taking this a stage further, contractors have deployed unbranded or white tankers to facilitate their various...
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Global product support from MechTronic
...outside of the UK. Joe Sakr confirmed: “Lynx is proposing MechTronic FMS on its custom-made, Africa oriented, TOTAL and SHELL validated fuel tankers with the technical support and drivers’ training...
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Clugston Distribution – ambitious growth plans
David Heath is planning for more tankers and double digit growth at Clugston Distribution in 2014 Following a 20% growth in revenue in 2013, a £2.15m fleet expansion and renewal...
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New vapour recovery offers savings
Petrol normally lost to delivery tankers equipped with stage 1B vapour recovery can now be retained says Petroman Environmental Services. “The Total Vapour Solutions system pays for itself, and begins...
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Certas Energy invests £2 million in Dorset depot
...investment to turn a former truck parking location into a large fuel storage depot, Certas Energy is opening a new depot at Holton Heath. Eight delivery tankers will be...
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Sodbury Fuels: celebrating 10 years in business
...depot and one tanker in 2014. Now, we have moved to a larger depot and have six tankers. In 2014, Andy and I were the only members of staff, we...
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Harvest Energy picks innovative solutions
...style management system, which incorporates an automated reporting function to manage fuel efficiency and safe driving. Ann Dawson, managing director, Norbert Dentressangle Tankers, added: “As a major logistics business already...
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Key fuel industry event selling out fast
...as well as first-time exhibitors that include EW Fuel Management Ltd, Commercial Fuel Solutions Ltd, Nursan Trailer, and Road Tankers Armagh Ltd,” added Ken. Dawn Shakespeare, UKIFDA membership and events...
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Airport Energy – making every single litre count
...three fuel stations, 250,000 litres of storage, four tankers and an oil and water truck. Working airside is operations manager, Craig Heggie: “A coil is fitted to the filler neck...