Interview
A Day in the Life… Ken Cronin
...driver hours – and, because we work across five different countries, we have at least one of these in train at any one point of time. We start with what...
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News
Community Buying – The organisers’ view…
With community buying still very much a talking point, Liz Boardman contacted a number of regional buying groups to get their side of the story The benefits Without doubt the...
News
Cost effective depot upgrades
...mounted at each meter point, to a central multi-point controller for the whole skid, all variations offer storage of loading data and connection to a separate printer or PC. www.inflow.co.uk...
News
UK Fuels launches telematics and fuel management system
...‘accessible price point’. Channelling telematics data on driver and vehicle performance alongside fuel card usage information, Kinesis will provide fleet owners and managers with some of the most accurate MPG...
Knowledge
That’s a cracker!
...like his pizzas? Deep pan, crisp and even! Paul Craddock, Bedford Fuels What do you call a blind reindeer? No idea. Ken Cronin, UKIFDA Why do people point to their...
Market Report
The increasing impact of China’s economy on global oil demand
...same period. Last month, the CSI 300 Index (Chinese Stock Market) fell to its lowest point since January 2019, whilst unemployment has also steadily risen. Youth unemployment hit a record...
News
Anton Paar technology supports push to advance sustainable aviation fuel testing
...meters, viscosity instruments, flash-point testers and oxidation analysers has been integrated into the Energy Innovation Centre’s (EIC) laboratory workflow, supporting both early-stage research and commercial-facing development programmes. According to EIC...
Interview
James Hygate, Firefly Green Fuels: challenges and progress on the pathway to green aviation
...feedstock The issue of feedstock availability for biofuels is very much a current industry talking point. On top of the scarcity issue, businesses must ensure the provenance of feedstocks is...
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TotalEnergies partners with Enva to drive circularity in automotive lubricants
...Convenient: Benefit from a single point of contact for all your waste management needs. Karoly Repas, General Manager, at TotalEnergies Marketing UK, Lubricants Division said: “Our exciting new partnership with...
News
Major marine fuelling point opens at Blyth
...Geos Group’s managing director, Barry Newton, adds: “Launching Blyth as a major fuelling point for ship operators in the north east has been a great step forward for the Geos...
Insight
Reducing fleet costs: how technology is reducing costs
...additional miles driven to achieve this all add up. Supply systems without a real-time data-point, in which customers actively decide about their order, intensify the supplier’s pain even more. Data...
Interview
Stephen Keep, tanker driver: ‘Tanker driving has been his whole world’
...1982 – Cover Caption: A J.W. Keep tanker pictured on the A.39 near Keynsham, Bristol, Avon during last month’s snowy weather. As a point of interest for transport managers, the...
News
Phillips 66 and Calor mark 40 Years of strategic LPG storage at Immingham
...on, the facility remains an important strategic supply point, particularly in supporting seasonal demand and winter resilience. Geoff Henderson, Director, Wholesale Sales, UK Marketing, Phillips 66 Limited, said: “Since commissioning...
News
A good infrastructure?
...as key distribution points. In part, this was driven by the outcome of the Oil Warehouse Review in 1985 and enactment of legislation that moved the excise duty liability from...
Interview
Behind the deal: Private equity acquisition in the liquid fuel distribution industry
...they’re surfaced and managed. We’ve had sellers be completely open about challenges, and that gives us time to plan.” Buyers also assess how deeply the business is embedded in the...
News
Barton Petroleum celebrates 50th anniversary with special tanker
...before shipping the vehicle back just in time for the UKIFDA EXPO. The talking point of the show “We had an idea that this would be a popular talking point...
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Designed for the industry by the industry
...some of the cost is annual, some is incurred at the 5-year renewal point. To give some indication, the scheme costs will be in the region of £25 per driver...
Insight
Heating future: prospects for kerosene and HVO
...hydrogen Government Heat and Buildings Strategy (2021): This long-awaited document contains a ‘ten-point plan ambition’, one of which is ‘to start by phasing out the installation of fossil fuel heating...