Interview
In Conversation with United Fuels
...go well, Covid 19 arrived! “Businesses were shut overnight, which massively affected our commercial growth plans. It was an incredibly challenging time for us all. “It felt like the biggest...
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News
A change in direction for Thomas Silvey
...supplying fuel and we have been doing this for a long time,” said Miriam. “Our future is now less about being a supplier of fuel and more about providing fleet...
News
Optimising fuel deliveries
...to implement in-vehicle technology was part of a wider strategic review with Certas Energy wanting to ensure its operation remained cost-effective, provided product on time and to agreed service levels....
Opinion
Free oil? Not today …
Following the news that West Texas Intermediate (WTI) Futures traded at negative prices for the first time in history last week there has been rampant social media speculation, much of...
News
Alpeco’s new system already in operation
...which houses the main CPU. A 7” full colour display and a large button keypad provide the operating interface. A programmable, real-time inventory stores and monitors grades and volumes in...
Opinion
We’ll meet again: oil to gas price gap shrinking rapidly
...created a tremendous bullish tailwind for crude oil. As weeks and months have passed by in this situation, industries across Asia and Europe have had time to adapt and switch...
Interview
Nothing standard about this fuel oil distributor celebrating 10th anniversary
...have been the main company milestones of growth and change during that time? In 2019 we were named in the top 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain. The report is an...
Insight
Task force to take action on UK refining and fuel import issues
...review the government has identified seven specific actions, timelines and deliverables to address these issues: A new joint government and industry Midstream Oil Task Force will be established to drive...
Insight
COP26 FON Blog 5: Downstream challenges
...the downstream sector. As COP Concludes… “As COP26 draws to a close, it is time to reflect on both this conference and on the broader journey to Net-Zero for the...
News
August update
...from the Middle East region [which] will hurt our own refining margins at a time when we are expanding our capacity, in part to meet European demand.” At the same...
News
Question time with the DVSA
In a ‘Question time with the DVSA’ session at the Freight Transport Association’s Transport Manager autumn conference series, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency will be answering transport managers’ most...
Interview
A Day in the Life … Matthew Terry
...sound of one of my four children! THE FIRST THING I DO IS… Look in on all the children, at this time they are all hopefully still asleep. Then I...
News
Irish households urged to ‘spring clean’ their home heating
...improvements to make: Adjust your heating timers: If you made changes to your timers over winter, it’s a good idea to check the heating still only comes on when you...
News
Launch of CODAS Fleet will help reduce transport costs
CODAS has launched CODAS Fleet, its flagship mapping and routing solution, bringing automated, optimised, entire fleet scheduling to CODAS, dramatically simplifying the route planning process, saving time and reducing costs....
Opinion
Truck drivers and cyclists: essential safety advice
At time of writing we are in ‘Road Safety Week 2020’, the UK’s biggest road safety event, which is coordinated annually by Brake, the road safety charity. Designed to stimulate...
News
NI oil stocks starting to replenish after high demand saw supplies run low
...left us short of product. “In normal circumstances, the ‘just in time’ delivery service from Milford Haven has worked well for NI consumers’ but this year we are seeing products...
Insight
The changing world of the oil trader
...mt, which exceeds the combined inland oil demand of Germany, France and Italy. Looked at from another perspective, it represents almost four times the UK’s 2012 inland oil consumption! Tougher...
News
Lloyds Bank fuels north Essex supplier’s growth
...contracts. “We are celebrating our hundredth anniversary this year, which is a great time for us to take stock of all that has been achieved since our beginnings at the...