Opinion
Ken’s Corner – time to reflect
...the agenda for the next few months. Legislative influence and regulatory guidance We have a new government in the UK, and while their policies on heating and transport are not...
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Opinion
Funding will accelerate alternative fuels
...Elizabeth de Jong, policy director at Logistics UK, comments: “The 2021 Comprehensive Spending Review must include significant investment into the nation’s transport infrastructure. With the UK seeking new international trading...
Opinion
Industry responds to government hydrogen plans
...additional announcements from DESNZ, including the publication of a hydrogen production delivery roadmap, which sets out the journey to 2035, a new pathway for hydrogen transport and storage infrastructure, and...
News
Drivers’ hours consultation
The Department for Transport (DfT) is consulting on changes to legislation concerning drivers’ hours, highlighted as part of the Red Tape Challenge. The changes include: the possibility of allowing a...
News
Focusing on fleet safety
This autumn the Freight Transport Association has a range of initiatives and events designed to help with fleet safety starting with the Safety in Logistics conference this Wednesday (12th October)...
News
Biofuels for heat, transport and electricity
The recently published UK Renewable Energy Roadmap Update states that biofuels for heat, transport and electricity must offer genuine carbon savings and be cost effective in meeting climate change objectives....
Opinion
The future for the UK’s refineries
...perhaps a greater challenge than it has ever seen before. The UK downstream has a central role to play in decarbonising the transport sector. It lies at the heart of...
News
Essar to play key part in regional decarbonisation partnership
...Bay gas fields. A new pipeline network will transport the clean hydrogen to power industry, fuel buses, trains and heavy goods vehicles, to generate electricity, and to heat homes across...
News
Distributor diaries September 2023
...than happy to get stuck in,” said David Damary-Thompson, general manager of Craggs Energy. “The search and rescue team are a fantastic set of people who deserve all the support...
Knowledge
ESOS Phase 3: everything you need to know
...and headcount. As part of ESOS, qualifying businesses must track and report energy usage across their buildings, processes, and transport. They’re also encouraged to find cost-effective ways to cut consumption....
News
New offices for Certas Energy
...many of our competitors have taken theirs overseas. Our employees are excited by the move and the improved transport infrastructure that Slough offers including its proximity to Heathrow Airport. We...
News
It’s a cracker for Essar
Moving the load was a complex technical operation – it took six hours to transport the head from Ellesmere Port docks to the refinery four miles away Vital to Stanlow’s...
Interview
Future fuels: developing storage capabilities
...government figures, last year Oikos handled approximately 5% of the UK’s distillate fuel demand for transportation. Over its long history, Oikos’s different incarnations have shared the same journey of evolution,...
News
Inver Energy tanker seeks title
...to take the title of Fuel Oil News 2015 tanker of the year. This new bespoke tanker joins the Inver Energy UK delivery fleet deployed by Turners Transport in Cardiff...
News
New crackdown on polluting truck drivers as DVSA steps up roadside checks
...welcome this crackdown on rogue hauliers who cheat the system by installing bogus devices which lead to increased pollution,” said transport minister Jesse Norman “There has rightly been a huge...
Opinion
“Let’s shift our focus to our customers” – industry reactions to the new government
...disappointed in the omission of the role for fuels in transport and heat decarbonisation in Labour’s manifesto. “The Labour government has been voted in on a promise of ‘change’. But...
Opinion
Transitioning from oil to renewables – cost or investment?
...transportation more sustainable together with consumers and partners. In the Netherlands, used cooking oil from McDonald’s waste stream is turned into Neste MY Renewable Diesel to power HAVI’s logistics. Neste’s...
News
Geos Group takes over Phillips 66’ marine gas oil deliveries at Blyth
...also provides road transport delivery services from other UK ports including Aberdeen and Great Yarmouth. The company’s resources and expertise have therefore ensured that the handover from Phillips 66 of...