Interview
In profile with David Wells of Logistics UK
...March’s edition, with its focus on future fuels for transport, we thought it would be the perfect time to chat with David Wells, the chief executive of business group Logistics...
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Analysis
Analysing the driver recruitment market: Noz Miah of Aim Recruit
Aim Recruit is a specialist recruitment company dedicated to finding, screening, and placing candidates for positions throughout the transport and logistics industry. Covering the full spectrum of the sector, Aim...
News
XPO Logistics fuel distribution partnership renewed by Tesco
...500 Tesco consumer filling stations and regional distribution centres. Over 150 drivers are despatched from XPO’s Thurrock, Essex depot alone, which provides centralized control tower management of transport activities. A...
News
Plans for green hydrogen plant at Port of Felixstowe
...opportunity to develop, build and operate the green hydrogen production facility at the Port of Felixstowe – with the potential to decarbonise both transportation and industry in the region, which...
Opinion
Can fuel additives reduce emissions and tackle air pollution?
...things that drive pollution where people live and work and study are entirely amenable to us engineering out of the problem, for example on transport,” he said. Risk emissions targets...
News
Leading renewable fuel supplier valued at £120m as it announces plans to list
...of all UK transport greenhouse gas emissions, despite Philip Fjeld, CEO of ReFuels said: “Demand for alternative fuels is at an all-time high and running trucks on Bio-CNG has now...
News
UK Hydrogen Policy Commission to give UK lead on hydrogen
...the medium to long term. Hydrogen is also seen as a solution to the challenge of decarbonising some of the most polluting parts of the economy including industrial processes, transport...
Case Study
Case study: Tuffa HVO tank offers EGGER a sustainable alternative to red diesel
...the initial enquiry with Dee through to arranging transport with Amy, and the delivery driver was super-helpful and a credit to his company. The new HVO tank ticks all the...
Opinion
UKPIA welcomes plans for Low Carbon Fuels Strategy
...Low carbon fuels have already contributed to reduced emissions in the UK with the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation mandating biofuels be blended into road fuels that reduced overall emissions equivalent...
Opinion
Biomass Strategy acknowledges off-grid challenges and role for HVO
...such as transport given that these fuels have long been viewed as fundamental to the decarbonisation of transport, aviation and heating. Whilst the Biomass Strategy 2023 appears to signal...
Opinion
Hydrogen trucks seen as haulage decarbonisation solution
...and customers for the past year or so: the heavy-duty transportation sector is on board with using hydrogen to effectively replace fossil fuels,” said David Burns, VP Clean Energy Development...
Opinion
Net zero logistics progress, but energy planning essential to avoid future demand shocks
...where and when energy infrastructure will be needed. Produced on behalf of the Department for Transport’s Freight Energy Forum, the report is part of a broader project to understand how...
Analysis
ACTION – changing health & safety culture from the ground up
...years. I worked my way up through a first line manager role, initially in the warehouse, then in the transport area, eventually taking a senior transport manager role. It was...
Analysis
Planning for the future: Nextgen skills for the fuels sector
...skills and capabilities we need to continue delivering change through innovation in transportation fuels. “With our apprenticeship programme, we continue to focus on developing technical skills within our plants and...
News
Have you entered your tanker for the Fuel Oil News 2016 tanker of the year title?
...the 2015 title. Almost two tonnes lighter than the vehicle it replaced, this tanker was able to carry an extra 2,000 litres of fuel which significantly improved the company’s transport...
Interview
Driving change: One woman’s story and the power of inclusive recruitment
...and asked for more female drivers. They saw the results, and it opened their minds.” One of those clients is JW Suckling Transport, where Zoe is now a valued part...
News
Barton Petroleum improves fleet safety and driver performance with Mircolise
...improve the fleet’s real-time visibility and routeing efficiency, enhance driver and customer communication and support better driving performance and safer, more compliant practices. According to Howard Marriott, group transport manager...
Opinion
A successful transition requires a cross-sector commitment
...renewable fuels have become a lot more favourable. The benefits of HVO are impressive, and it can assist in reducing CO2 output for all sectors – from construction to transport...