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HVO boost as XPO Logistics expands use of sustainable biofuel
...over 3,328 kilometres in 42 trucks — and 18 of those trucks will be fuelled by biodegradable hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO). XPO first piloted biofuel at the 2021 Tour de...
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Insightful programme will see industry hot topics covered in depth at annual conference
...and, new for this year, a roundtable titled ‘The Future for Trucks’. There will be also speakers from HMRC and the new UK fuel theft taskforce, as well as some...
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Logistics initiative will cut carbon emissions by reducing empty truck numbers
...the carbon emissions of empty and near-empty delivery trucks on the road. The project comes as road freight transportation and removal services produced 11.5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide...
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Big logistics companies pledge support for Veterans into Logistics
...including Asda Logistics Services, Mϋller UK & Ireland and Stobart, this year has seen Thomas Hardie Commercials Ltd (the main distributor for Volvo Trucks, Bus and Coach in the North...
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Major Rix order for Alpeco’s new register system
One of the 17 new trucks operated by Rix Petroleum, featuring the new TE550 Truck 111 system from Alpeco Alpeco Limited, a company within the Flomax Group, has won its...
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Tanker investment sees Rix hit a century
Hull-based Rix Petroleum has invested almost £2m in 10 DAF tankers, taking its national fleet past the 100 mark. The trucks will initially work in the company’s heartland of Hull...
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Certas Energy’s ‘golden triangle’ partnership
On Friday 11th October, Certas Energy opened its latest HGV refuelling site at the Red Lion Truckstop in Northamptonshire’s ‘golden triangle’ of logistics for over 30 years. Featuring eight high-speed...
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Compass Energy finds the right tanker partner
...Trucks? Stuart Morgan, Managing Director of Compass Energy, explains: ““The trucks look smart and perform well. Their manoeuvrability is impressive – which is an important factor as they are required...
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Darch Oil tanker driver Chris Eke on life on the road
...the product in a safe and professional manner. “Darch Oil is based in Yeovil and Glastonbury, in the southwest of England, with a fleet of 10 trucks. We have two...
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Road Tankers Northern: leading from its ‘one stop shop’
...“Frank Newell and Paul Wright (Newell & Wright Transport) had a growing fleet of container trucks and had fuel deliveries into the yard. Frank always sees an opportunity so he...
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Jay Nair of Mabanaft: transition, inclusion and diversity
...that was both very challenging and very fulfilling and a great learning opportunity. Currently, I am the managing director of Mabanaft UK and Onroute truckstops, which is our commercial road...
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Passion and pride celebrated with award recognition
...more about trucks and the products that we were moving. “DHL took a chance on me and promoted me to Transport Supervisor within the first year. I gained my Transport...
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Nothing standard about this fuel oil distributor celebrating 10th anniversary
...yet now, as we celebrate our 10-year anniversary, we have an incredible fleet of 22 bought-as-new trucks with four more on order. When you began there was a management team...
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New bunker refuelling site
Working in partnership with RoadKing, Certas Energy will shortly open a new 24hr HGV refuelling facility at the New Hollies Truckstop in Cannock. Due to open by the end of...
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Welcome to the next supply chain generation
...technological advances to achieve optimum results for our customers.” Continuing a long-standing partnership as the official carrier of the Tour de France, the first red XPO Logistics trucks have been...
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In Conversation with Klass Oil: a class act in energy distribution
...not all the additions came through acquisitions. “We needed someone with experience of running a fleet in excess of 30 trucks,” Gabriel explains. “Our operations manager John Hughes brought with...
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The outlook for energy: A view to 2040
...Transportation demand will grow by 40%, led by expanding commercial activity (trucks, aircraft, ships, trains), where growth will be 65% (of which 80% will come from developing countries) as economies...
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HGV road user levy changes – unfair hit on smaller businesses
...have 80% lower real world local emissions than previous lorries. However, the introduction of the increased levy on pre-Euro VI trucks will actually hurt those small and medium sized business...