Royal Den Hartogh Logistics has strengthened its footprint in the Nordics with the acquisition of Hedenskogs Åkeri and Hedenskogs Tankeri in Gothenburg, Sweden. With this takeover of the trucking and steam cleaning and storage business, Den Hartogh Group is adding a modern facility for tank container cleaning and storage, and a new office building to its assets. Hedenskogs... [Read More]

Waterkracht specialises in powerful, effective and environmentally friendly cleaning solutions. The company designs, manufactures, delivers, and maintains systems that meet almost any cleaning demand. Nearly any cleaning problem can be solved with the cleaning systems the company offers. One of its customers operates a large mill on site in Bad Langensalza, in Germany,... [Read More]

Pañalon has formalised the purchase of 100% of the shares of Transportes Santos from the Santos Vela brothers. Transportes Santos is a chemical transport company, founded in 1984, with a turnover of €8 million, a fleet of 50 tankers and 60 employees. It has long-term contracts with the main Spanish chemicals manufacturers and it is a relevant operator in the sector... [Read More]

Abbey Logistics has received seven new generation DAF XF 450 FTP tractor units, as part of its ongoing fleet replenishment programme. Four previous generation DAF XFs are also joining the fleet are four. Abbey Logistics’ new trucks will serve some of the UK’s and Europe’s key food producers. They join an existing fleet of around 350 tractor units and nearly... [Read More]

As an international association, ENFIT develops guidelines and standards for the safe and hygienic transport of food and feed, chemical products and dangerous goods. This ranges from the technical suitability of the transport units, loading, transport, unloading, cleaning and/or disinfection and traceability. The focus is on transport units such as road tankers, silo... [Read More]

HOYER Group’s road tankers are used in intermodal transport to supply LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) to the island of Guernsey and to guarantee the energy needs of the island. As part of this transport solution, HOYER has collaborated with Island Energy Group’s (IEG’s) staff to ensure the operation runs smoothly. Situated off the French coast, with an area of around... [Read More]

Top Tank Cleaning, or TTC, was founded by freight forwarder Ulrich Bresser and has been in operation since 2008. TTC operates from the metropolitan area of Cologne and services almost all major European tank and silo transporters. The company is located off the A4 motorway access, near the Cologne container terminal, where freight forwarding agents can have their silos... [Read More]

Soaring fuel prices have put the haulage industry in crisis with the cost of running a tanker up £20,000 (€23,000) on last year, a freight boss has said. Lesley O'Brien, director of Freight Link Europe, said "pretty much everything you buy comes on the back of a truck" so customers were paying more. Her comments come as the RAC said it now costs £98 (€114) to fill... [Read More]

Suttons Tankers showed off commemorative livery to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Union Jack livery was emblazoned across the front and sides of one of the new Volvo FH Globetrotter units, which were recently introduced to the fleet. Suttons Tankers invested £15 million (€17.5million) in new Volvo FH units with the goal of improving driver well-being,... [Read More]

StocExpo made a successfully return with over 150 exhibitors, thousands of visitors and a busy conference. Thousands of industry professionals, including representatives from the likes of Shell and Vopak, as well as key terminals and storage players from over 100 countries worldwide, gathered at the event to discuss the industry’s hottest trends browse the future-shaping... [Read More]

Van Moer Logistics has completed the acquisition of tank container specialist Group Van Loon. Group Van Loon specialises in the transport, cleaning, repair and storage of tank containers in Antwerp. The company employs 130 people and had an annual turnover of €20 million in 2021. The acquisition of Group Van Loon fits in the strategy of Van Moer Logistics to expand... [Read More]

Abbey Logistics has extended its contract with Lhoist UK for bulk lime transport to customers throughout the UK. Lhoist UK is part of the Lhoist Group of companies one of the largest producers of lime and limestone products in the world. Lhoist Group’s UK. business operates from its works in Buxton and Kirkby Stephen where it produces lime for a variety of applications... [Read More]

GRILLO-WERKE has had its entire fleet of sulphur dioxide tank containers equipped with telematics from Intermodal Telematics (IMT). Dirk Sehlhoff, product manager SO of GRILLO-WERKE AG, based in Duisburg, Germany, said: “The main reason for our decision to choose IMT's telematics solution is that location queries of our fleet are possible worldwide, without gaps and... [Read More]

Cleaning stations can ensure that they meet hygiene requirements for food and feed transport containers by signing up to the ENFIT High Quality Food (HQF) standard. This standard applies to cleaning stations where containers hold raw material and food and feed. The globally-recognised certification proves that the products have been thoroughly cleaned during each part... [Read More]

Hoyer logistics group has outlined new ambitious targets to reduce CO2 emissions by 2025. In a statement, the Hamburg-based firm said it took its responsibility for the generations of today and the future very seriously. Social responsibility, environmental protection and sustainable economic management are solid pillars of the entrepreneurial activity of the HOYER... [Read More]