Mar 22, 2021
Tank container storage and depot services expanded in Saudi Arabia
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Mar 19, 2021
Planning approval is being sought to develop a new fuel depot on land at the Island Technology Park on the Isle of Wight.
Certas Energy has submitted new plans at the site between Whippingham and East Cowes as it looks to install three 125,000-litre fuel tanks between GKN Aerospace and the CECAMM building.
Large tankers would transport the fuel across the Solent via... [Read More]
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Mar 16, 2021
Environmental risk reduction business Adler and Allan has announced the acquisition of three companies - electrical specialists AMGS Electrical, hazardous material specialist Flotech Performance Systems Limited (Flotech) and industrial sewage specialist and underground infrastructure specialist Oneline Surveys.
Flotech provides design, fabrication, consultancy, project... [Read More]
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Mar 9, 2021
Suttons Tankers has won a three-year contract with Azelis UK Ltd for the transportation of bulk nitrogen chemical liquids and gases.
The market leading logistics provider had been providing ad-hoc support for Azelis over many years when there had been an increase in demand.
Due to the hazardous nature of the material, Suttons focused on risk assessing all aspects of... [Read More]
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Mar 8, 2021
HOYER Petrolog UK has agreed an extension of its contract with Puma Energy UK for a further five years - running until 31 October 2026.
The contract for delivery of bitumen on behalf of Puma Bitumen, a division of Puma Energy UK, from the Stolthaven Dagenham terminal and ABP South Wales’s Newport South Dock, will see HOYER developing its operations at both locations... [Read More]
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Mar 4, 2021
Market uncertainty during the last 12 months caused by the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in growth in the global tank container business slowing down, according to new data from ITCO.
The global tank container fleet expanded by 5.3% in 2020 - a much slower rate of growth than has been seen over the past 10 years, with manufacturing output falling from 54,650 units in 2019... [Read More]
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Mar 1, 2021
When Nippon Gases came to Suttons Tankers with an urgent request at short notice, the transport company was happy to assist as quickly as possible.
A plant outage impacted a customer’s supply chain recently, which led Nippon Gases to step up and offer support to deliver the additional demand to cover the product shortage.
Working closely with Suttons Tankers, Nippon... [Read More]
Feature
Feb 25, 2021
Following the rollercoaster ride that was 2020, the European Federation of Tank Cleaning Organisations (EFTCO) is wondering what the year ahead has in store for the industry.
Following the end of the transition period that finally saw the UK leave the EU for good and the culmination of the Trump Administration in the US, the sector is looking forward to more stability... [Read More]
Other
Feb 18, 2021
The UK and Ireland Fuel Distributors Association (UKIFDA) has now been approved as a remote training centre for tanker drivers.
As one of the largest training providers for drivers in the UK this new remote training centre will allow UKIFDA to continue to provide their complete ‘one stop shop’ tanker driver training in a remote environment.
UKIFDA CEO Ken Cronin... [Read More]
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Feb 16, 2021
Ormonde prides itself on providing efficient premium industrial and environmental cleaning solutions including mobile rail wagon and tanker cleaning services.
The company that operates from Ireland, Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia, has developed its cleaning solutions to reduce customers’ running costs, increase output and to ensure its clients get the best value... [Read More]
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Feb 10, 2021
The HOYER Group said it has exceeded the targets it had set itself in the reduction of serious accidents.
In the past 10 years the number of major incidents had been reduced by 54% in the non-transport area and by 30% in the transport area.
The international logistics company also received above-average ratings in an industry sector comparison, both in an SQAS (Safety... [Read More]
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Feb 4, 2021
Suttons has announced a £500,000 (€566,000) investment in its Widnes depot wash bay.
After more than four years of planning and identifying areas of improvement, its UK wash bay is due to receive significant upgrades to many of its core systems.
These enhancements include replacing all electrical control systems, replacing all pump sets and high-pressure pumps and... [Read More]
Feature
Jan 26, 2021
Under contract to a major chemical industry customer, HOYER Group engineers pooled their specialist knowledge and developed a new generation of titanium tank containers for highly corrosive dangerous goods.
After two years of intensive development work and construction time, two units have been brought into operation. The project team made a successful breakthrough by... [Read More]
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Jan 25, 2021
THIELMANN has launched a new double container for the secure storage and transportation of dangerous goods.
This heavy-duty double drum container solution features an outer drum constructed of highly durable AISI-316L stainless steel and an inner drum made from ISO NiCu30 (equivalent to Monel® 400), a nickel-copper alloy that is extremely resistant to corrosive environments.... [Read More]
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Jan 19, 2021
Scandinavian Biogas Fuels International has finalised the acquisition of Ekdalens Biotransport.
The acquisition is part of Scandinavian Biogas’s strategy to achieve greater integration across the entire value chain, from organic waste to produced biogas and bio-fertiliser, and the capacity to offer comprehensive transport service to the biogas industry.
Ekdalens is... [Read More]
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Jan 13, 2021
The HOYER Group has adopted a new organisational structure to equip itself for the energy transition.
The logistics company combined its Petrolog and Gaslog business units under one roof as of New Year’s Day.
Known as the Contract Division, it unifies contract logistics for gas and mineral oil supplies.
The company said combining the highly specialised areas will... [Read More]
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