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Coating Center, founded in 2003, is a technology driven business with almost 20 years’ experience in the coatings and sealing industry. Tank Cleaning Magazine speaks to Jason Donohue, the company’s global operations director.
Can you explain the origins of Coating Center, where you are based, how many people you employ and your core business?
Coating Center was born into one of the…
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Logistics specialist Suttons Tankers has taken delivery of 14 new Volvo FMXs after being impressed by the performance of a demonstrator supplied by local dealer Thomas Hardie Commercials.
The first order of rigids to join its fleet comprises a mix of seven 6x4 rigids and seven 8x4 tridems for use exclusively on the company’s contract transporting sludge for Yorkshire Water.
Mark Scott, fleet…
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Avfuel Corporation is collaborating with General Aviation Modifications (GAMI) by providing its distribution expertise for the engineering company’s high-octane unleaded avfuel - G100UL.
GAMI announced the FAA approved Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) authorising use of its G100UL high-octane unleaded avfuel.
These new STCs represent the initial major milestone for bringing G100UL…
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Den Hartogh is equipping its entire TDI container fleet with GPS Temperature Telematics - providing live GPS positioning and temperature control.
This will enable the fleet to make data driven decisions in real time based on GPS positions, product temperature and heating settings.
“We want our customers to recognise and value our service of organising safe and reliable transport of bulk…
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CTW Cleaning Systems is a well-known Belgian manufacturer of tank cleaning, car wash and truck wash installations with more than 35 years of technical knowledge and experience. It has a strong track record in initiating tank cleaning projects in Europe and abroad.
After the completion of tank cleaning projects for Katoen Natie in Belgium and Germany, the company also recently finished the…
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Abbey Logistics has announced the acquisition of south-west based liquid food tanker specialist Welch Hire including the company’s customer base and tank hire business.
The transaction extends Abbey’s network coverage with the addition of 48 bulk liquid road tankers and 13 tractor units.
Welch is well known in the bulk liquid food and animal feed markets in both the UK and Europe, and the…
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Quala and UTLX have partnered to offer full-service rail car cleaning and maintenance services at Quala’s Pasadena location.
Quala Rail & Specialty offers comprehensive rail car cleaning services and with the addition of UTLX Field Services, customers will have access to a full set of maintenance, repair, inspections, and qualifications at one site.
The Texas-based company will continue to…
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North-west UK fuel supplier Crown Oil is now running its entire fleet on renewable diesel fuel as it commits to reduce its direct CO2 greenhouse gas emissions by 90%.
The Greater Manchester business, part of the £420 million (€490 million) turnover Crown Oil family of companies, believes it is the first supplier in the UK to run all of its oil delivery vehicles on hydrotreated vegetable oil…
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Hüni + Co, a specialist coatings provider, was founded in 1859 as a leather manufacturing firm in Friedrichshafen, Germany. This is where the company’s headquarters is located and, at the turn of the new millennium, the firm started its new business – coatings for ISO tank containers.
The company now employs 60 people from more than 14 different nations and is led by Alexa Hüni, the first…
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Britain could face "unimaginable" collapse of supply chains after the pandemic and Brexit led to a shortage of more than 100,000 truck and tanker drivers, industry leaders have warned.
In a June 23 letter sent to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the industry called for his personal intervention to allow access to European labour by introducing temporary worker visas for HGV drivers and adding them…
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The International Association for Supply Chain Safety – Food Feed, Chemicals – ENFIT – has developed enormously in recent years, particularly with extra certification and the implementation of new digital processes, according to its president Hans-Dieter Philipowski.
At the beginning of this year, ENFIT published its first international guidelines for the transport of unpackaged raw…
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Suttons Tankers, the leading logistics and supply chain specialist delivering products and services from companies across the chemical, gas, fuel, waste and powders sectors, has invested in a telematics and technology solution from Microlise.
The logistics provider, which operates from over 30 locations in the UK, has deployed the Microlise solution across its fleet of over 850 road tankers and…
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TALKE’s managing director Christoph Grunert speaks to Tank Cleaning Magazine about developments within the company and the challenges it has faced over the past 15 months.
Can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and your company?
My name is Christoph Grunert and as a member of the management board, I am responsible for the European logistics activities and international project…
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Wessex Water tankers powered by sewage and food waste are hitting the roads in the UK this summer to help slash greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality.
Each truck converted from diesel to biomethane achieves a carbon saving that’s equivalent to removing more than 100 cars from the roads.
Following in the footsteps of the famous Bristol ‘poo bus’, which was the first in the UK to…
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Quala has acquired the tank trailer cleaning operations within Kraft Tank Corporation's locations in Kansas City and Oklahoma City in the US.
With these two new additions, Quala will expand its network of chemical and food grade tank cleaning services to local businesses and potentially current clientele looking to expand into new markets.
Kraft Tank Corporation will continue to deliver truck…
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Gasrec has collected the 10,000th tanker load of liquified natural gas (LNG) from the National Grid facility on the Isle of Grain in the UK.
Grain LNG filled 310 cryogenic tankers with the fuel in March – breaking its monthly record.
A total of 2,149 tankers filled up at the facility last year and the National Grid expects utilisation to increase by as much as 80% this year.
Nicola Duffin,…
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Ormonde prides itself on providing efficient premium industrial and environmental cleaning solutions including mobile rail wagon and tanker cleaning services.
The company operates from Ireland, Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia and has developed its cleaning solutions to reduce customers’ running costs, increase output and to ensure its clients get the best value for money in a safe and…
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