Abbey Logistics Group revealed it has seen a 5% increase in its annual revenues to £67.5 million (€78 million) – the highest in the tanker company’s history. It said EBITDA for the year to June this year was £7.4 million (€8.55 million) which was a slight reduction on the previous year. One of the reasons for this was soaring fuel costs. Abbey also added... [Read More]

LPW Tankwash provided food-grade tank cleaning services across two sites in the south of the UK until late last year. Now, the company has introduced a new and accessible facility for northern regions by opening a brand new site in central Manchester. Conveniently situated next to major motorway links, the latest LPW Tankwash site introduces a new and accessible facility... [Read More]

Vopak has reported improved EBITDA of €227 million in the third quarter of this year and it has raised its full-year outlook to around €890 million. Its improved financial performance has been supported by business conditions and currency gains. This year's outlook for EBITDA and proportional operating cash return has increased, Vopak reported. Vopak has grown its... [Read More]

The HOYER Group has outlined ambitious new medium and long-term emissions and safety targets between 2025 and 2030. Since last year, HOYER vehicles travelled more than 80% of the time using the less CO2-intensive intermodal methods of transport. The vehicle equipment also supported a positive sustainability trend - 95% of the HOYER truck fleet is powered by low-emission... [Read More]

Can you explain what the company does in the tank container coatings sector again? For more than 20 years, HÜNI+CO has been the first address in Europe for highly functional anti-corrosion coatings for ISO tank containers and co. The family-owned company has been a reliable partner to industry for more than 160 years. Coatings of all kinds - from anti-corrosion and anti-friction... [Read More]

Wibax has rebranded its operations in Finland following the acquisition of Baltic Tank and JJ Kuljetus over the past two years. Wibax' establishment in Finland can now be seen on the road with the first vehicles with the right livery rolled out earlier in November. "We are here to stay and we will need to recruit quite a bit,” said Tero Väyrynen, CEO, Wibax Finland. Even... [Read More]

Before February 24, the world seemed in a fairly good place. However, since then we have been learning with each passing day that the world has become more insecure and that the basic rules of civilian life are no longer valid for everyone. This is shown by the Russian attack on Ukraine, which violates international law, and the current act of sabotage on Nord Stream... [Read More]

Quantix has announced the acquisition of G&W Tanks - a provider of ISO tank transportation, as well as ISO tank repair, ISO tank storage depot, wash and loading services. With locations in Charleston and Savannah, US, G&W reinforces Quantix’s presence in the south-east by building upon its ISO tank transportation, ISO tank maintenance, and logistics services in the... [Read More]

Environmental risk reduction specialist Adler and Allan has agreed a three-year partnership with HOYER Petrolog UK to carry out road tanker testing across its road fuel tanker fleet. The contract will include holding their fleet details on a secure database to ensure that all tests are carried out on schedule. Clients have password-protected database access to view their... [Read More]

Van den Bosch will take over part of the activities of fellow carrier Gé Simons Internationaal Transport in Hilvarenbeek. The agreement was concluded between Rico Daandels, CEO of Van den Bosch, and Frank Simons, owner of Gé Simons, and will take effect from 14 November. Gé Simons Internationaal Transport was founded in 1964 and starting with one truck, but has grown... [Read More]

KKR has acquired a majority interest in a provider of depot, maintenance, cleaning and transportation services for the ISO tank container industry - Boasso Global. This transaction was completed with Apax Partners. KKR made this investment in Boasso through its Global Infrastructure Investors IV fund, which focuses on infrastructure investments in western Europe and... [Read More]

As an international association ENFIT has been dealing with the standardisation of cleaning processes, transport safety and transparency in the supply chain for almost 20 years. However, the Russia-Ukraine war and the resulting sanctions is putting enormous demands on the tank cleaning industry at this present time. Energy sector A lot of energy is needed for efficient... [Read More]

Abbey Logistics Group, the UK’s largest food tanker business, has announced that long serving CEO Steven Granite has stepped down from his role as CEO to take up a new position as executive chairman at the tanker specialist. Granite joined the business as a 15-year-old apprentice in 1995 and held various positions including finance director, before being named successor... [Read More]

From its factory in Barcelona, TURCO has been supplying cleaning agents and providing technical assistance to tank cleaning centres throughout Europe for many years. Due to the nature of products that road tankers carry every day, it is vital that these vehicles are washed and cleaned to a very high standard. The variety of products transported in a road tanker or in... [Read More]

TALKE, one of the world's leading providers of logistics solutions to the world of chemicals, is celebrating an important safety milestone in Saudi Arabia. S.A. TALKE, a joint venture with Saudi Sisco and Al-Jabr Group, reached 20 million safe working hours without lost time injuries. This award underlines the high focus on safety throughout the TALKE Group. The company... [Read More]

LPW Tankwash provided food-grade tank cleaning services across two sites in the south of the UK until late last year. Now, the company has introduced a new and accessible facility for northern regions by opening a brand new site in central Manchester. Conveniently situated next to major motorway links, the latest LPW Tankwash site introduces a new and accessible facility... [Read More]