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Aug 24, 2020
EFTCO welcomes first global member
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Aug 17, 2020
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 fleet.
The contract with Hoyer Petrolog UK will include holding the firm’s fleet details on a secure database to ensure all tests are carried out on schedule. Clients have password-protected database access... [Read More]
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Aug 14, 2020
Murphy Transport, based in County Cork, Ireland, is a family-run business founded by managing director Miceál Murphy in 1956.
The company, which celebrated 60 years in business in 2016, is now managed by the second and third generations of the Murphy family and employs 40 people. Its headquarters are located in Cork city, with further depots in Dublin, Tivoli Dock... [Read More]
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Aug 13, 2020
The safety of operators working at a height is at the heart of TRIAX’s business.
The company focuses on safety pallet gates – both automised and non-automised - as well as flap doors for shafts, folding stairways and mobile safety ladders.
All its products are approved by the Technical Inspection Association (TUV SUD). Every year, over 10% of all work accidents... [Read More]
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Aug 12, 2020
TTC – Top Tank Cleaning 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 cleaned efficiently.
To minimise waiting time and maximise cleaning performance, the... [Read More]
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Aug 11, 2020
Stolt Tank Containers provides global logistics services for the shipment of bulk liquid chemicals and food grade products.
Alongside a 40,000-strong fleet of tank containers, the company owns 22 full-service depots where tank cleaning is among the many facilities available to all tank container users and owners.
Stolt Tank Containers’ president, Mike Kramer, describes... [Read More]
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Aug 10, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on supply chains across the globe, particularly the ISO tank market that uses specialist equipment and relies on a balance of flows.
The impact of lockdowns initially hit the manufacturers of product at the beginning of the supply chain, starting in China and then progressively impacting Europe and the Americas.
A... [Read More]
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Aug 6, 2020
The HOYER Group has one of the biggest fleets of foodstuff tank containers in the sector and a further 50 new ISO Reefers have been purchased.
Of the 50 new ISO Reefers, 25 have integrated stirrers and these tank containers have newly-developed cooling systems and the latest smart technologies linked to the Smart Portal – for greater product safety, economy and sustainability.
Brian... [Read More]
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Aug 5, 2020
Suttons Tankers has been working closely with ICGL across the UK on bulk liquid chemicals for the industrial and water utility sector.
ICGL recently invested in modifying one of its sites to supply key ingredients for the production of hand sanitiser to the NHS and social care sector.
Suttons were able to offer technical advice on the safe loading and discharge of this... [Read More]
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Aug 4, 2020
Road hauliers that are returning from Spain to the UK are exempt from the 14-day self-isolation rules put in place by the government.
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has confirmed that this is the case as long as the road journeys were work-related.
Tourists returning to the UK from Spain or its islands must quarantine for two weeks after the country was added to... [Read More]
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Aug 3, 2020
The Nordic energy company Gasum has conducted its first truck-to-ship liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering operation in Germany.
Gasum delivered LNG to the research vessel ATAIR which is currently under construction at Fassmer shipyard in Berne/Motzen in Germany.
Gasum is delivering the LNG and supporting Fassmer in the execution of the operation at the shipyard.... [Read More]
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Jul 28, 2020
Suttons Tankers has been awarded a major 10-year deal for the transportation of bioresources for Yorkshire Water.
The innovative logistics provider, part of global firm Suttons Group, was appointed by Yorkshire Water to support them in delivering their commitment to OFWAT to be the UK’s market leading bioresources provider by 2025.
A key indicator of trust for Yorkshire... [Read More]
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Jul 21, 2020
An Abbey Logistics technician took on the Three Peaks Challenge in aid of charity.
Matthew McCrudden, based at its Middlewich depot, took on the highest mountains in England, Scotland and Wales to raise money for A Stroke of Luck, based in Birkenhead.
McCrudden and six others scaled Ben Nevis in the Grampian mountain range. The group then drove to the Lake District to... [Read More]
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Jul 20, 2020
FGV Holdings (FGV) is set to grow its logistic sector’s revenue with newly added road tankers, curtain sider trailers and dumper trucks after 45 years in the transport industry.
These new additions at the Malaysian company will boost its logistics arm, which also offers inland transport, multimodal transport, courier services and warehousing.
Haris Fadzilah Hassan,... [Read More]
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Jul 17, 2020
Bulk food road tanker company Abbey Logistics has reopened its food grade tank wash bay in Hull following significant investment.
Abbey’s wash bay, located minutes from the port of Hull, has been providing food grade road tanker wash services to its own and third-party hauliers’ road tankers for more than 30 years.
During that time, the company has worked hard to... [Read More]