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Suttons Group is lending its support to an online campaign to help truckers stay body and mind healthy, started by one of its drivers. Truckers Who Run is a community-focused Facebook group which offers support, advice and ideas to any drivers who want to get out of the cab and …

Suttons Tankers has strengthened its team with two new appointments at board level. Gary Oliver joins as Operations Director West, replacing Roger Parr who has now been appointed the company’s new Commercial Director. Roger’s appointment recognises his successful leadership in a series of continuous improvement projects for leading customers of Suttons …

Logistics specialist Suttons Japan has reached an important milestone, celebrating its 20th anniversary. The company was formed in 1998 as a joint venture with UK-based Suttons International, global experts in the delivery of products and services to the chemicals, gases, fuels and food sectors. To mark the occasion, Suttons’ CEO …

Baking company Hovis, has awarded Abbey Logistics a UK contract to provide bulk flour distribution to its bakeries in the Midlands and the South. Hovis, one of the country’s most recognised brands, selected Abbey Logistics following a competitive tender process, where Abbey demonstrated the added value it could provide through …

Suttons Tankers has agreed a new multi-million pound contract with CF Fertilisers UK. The Widnes-based logistics specialist has extended its relationship with the leading UK fertiliser manufacturer to secure a new long-term partnership. The contract will see Suttons Tankers provide distribution services for all CF Fertilisers’ bulk liquid and gas …

Improving bulk terminals’ cyber security will be a key theme at Bulk Terminals 2018, the Association of Bulk Terminal Operators’ annual conference which takes place this year in Hamburg, Germany, from the 23rd October. “Cyber security and safety can be investment drivers for bulk terminal operators, and for good reason,” …

Specialist bulk liquid and powder road tanker operator Abbey Logistics has begun trials of Volvo’s new LNG powered FM tractor, the first 6×2 heavy regional and long-haul tractor to be powered by gas in the UK. Abbey are no strangers to gas power, having already trialled both compressed natural gas …

International logistics and supply chain specialist Suttons Group is investing more than £6m in new cabs – the first in the UK road tanker fleet to feature the company’s modern new branding. The company is purchasing around 70 new FM Volvo Globetrotter XL cabs as part of an ongoing replacement …

Eureka Shipping, part of SMT Shipping and the CSL Group, has based its multipurpose floating bulk terminal VESPER at The Port of Tilbury under a four year agreement with London Container Terminal and Cemineral. The 125m long VESPER has a storage capacity of 10,000-tonnes across its four holds. The floating …

The demand for storage silos supplied to the plastics industry has never been higher in the 36 year history of Barton Fabrications, the UK’s largest manufacturer of aluminium storage silos. A number of reasons have been suggested for this, including silo user export business growth driven by the low value …