Bus & Coach, Local Authorities

Investment improves efficiency of fuelling facilities for airport’s ground support and transport operations. As a transport operator, Bristol International Airport consumes around 73 thousand litres of fuel oil a month. Bulk supplies are managed by the airport’s Motor Transport section, which also looks after the associated diesel and gas-oil dispensing facilities. “Initially we relied on […]

Although retail standard pumps have been around for several years, there is still some confusion among fleet managers, councils and other commercial vehicle operators, in regard to the definition of an approved installation. Merridale development director, Paul Ledbury describes the role of depot fuelling facilities and the regulations covering the certification of retail diesel dispensing […]

The Cullimore Group, a Gloucestershire-based haulage and aggregates business has experienced significant efficiency gains over the last year following the upgrade of its diesel storage facilities to incorporate new technology for monitoring usage and stock management. Fuel management and measurement is a major issue for anyone running fleets of trucks, excavators and other plant, and […]

The final stop for all D&G buses is the fuelling point located just inside the company’s depot in Stoke-on-Trent. D&G managers insist on full tanks at every turn around, and this applies even to vehicles returning from workshop service test runs. As well as 42 vehicles with full tanks, the company has storage capacity for […]

Golden Boy Coaches marked its 40th anniversary in 2008 by opening a second depot close to its existing workshop and office facilities in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. As a home counties operator, Golden Boy mixes local bus services and luxury coaching. The coaching side is focussed on bespoke services for high profile corporate clients, universities, language schools, […]

Merridale diesel dispensers linked to office management software. When it came to equipping its new headquarters and Freight Centre in Huthwaite, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, B Taylor and Sons took the opportunity to invest in a fully integrated diesel fuelling point using Merridale pumps and FuelFX management reporting software, provided by MIS Fuel Monitoring of […]

Sita UK Ltd, one of Britain’s largest recycling and waste management companies, is upgrading its depot diesel fuelling facilities to meet the latest environmental standards for the storage of fuel-oil. Fuel Installation Services Limited of St Albans is the lead contractor, working in conjunction with MIS Fuel Monitoring Ltd. Each tank installation is delivered as […]

A Merridale fuelling installation has been selected by NFT to meet the operational requirements of its new multi-temperature warehouse and distribution facility on the DIRFT Logistics Park, Northamptonshire. Supplied by MIS Fuel Monitoring of Wolverhampton, the Merridale dispensing equipment has been integrated with a 100K litres dual stock (diesel/gas oil) storage tank installed by Pump […]

Ennstone plc has installed a second depot fuelling point, serving vehicles operating out of its quarry products distribution centre at Breedon near Derby. The new installation comprises a 55K litres storage tank with a Merridale dual hose dispenser and electronics contents monitoring. The turnkey installation was purchased as sole source procurement from MIS Fuel Monitoring […]

With around 350 vehicles to serve and approximately 1 million litres of fuel passing through its pumps every year, it was important to South Tyneside Council that fuel usage for all its vehicles could be closely monitored. However, this is not just a question of budgets and spending, as the council is putting into place […]