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wincanton wins £ 112
million contract
Wincanton has won two contract renewals
worth £ 112 million with air Products and
Chevron. The three-year deal with Chevron
continues a 17-year partnership and is worth
£ 60 million. Wincanton will collect nine
billion litres of fuel from Chevron’s UK
terminals, and deliver it to Texaco-branded
petrol stations The air Products deal is
worth £ 52 million over three years, and
involves the logistics company transporting
80 000 tonnes of gas every month from
seven air Products sites in the UK, making
100 deliveries daily. Wincanton Chief
Executive Graeme McFaull says: “These
new contract extensions are testament to
the continuing strength of Wincanton’s
core markets in the UK.”
brulines announces
the acquisition of ELS
Brulines Group plc, the market leading
provider of real time monitoring systems
and data management services for the UK
leisure sector, has announced that it has
agreed to acquire Energy level Systems
ltd. (“ElS”), the UK distributor of OPW
Fuel Management Systems tank gauging
solutions based in Market Harborough, from
astoncrest Consultants limited. ElS was
established in December 2008 to acquire
the OPW Fuel Management Systems distributorship,
which it successfully achieved
in February 2009. Immediately prior to
completion of the acquisition, ElS will
acquire the tank lining, liquefied petroleum
gas and forecourt services businesses of
Graphite UK ltd., also based in Market
Harborough UK.
Petrol retail. business,
Payments and Technologies.
russia & CIS 2010
On May 31 st , 2010, PlUS Journal will hold in
Moscow the 2nd International Forum “Petrol
Retail. Business, Payments and Technologies.
Russia & CIS 2010”, dedicated to the
urgent problems of the refueling business
in Russia and the CIS countries, ways to
solve them and prospects for development
of the industry as a whole. The first Forum
was held in 2009. Visa Inc. was the title
sponsor. The Forum had also a wide range
of partners, including Hypercom, VeriFone,
INPaS, UniTeller, SCON, ScanTech, Terminal
Technologies and Hectronic. More
details www.plusworld.org
erpec 2 11
– comes to barcelona
If you like football, It’s the same as The
World Cup and the European Championships.
Every two years one takes place, but
it seems an eternity between each event, unless
of course you happen to be organising it!
For us we haven’t stopped working since we
waved goodbye to everyone from the banks of
lago Maggiore, back in spring last year and
we are very excited to announce that next
year’s event will take place in the five star,
Rey Juan Carlos Hotel, in the centre of one
of Europe’s top city destinations, Barcelona.
The Rey Juan Carlos Resort, surrounded by
its own tropical gardens, is located only ten
minutes from Barcelona International airport,
a huge logistical plus factor for delegates,
especially for those travelling long distances.
EU refers Shell asset sale in Greece to the
Greek Competition Authority
The European Commission (EC) decided
to refer to the Greek Competition authority
the examination of a proposed acquisition
of Shell’s activities in the Greek oil sector
by Motor Oil of Greece. On 27 January, the
EC received a notification whereby Motor Oil
would acquire sole control over Greek-based
Shell Gas Commercial and Industrial and
of Shell Hellas from the Royal Dutch Shell
Group. Simultaneously, Motor Oil and Shell
Overseas Holdings limited (SOHl, UK),
a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, would
create a joint venture to be active in the
SOCAr progress in
Ukraine
The State Oil Company of azerbaijan
(SOCaR) is continuing to develop its business
in Ukraine. SOCaR president Rovnag
abdullayev informed that the Company
had already acquired 20 gasoline stations
in Ukraine and was working now on their
re-branding. a terminal for storage of oil
products has also been purchased. The
Company established a similar sales network
in Georgia, which now includes 33 stations
and has a target of 50 – 60 before the end
of the year.
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Staying on a football theme, the ‘Kings’ hotel
as it is known, stands in the shadows of the
famous Camp Nou stadium, home to Barcelona
football club and for anyone who is
interested, the venue have already granted
us a facility to tour the stadium on one of
the afternoons we are there.
Back to business! Early bird booking forms will
be available from May 1st for past delegates
only and we hope most companies will sign
up as soon as possible. Places, particularly for
suppliers may be limited this time. Delegate
places for new suppliers can be booked from
June 1st onwards.
More details at this stage can be found at
www.erpec.com
supply of aviation fuel at Greek airports. last
September, Shell agreed to sell the majority
of its Greek activities to Motor Oil (Hellas)
Corinth Refineries in a deal worth 219 million
euros. Shell owns 720 petrol stations in
Greece. The Greek Competition Commission
(HCC) argued that the affected markets
were local in nature and it was better placed
to appreciate the competitive impact of the
operations. The EC accepted the argument
that Greece would be best placed to assess
the impact of the proposed transaction on
the Greek markets.
New website for CECOd
CECOD is the Committee of European Manufacturers
of Petroleum Measuring and Distri -
buting Equipment, a non-profit association,
providing facilities for its members to share
technical information related to fuel measuring
and dispensing technologies and processes.
CECOD members work closely with European
Member States and authorities in all relevant
matters in support of its deep commitment to
promote the unification of European legal
Metrology, Safety and Environmental legis -
lation together with its subsequent enforcement.
To have a look at their new web pages please
visit www.cecod.eu