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BUSINESS NEWS
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Sales: 01902 350 700 Email:
FUEL MONITORING SYSTEMS FUEL PUMPS FUEL TANKS TANK GAUGES MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
Service & Support
Service: 01902 350 701 Email:
Merridale Works, Lower Walsall Street, Horseley Fields, Wolverhampton, WV1 2EU
Fuel & Tank Management Systems
• Over twenty years dedicated experience of
✦ Fuel management
✦ Fuel pumps and controllers
✦ Fuel storage tank monitoring
• Flexible configurations to suit your business
• Scalable from one to many depots
• Minimum supported life-span of ten years
• Upgradable as technology improves or as your business
expands
The Abbey Logistics Group, a leading
European bulk tank operator
headquartered at Bootle, Liverpool,
was founded in 1973 at Birkenhead. In
addition to its core food-grade products,
the Group provides transport and
logistics services to other sectors such
as non-hazardous chemicals, animal
feed, minerals, cement and aggregates.
It offers warehousing, European
distribution and intermodal logistics
through its fleet of ISO tank containers,
and also palletised distribution.
Both Abbey Logistics and DKV Euro Service are focussed on
providing sustainable operations. DKV’s well-known card is a fuel
and service card for commercial drivers which also enables you to
settle toll charges throughout Europe.
So the two companies have been working together since March
2010. Each follows a CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) strategy,
with the goal of reducing vehicle emissions, improving fuel
efficiency and reducing the number of vehicles on the road.
In 2016 the satellite-based toll systemwas introduced in Belgium,
and Abbey Logistics needed to be well prepared for this change. It
has a fleet of more than 300 vehicles and, following a wide-ranging
review and evaluation of its options, the company decided to utilise
the services of DKV.
Gertjan Breij, Managing Director of DKV Euro Service Benelux,
explains the background: “More and more of our customers are
looking for ways to reduce the environmental impact of their
activities and focus on reducing CO2 emissions. DKV Euro Service
was one of the first service providers with a solution for this, in
the shape of our DKV Card Climate, our climate-neutral fuelcard,
enabling complete fleets to take to the road fully CO2-neutral.
“But Corporate Social Responsibility is not only about CO2
emissions. It also involves taking responsibility for people and our
planet.” Accordingly DKV and its customers like Abbey Logistics
are supporting projects such as a UNICEF one to supply food and
vitamins to malnourished infants in Mozambique, South-East
Africa.
■■DKV has joined the RHA’s International Group. Formed in 1958,
the International Group with over 300 members is the oldest
and largest RHA specialist group. It provides information and
advice to international operators on, for example, customs, trade
simplification and immigration. It also offers facilities for members
to meet and discuss matters of mutual interest, as well as to pool
knowledge and best practice.
DKV cooperates with Abbey Logistics for a
greener future
Stand 5Q09