Operations

Virtual training eliminates travel and other costs such as hotel rooms and meals, and so it is appealing to some companies, but it has limitations, too. Dave Latourell, director of safety and transportation for Paraco Gas Corp., Rye Brook, N.Y., who conducts training sessions–both the online kind and the in-person variety–said, “I do prefer face-to-face training for multiple reasons. Because ...

Par for Py is set for Aug. 31 at the Brunswick Golf Club in Brunswick, Maine. In October 2019 Jamie Py, then president of the Maine Energy Marketers Association, suffered a severe stroke, causing him to be unable to work for the foreseeable future. MEMA will be using its annual golf tournament to show its admiration of and appreciation for ...

Affordable Fuels, a full-service fuel distributor in Middleburg, Pennsylvania, is marketing its own brand, Simeon Fuel, treated with an additive called The Fuel Ox. The Simeon Fuel brand includes diesel, gasoline and heating oil, which Affordable Fuels delivers to customers throughout Central Pennsylvania. The fuel dealer is incorporating the additive into its products as a new ultra-low sulfur diesel standard ...

W.B. Hill, East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, purchased property adjacent to its existing facility, gaining 45,000 sq. ft. of building space and more than 4.5 acres. With the addition, the company’s total floor space is 66,000 sq. ft. on more than eight acres. The added space will be used to ramp up production, manufacturing, parts, and sales, the company said. The white ...

Alaska Fuel Services, a fuel service in Fairbanks, Alaska, that specializes in commercial and residential oil delivery, including heating oil, equipment fueling, and bulk fuel, implemented Advanced Digital Data’s back office and mobile delivery software, ADD Systems said. Ben Wilker, owner of AFS, said “The biggest thing I was going after was the ease of routes and trying to be ...

R.W. Beckett Corp., North Ridgeville, Ohio, introduced the BeckettLink Connected Tank Gauge, a system for dealers and users to continuously monitor fuel tank levels from a smart phone, tablet, or other connected device. The system is designed to enable dealers to monitor their customers’ usage and schedule deliveries based on actual consumption rather than weather data or route planning formulas. ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) published a final rule updating hours of service (HOS) rules for commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers. The updating of existing regulations is designed to increase safety on roadways.     The new regulations will go into effect on September 29, 2020, according to New England Fuel Institute Regulatory Counsel ...

Kim Keil has joined Haffner’s Energy North Group. “Kim has achieved success in the wholesale fuels, C-store and propane industries for over 15 years,” said Pat O’Connell, executive vice president of Haffner’s Energy North Group, which is based in Lawrence, Massachusetts. “She is involved with several industry associations and strives to build and retain customer relationships. Kim resides just south ...

As of Monday, June 1, the headquarters of the New York State Energy Coalition will be located in the former offices of the Oil Heat Institute of Long Island, Rocco J. Lacertosa, CEO of the Coalition announced. “We will continue to practice ‘social distancing,’” Lacertosa, said, adding that he and Coalition staffer Vicki Denicker will alternate days in the office ...

As we are adjusting to business during Covid-19 the way we interact with our employees and customers has changed, writes Marci Gagnon. “Not only do we need to create new operational processes to keep employees and customers safe, we need to rethink how we accept certain types of payment,” Gagnon says. Here, the vice president of strategic alliances for Qualpay ...