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Portland launches new fuel pricing service

Fuel specialist Portland is introducing a new Canadian pricing service, Portland Pricing. The service provides companies with the opportunity to monitor and reduce fuel spend, using a dedicated online toolkit. Diesel fuel prices can have a serious impact on budgets, regardless of whether an organization purchases fuel itself or contracts this part of its operation… Read more…

Inside Logistics
Portland teams up with CITT for fuel pricing service

Fuel specialist Portland has introduced Portland Pricing, a Canadian pricing service providing companies with the opportunity to monitor and reduce fuel spend, using a dedicated online toolkit. Portland has become the official provider of fuel price information to CITT (Canadian Institute of Traffic and Transportation) and its members, providing simple, actionable insights to deliver effective… Read more…

Trucknews.com
Portland Pricing Fuel price outlook

Geopolitical instability across Europe caused the price of Brent crude, the primary crude oil benchmark for European markets, to skyrocket during the first half of 2022, as sanctions imposed against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine limit exports of oil and refined products, reducing the level of supply available to consumers across Europe. At the… Read more…

Fuel Oil Outlook
The Rise of Multinationals Expanding & Hiring in Hamilton

Building Permit value exceeds in Hamilton as Firms relocate to the area. surpassed the $2-billion mark in 2021 for the first time in its history. Industrial and commercial construction made up 34.4 percent of that total for a record $717.3 million – an increase of 117 percent over the three-year average and a staggering 888 percent spike… Read more…

creblurb.com
Fuel escalator for contract services ‘can be achieved quickly’

Introduction of a fuel escalator on contracted services to temper the impact of diesel costs is achievable easily and quickly, supplier Portland Analytics has said. Its bid to engage with coach and bus operators in the home-to-school segment follows a call from an operator of such services for the introduction of a payment mechanism to… Read more…

Creating Certainty in Uncertain Times

NAFA Webinar on Fuel Hedging provides some effective options amid volatile energy market conditions. Over the last 24 months, the world has found itself dealing with a level of unpredictability not seen for a very long time. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted virtually every sector of the global economy, resulting in government… Read more…

Diesel and oil will be around for awhile yet: Energy analyst

Energy options for commercial vehicles include everything from diesel to natural gas, hydrogen, and batteries. But James Spencer doesn’t think oil is going away anytime soon…

trucknews.com
James Spencer: Fuel Oil News Profile

Fuel Oil News interviews Portland MD, James Spencer, for their new feature ‘In Profile’…

Fuel Oil News
Carbon compensation with Portland Fuel

Many customers want to be positively green and it seems unlikely that environmental concerns will disappear any time soon…

Downstream Magazine
History and pride: How an international firm found home in Hamilton

An international firm has found a home for their North American HQ right here in Hamilton…

inthehammer.com
Celebrating a 10 year milestone

Joe Tuohy, Commercial Director of Portland, on fuel prices and a decade of supporting Scotland’s bus and coach industry…

Passenger Transport
James Spencer: 60-second interview

Freight & Logistics’ 60-second interview with James Spencer, Managing Director at Portland…

Freight & Logistics