Rix fuels growth with £1m investment
FUEL supplier Rix Petroleum is investing more than £1m to update and expand its fleet of fuel tankers.
The firm, based in Hull, has ordered a total of six new Scania tankers and two new tanker units for use at its depots in East Yorkshire, East Anglia and Shropshire, at a total cost of £1.1m.
The vehicles, which are all due to be delivered in the first quarter of 2016, will be used to transport domestic heating oil and commercial fuels to rural homeowners, farmers, hauliers and other commercial business.
Duncan Lambert, director of Rix Petroleum, said the company had seen an increase in sales across all divisions, making the investment a necessity for the year ahead.
Mr Lambert said: “These vehicles will replace some of our tankers that are around 10 years old and as such, have served their time with us. They will also add to our existing fleet to enable us to fulfil the growing number of orders coming in.
“The new tankers will ensure that we are able to maintain the levels of customer service we are known for, delivering the required quantity of product to our customers at exactly the time they require it.
“By not investing we might have compromised that, and that is not something we are prepared to risk.”
The truck chassis are supplied by Swedish firm Scania and the liquid flow meters are from Aylesbury firm Alpeco Ltd. They are assembled by Tasca Tankers of Wakefield before being delivered to Rix.
