Allan Davison, who took over as contract division director at the start of the year, explains:
“It not only enables us to develop synergies, but also already positions us to effectively and proactively meet the challenge of the energy transition in the next five to ten years – away from petrol and diesel and towards alternative fuels such as hydrogen and LNG.” The combination of its know-how in handling gases with its soundly based experience of digital, system-supported supplies to service stations will enable Hoyer to offer forward-looking product inventory management and supply logistics from a single source in the future. Furthermore, bitumen logistics, aircraft refuelling and, in gas logistics, supplies to industrial customers will remain in their customary quality.
Mark Binns, director of the Petrolog business unit, has driven forward its business development especially in United Kingdom for more than 25 years, leaves Petrolog as it changes to Contract Division. Binns, who has worked in the Hoyer Group for 41 years, will in future concentrate on the further development of the sustainable management area. Intensive strategic soundings and a lively interdisciplinary exchange took place before the organisational combination of gas and mineral oil supplies. As Davison says:
“The discussions were most fruitful. We were able to identify many similarities in customers’ requirements and in the processes. That again reaffirmed our considerations.” And he adds: “Of course, there are also clear differences in handling the products and in the respective safety requirements. Every individual’s expertise is indispensable for us.” By creating the Contract Division, Hoyer unifies specialised know-how to develop future-oriented, sustainable logistics solutions.