Simon Cartwright and Ian Davis (1)

Stobart Energy and Bridgestone have teamed up for the first time, with the biomass fuel supplier opting to run its fleet exclusively on Duravis 002 tyres.

Stobart Energy logistics director Simon Cartwright (pictured left with Bridgestone UK fleet sales manager Ian Davis) said: “We were well aware of the quality and performance benefits associated with Bridgestone’s tyres, but the commercial agility shown during the tender process as a whole - from an operational perspective - was something that really resonated.”

The company said it was particularly impressed with Bridgestone’s willingness to adapt the tyre specification for Stobart Energy’s fleet operation in Scotland, where the roads and weather patterns are typically more demanding than further south.

“Bridgestone didn’t come to us with a ‘one size fits all’ solution, but a bottom up approach, having understood the unique demands of our fleet to begin with,” Cartwright added.

Stobart Energy said it had contracts in place to supply nearly two million tonnes of fuel to energy recovery facilities, generating renewable energy equivalent to the annual domestic electricity needs of 2% of the UK population.

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