Suckling Transport

What we do

Fuel transport: the heart of what we do!

With a proactive approach to QHSE and highly professional ADR drivers, we monitor our trucks from our 24/7 Traffic Control Centre to ensure and guarantee the best service to our Customers.
Using top quality technology and providing excellent customer care, we are specialists in the following sectors:

Retail
Commercial
Aviation
Marine
Ethanol
GTL & HVO

Logistic services

RS4, our own management and scheduling system, is a fully web based technology, user friendly and able to communicate with every Customer’s management system (e.g. SAP) via EDI file management.
RS4 is able to generate trips based on multiple variables like orders, trucks and destination, job time, delivery preferences and suitable routes. It can choose the most cost effective solution in order to optimise the logistic chain and delivery times.
Moreover, AOG, the smart ordering tool embedded in RS4, imports tank readings from systems like Gilbarco and Fairbanks, and thanks to our own custom forecasting algorithm, generates tailored orders based on the Customer needs.

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IT Technology & Fleet Management System

Our in-house IT solutions allows us to add value to our Customers by adapting the software to meet their needs and requirements, and by providing real-time information securely.

The Suckling Transport fully integrated Fleet Management System helps us:

to keep track of our vehicles in different areas,
to streamline internal processes,
to reduce transportation administration,
to simplify the management of our drivers and vehicles with safety and efficiency reporting,
to comply with laws and regulations.

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Quality Health Safety Environment

People and technology committed to a safe and environmentally sustainable service

QUALITY

We have a robust Integrated Management System (IMS) to manage compliance, quality and risk.
From the Senior Leadership Team to the front line, the IMS helps solve everyday challenges using innovative ideas.
In summary, it consists of:

Improving communication and approach to cooperation
Providing consistent ways to make business decisions
Setting targets, monitoring data and taking actions for continuous improvement

Click here to look at our certifications: ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018

HEALTH

We have equipped our fleet with the latest technology available on the market to improve safety, save lives and protect properties. The 360° camera system adopted is key to increasing drivers’ all-round vision and useful for improving the driver’s behaviour on the road.

You can check what it looks like by clicking on this link

SAFETY

We put safety first and HSE has long been a strategic priority for Suckling Transport; our goals are simply stated - no harm to people and no damage to the environment. We believe that all injuries and incidents can be prevented and that HSE is an integral part of everyone's job. We invest in people training, including on the job training, technology platforms and digital classroom, with the aim to develop safety behaviours. We demand the highest safety standards in everything we do and we continue to raise awareness of our HSE strategy. We focus to eliminate the risk at source, investing in necessary areas for improvement. We track our safety performance, communicate our safety message and we monitor the effectiveness of our safety system. We are vigilant to respect legislation, good practices and attitudes, we work on the continuous improvement of our processes and we regularly audit our activities.

A copy of our group HSE policy can be found at this link

ENVIRONMENT

We are committed to reducing carbon emissions, with a view to preserving the environment for future generations.
Our commitment to reducing CO2 emissions and waste reduction includes:

Investment in fuel-efficient new vehicles and improved engine technology
Testing of more environmentally friendly alternative fuel
Tyre and maintenance procurement
Drivers training in defensive and ECO driving principles including strong communication in changing habits
Logistic optimisation using IT software in order to maximise the payload and reduce dead mileage.
Monitoring performance, identifying and implementing continuous improvement.

Click here to have a look at how the STS CO2 management module

Move over each box to see a brief description of each department

OUR OFFICES

Head Office

J.W. Suckling Transport Limited
12 Argent Court, Sylvan Way
Southfields Business Park
Laindon
Essex
SS15 6TH
England
Tel: +44 (0) 1268 419266
Fax: +44 (0) 1268 205720
Registered in England and Wales No: 1158646

Thames
West London
Theale
Hythe
Plymouth
Avonmouth
Westerleigh
Pembroke
Northampton (NEW)
Kingsbury
Stanlow
Dalston (NEW)
Teesside
Grangemouth
Aberdeen
Inverness

Scotland Regional Office

Inchyra Road
Grangemouth
FK3 9XB
Scotland
Tel: +44 (0) 1324 482250
Fax: +44 (0) 1324 472838

Are you looking for a secure truck parking facilities for your fleet in Scotland?

We have parking space available to rent in Grangemouth close to the Petroineos Refinery and just 1 minute from the M9 Secure site with high-tech CCTV with 24hour access. Availability of offices and drivers washroom.

The company has been trading for more than 80 years.
Using the finance from his father, Thomas Suckling started J.W. Suckling Transport in 1938. His father had rented horses and carts with drivers to Thurrock Borough Council for 7/6 (37 pence) per week in the 1920's.
Thomas, the eldest of 11 children, followed his father into transport and his first lorry was a second hand Bedford delivering coal from his depot in London Road, Purfleet, Essex.
So Suckling Transport has been delivering fuel since its formation.

Suckling Transport became a Limited Company in 1974 and, shortly afterwards, was purchased by Harris Holdings (Grays) Limited.
It operated a small fleet of powder tanker vehicles until the mid-eighties before a short period in container haulage from Tilbury and Felixstowe docks.
Since 1986 Suckling Transport started creating a fleet specialising in the distribution of fuel for oil companies and retailers using the terminals on the Thames; growing in that sector across the Country to this day.

Following the launch of its innovative Non Dedicated Tanker Services, Suckling Transport expanded its operations throughout the UK, and increased its customer base in the process.
Suckling Transport's purpose was to present a new way of working to the oil logistics market by sharing vehicles. By operating this way, we protected the environment and shared financial benefits with Customers, reducing costs.

Nowadays, the Non Dedicated Tanker Services operates across the UK covering all the Country.
Our vehicles deliver to retail sites and commercial premises and we specialise in bridging product to inland distribution centres. Our drivers are highly trained and we have one of the lowest employee turnover rates in the industry.

In May 2013 Suckling Transport became part of the SBG Group.
The SBG Group also specialises in the fuel distribution sector and has strong operations in Italy, France and Spain.

In 2020, Suckling Transport operates a modern fleet of 100 tanker vehicles in the UK.
Many of our vehicles painted in the Customer's livery, with the remaining fleet operating in plain livery to support and carry out the whole Company business.

Our target is to ensure consistency and compliance through positive and effective communication and management.
The main principles of The Suckling Way can be summarised as follows:

Communication
Adherence
Integrity
Co-operation
Respect
Development

Flexible logistics to keep you moving

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