Mechanical Transport Fuelling Installations Guide
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MECHANICAL TRANSPORT FUELLING INSTALLATIONS ARMY POLICY AND GUIDANCE TO REFUELLING ALL MOD VEHICLES VERSION 1 - MAY 2019 ARMY POLICY & GUIDANCE TO REFUELLING ALL MOD VEHICLES 1 FOREWORD BY BRIGADIER A LUEDICKE, HEAD LOGISTICS Fuel is the second largest commodity take very seriously. The Centre holds us in Defence and as such demands accountable for reducing our emission the attention and consideration of targets and forethought of movements all. In a time of stretched resources, will ensure that we reach them. not least of all money, it is every individuals responsibility to ensure As part of Reducing Logistic Need these that we are using assets correctly. principles will be important for training and There are savings to be made simply by operational planning. Conservation of fuel and planning vehicle journeys properly and awareness of the correct methods of refuelling through awareness and re-education will extend operational reach and allow of basic principles and managing the Commanders greater freedom of movement. contracts that we have in place. This booklet will help you to do this and I The Army also has a commitment to would implore you all to ensure that those the environment. Fuel conservation and in your chain of command, department, reducing exhaust emissions are something or office use it and adhere to the simple we are striving for and something we principles and policies outlined. CONTENTS 03 SO2 COMBAT FUELS 24 GERMANY 04 COMMAND MASTER DRIVER 25 TRAINING AREAS 07 CONTENTS MAP 26 PLANNING YARDSTICKS 06 NORTHERN IRELAND 28 AGENCY CARDS 08 WALES 30 ADDITIONAL POLICY & GUIDANCE 10 SCOTLAND 31 NOTES 12 NORTHERN ENGLAND 14 CENTRAL ENGLAND 18 SOUTH WEST ENGLAND 22 SOUTH EAST ENGLAND 2 MECHANICAL TRANSPORT FUELLING INSTALLATIONS SO2 COMBAT FUELS ARMY HEADQUARTERS Fuel is an expensive commodity and it of these facilities on behalf of MOD. is everyone’s responsibility, regardless The fuel that goes into these facilities whether you are military or civilian, is cheaper than fuel anywhere else. to ensure that it is used and managed correctly. There are many ways to deliver The Army, and other TLBs, are investing fuel, depending on the situation and a lot of money over the next 5-10 years circumstances. Prior planning of vehicle into upgrading our MTFIs to provide an journeys will guarantee that the right enduring capability for all of Defence. method is used, allowing best value for money whilst sustaining capability. This booklet covers where you can find the MTFIs, which commodities they dispense Mechanical Transport Fuelling Installations and the points of contact. It will reference (MTFIs, previously known as POL points) the relevant policies and should be used are the primary way to fill any MOD provided in planning all route movements, whether vehicle. This includes green fleet, white fleet it is a single vehicle move or a convoy. and hire vehicles. JSP 317 gives guidance and direction on these facilities. They are It will also cover agency card usage, to be accessible 24/7. They belong to the restrictions and policy to ensure that MOD and Lodger Units are the custodian they are used in a suitable manner. ARMY POLICY & GUIDANCE TO REFUELLING ALL MOD VEHICLES 3 COMMAND MASTER DRIVER ARMY HEADQUARTERS An effective unit manages their speeds for prevailing conditions to meet transport and drivers by planning unnecessarily tight running schedules. all tasks efficiently, by ensuring the As part of the MOD’s commitment to correct route is selected. All journeys environmental protection and to reduce should be pre-planned to consider likely the emission of harmful particulates, traffic conditions, weather or any other Transport Managers must ensure that factor liable to cause delay. Journey drivers are aware of fuel-saving driving distances should be planned against practices. Transport staff must monitor the range of the vehicle to be used, fuel consumption and provide additional including the requirement to refuel on advice to drivers who consistently return route within a military establishment. higher-than-average consumption figures. The speed limits for green fleet vehicles may Where possible, economical driving be lower than civil law. Route planning by practices should be included in driver units is to take realistic account of vehicle training packages. Economical driving limitations and ensure that the schedule offers significant financial savings in given to the driver can be performed reduced fuel consumption in addition to without breaking speed limits. Drivers are assisting the MOD to meet demanding not to be pressured into exceeding safe targets for reducing harmful emissions. 4 MECHANICAL TRANSPORT FUELLING INSTALLATIONS 12˚ 10˚ 8˚ 6˚ 4˚ 2˚ 0˚ 2˚ Fair Isle North Ronaldsay Westray Sanday Island Rousay Stronsay Island Shapinsay Mainland MTFI SITE LOCATION UK OVERVIEWO r k n e y I s l a n d s Hoy South Ronaldsay Pentland Firth Thurso Wick s Stornoway 58˚ e d h c i n i r Scarp Isle of M Lewis b e e h Dornoch Firth T H Scalpay Saint Kilda Pabbay h c n Lossiemouth Fraserburgh Berneray i M Buckie Elgin l e Moray Firth PAGEt 8 North Uist i t L Island O u t e r e Peterhead h of Skye T N o r t h S e a Benbecula Inverness South Uist Aberdeen Soay Canna Sea of the s Rum Barra Island Scotland Hebrides e Eigg d Mingulay i Muck r Atlantic Ocean Brechin b Coll Island Montrose e Forfar H Arbroath Tiree Dundee Carnoustie r Oban e Perth St. Andrews Crieff n M90 Cupar n I 56˚ Scarba Glenrothes Methil M9 Colonsay Stirling Dunfermline Kirkcaldy Oronsay 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Newtownards Donegal Bay Whitehaven Dungannon M1 Cleator Moor England Lurgan Lisburn Egremont Richmond Craigavon Portadown Scalby Mills Enniskillen Northallerton Scarborough Banbridge Kendal M6 Sligo Filey Isle of Man (U.K.) Millom Ulverston Dalton-In-Furness Ripon Norton 54˚ Blacksod Bay Ballina Newry A1 Barrow-In-Furness Morecambe Bridlington Morecambe Bay Knaresborough Driffield Achill Island Heysham Lancaster Skipton Harrogate Hornsea Dundalk Dundalk Bay Fleetwood York Beverley Clew Bay Castlebar Keighley Cleveleys Nelson Bingley Cottingham M6 Leeds Selby Kingston upon Hull M55 Burnley Bradford Rothwell M62 Hessle Withernsea Goole Blackpool Halifax M62 Castleford M1 Drogheda M65 Preston Batley M18 I r i s h S e a Blackburn Moorends Chorley M66 Wakefield Scunthorpe Navan M61 Cleethorpes Southport M180 M180 Bury Huddersfield Grimsby Ormskirk Bolton Oldham Doncaster Mullingar M58 New Rossington A1 St. Helens Salford M18 Manchester Rotherham Louth Athlone Wallasey M62 Sale Blanchardstown Castleknock Liverpool Stockport Sheffield Galway Ballinasloe Birkenhead Dronfield East Retford Holyhead M53 Neston Wilmslow M1 Dublin Dun Laoghaire Anglesey Conwy M56 Macclesfield Warsop Galway Bay Colwyn Bay Ellesmere Port Chesterfield Lincoln Skegness M7 Flint M6 Mansfield Bangor Denbigh Buckley Congleton Sutton in Ashfield Bray Chester Aran Islands Caernarfon PAGE 14 Crewe Leek Hucknall Balderton Sleaford Sheringham Cromer M7 Caernarfon Bay Wrexham Port Laoise PAGE 10 Nantwich Stoke-on-Trent Nottingham Boston Newcastle under Lyme Beeston The Wash North Walsham Grantham Inis Stone Aylsham Uttoxeter Derby Long Eaton Holbeach Ennis King's Lynn Carlow Great Oswestry Stafford Burton upon Trent Bourne Spalding Shepshed East Dereham Norwich Yarmouth Newport Loughborough Wisbech Arklow Dolgellau Wellington M6 Cannock Coalville Stamford Thurles Kilkenny Shrewsbury Tamworth Leicester Wymondham Limerick M54 Lowestoft Wigston Beccles Wolverhampton M1 Peterborough March Walsall Hinckley Corby A1 West Bromwich Birmingham Market Harborough Ely Thetford Enniscorthy Cardigan Bay Newtown Coventry Tralee Halesowen Kettering St. Ives Bay Aberystwyth Huntingdon Leiston Tralee Kidderminster Solihull Rugby Clonmel Redditch Wellingborough Bury St. Edmunds Wexford Bromsgrove Cambridge Warwick Leamington Waterford Northampton M11 Leominster M40 Woodbridge Mallow Stratford-upon-Avon M1 Worcester Bedford Biggleswade Haverhill Sudbury Ipswich 52˚ Dingle Bay Killarney Abbeyside Wales Great Malvern Banbury Wolverton Milton Keynes Felixstowe Dungarvan Hereford Letchworth Hitchin Harwich St George's Channel Tewkesbury Bletchley A1 Colchester M50 Stevenage Youghal M5 Brecon Bicester Frinton-on-Sea Cork N25 Cheltenham Dunstable Luton Clacton-on-Sea Carmarthen M11 Maldon Monmouth Gloucester Witney Hemel Hempstead Harlow Haverfordwest Ebbw Vale St. Albans Chelmsford Ammanford Stroud M25 Billericay Merthyr Tydfil Abertillery Oxford M40 Watford Brentwood Milford Haven Pontardulais M1 Carmarthen Borehamwood Basildon Neath Aberdare Pontypool Harrow Pembroke