Idemitsu Kosan’s U.S. subsidiary will establish a new lubricant distribution hub in Jeffersonville, Indiana, the company announced last week. The si ...

In the world of business, change is both fast and inevitable, and no group is more aware of that than the lubricants industry. But how specifically ha ...

Ongoing global supply chain disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and a surge in shipping container volumes since July 2020 highlight the need f ...

Supply chain challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have underlined the importance of the partnerships between distributors, lubricant manufacture ...

Embracing Technology in Lubricant Distribution   The lubricants business has moved through a period of considerable change over the past three ...

Base Oils Get Moving    By train, boat or automobile, North American base oil makers need to ship their product across the continent. Shi ...

Canadian National Railway offered to buy Kansas City Southern railway for $33.7 billion last week, exceeding the $29 billion offer from rival Canadian ...

Brexit Outcomes The U.K decreed that it would finally leave the EU on Jan. 31, 2020. This date would allow for a transition period of eleven months ...

Be Careful What You Wish For A little over year ago, when an unknown virus plunged the world into a pandemic, base oil market participants started ...

Canadian Pacific Railway acquired Kansas City Southern, one of the largest transporters of base oil and lubricants from the United States into Mexico, ...

Vertex Energy’s black oil segment, which includes its rerefineries and used oil collection business, reported a drop in gross profit and a decline i ...

Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P. reported a fourth quarter net loss of $82.6 million, worse than a $38.6 million loss for the same period of 2 ...

Lanxess AG will pay $1 billion to acquire United States-based specialty chemical manufacturer Emerald Kalama Chemical, which makes products such as co ...

Belarus has decided effectively to bypass Latvia and Lithuania as its main reloading ports for petrochemical exports, including base oils and lubrican ...

Cosan’s Moove lubricants arm reported higher profits, revenue and sales volumes for the fourth quarter and full year, finishing 2020 strong after a ...

Fuchs Group announced this week that it has purchased a controlling stake in the lubricants business of Vietnamese distributor STD & S Co., aiming ...

The novel coronavirus pandemic took its toll around the world, putting pressure on economies and shutting down demand for many products, including lub ...

Get Ready for a Post-pandemic Economy 2020 was a difficult and important year in many ways. The pandemic affected virtually everyone in the world a ...

SK Capital Partners L.P. made a controlling investment in Baltimore, Maryland-based lubricants and specialty chemicals distributor Tilley Chemical Co. ...

Martin Midstream Partners LP sold assets used in connection with its Mega Lubricants shore- based terminals and marine lubricants blending business to ...