SERVICE, FAMILY, INTEGRITY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Colonial Terminals president Ryan Chandler looks back on 100 years of the Colonial Group and what makes it successful On 21 July 1921, Raymond McAllister Demere stood on East Charlton Street in Savannah, Georgia, US, with his first 55-gallon barrel of oil, with a view to supplying fuel to the ‘horseless carriages’ that were rapidly growing in popularity. The young man had returned from the First World War and was seeking to make his way in the world when he hit upon the fuel business idea, and founded the American Oil Company. Two years later, he set up his first […]