ACR LGT HITS WING TIP ON FUEL TRUCK DURING RAMP OP RAMP DEP PROC.

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ACFT WAS PARKED ON REMOTE RAMP. CREW HAD ARRIVED AT OPS AT XX00 LCL FOR A SCHEDULED XY40 FERRY FLT TO POP. CREW WAS TAKEN TO REMOTE ACFT PARKING BY VAN. ANOTHER ACFT WAS PARKED IMMEDIATELY TO THE L OF OUR ACFT. OUR ACFT WAS FUELED; CATERED AND SVCED WHILE CREW PERFORMED NORMAL PREFLT DUTIES. PRIOR TO STARTING ENGS; CAPT INSTRUCTED SO TO GO OUTSIDE ACFT AND CONFIRM THAT NEWLY INSTALLED #2 MAIN TIRE WAS IN FACT RATED FOR HIGH GROSS TKOF WT (190500 LBS). AT THAT TIME THERE WAS NO GND EQUIP PARKED ON L SIDE OF ACFT THAT WOULD IMPAIR OUR DEP. AFTER SO RETURNED TO COCKPIT AND CONFIRMED THAT THE TIRE WAS IN FACT PROPERLY RATED; CREW ACCOMPLISHED NORMAL BEFORE START PROC. DURING ENG START; MAINT REPRESENTATIVE REPLACED AVIATION RAMP PERSON AT NOSE OF ACFT. AFTER ENG START AND CLRNC TO TAXI FROM GND CTL; CAPT FLASHED LNDG LIGHT TO INDICATE ACFT WAS READY TO TAXI. SIGNALMAN; WHO AT THIS TIME WAS POSITIONED TO L AND FORWARD OF NOSE; POINTED TO L SIDE OF ACFT. CAPT LOOKED L AND BACK AND NOTICED THAT A FUEL TRUCK HAD BEEN POSITIONED TO SVC ADJACENT ACFT. IT APPEARED TO THE CAPT THAT THE L WING WOULD CLR FUEL TRUCK. CAPT THEN LOOKED BACK TO SIGNALMAN WHO GAVE SLOW TAXI SIGNAL; FOLLOWED BY R TURN SIGNAL. FO AT THIS TIME SAID 'CLR R.' CAPT RELEASED PARKING BRAKES AND ADVANCED THROTTLES #1 AND #3 SLIGHTLY; TO START SLOW ACFT MOVEMENT; SIMULTANEOUSLY MOVING STEERING TILLER TO START R TURN. ACFT STARTED TURNING TO R AT VERY SLOW TAXI SPD. CAPT WAS WATCHING SIGNALMAN WHO WAS GIVING CONTINUOUS R TURN SIGNALS. DURING TURN CAPT INSTINCTIVELY GLANCED TO R TO ENSURE CLRNC ON R SIDE OF ACFT. CAPT LOOKED BACK TO SIGNALMAN WHO WAS GIVING 'STOP ACFT' SIGNAL. CAPT IMMEDIATELY RETARDED THROTTLES AND APPLIED BRAKES AS ACFT APPARENTLY STRUCK SOMETHING. AFTER SECURING ACFT WITH CHKLIST; CREW EXITED ACFT AND THEN FOUND THAT L WING HAD STRUCK FUEL TRUCK. NO DAMAGE TO TRUCK. BETTER COMS BTWN SIGNALMAN AND FLC MIGHT HAVE PREVENTED THIS INCIDENT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 238612: FO AND SO WERE NOT EVEN AWARE THAT FUEL TRUCK WAS A FACTOR UNTIL AFTER IMPACT AND DAMAGE ASSESSMENT.