As queues form at gas stations, Britain vows to solve trucker shortage – Reuters UK
- Date: 24-Sep-2021
- Source: Reuters
- Sector:Oil & Gas
- Country:Middle East
As queues form at gas stations, Britain vows to solve trucker shortage – Reuters UK
LONDON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Britain on Friday vowed to do whatever it takes to resolve a trucker shortage that has closed petrol stations and strained supermarket supply chains to breaking point but the haulage industry cautioned that there were no quick fixes.
Just as the world's fifth largest economy emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, a spike in European natural gas prices and a post-Brexit shortage of truck drivers has left Britain grappling with soaring energy prices and a potential food supply crunch.
BP (BP.L) temporarily closed some of its 1,200 UK petrol stations due to a lack of both unleaded and diesel grades, which it blamed on driver shortages. ExxonMobil's (XOM.N) Esso said a small number of its 200 Tesco Alliance retail sites had also been impacted. read more
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