Accelerating rumors of a shortage of petrol and diesel have led to record-breaking traffic jams at a number of petrol stations in the UK in recent days.
Surveillance camera images also show pushing and fighting between drivers with cars and empty jugs inside stations.
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Yahoo News writes that the stations of Shell, Esso, BP and Texaco have introduced a purchase limit of 30 pounds for each customer until supplies are under control again.
30 British pounds is equivalent to around 350 kroner at today’s exchange rate. With an average price of NOK 16 per liter in recent weeks, this means that the petrol pumps stop at 22 liters per liter. customer per station until further notice.
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Empty and closed
BP (British Petroleum) has closed 20 of its 1,200 stations in the UK due to zero supplies and empty tanks.
The company announced before the weekend that it is approaching a site for petrol and diesel at between 50 and 100 other BP stations.
In the UK, there are about 8,350 pumping stations in total.
CLOSED: Empty tanks at this Tesco station in Bracknell, Berkshire. Photo: Steve Parsons / PA / NTB.
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The oil companies, the authorities and the car organizations agree reasonably on why the situation is as follows:
The Corona pandemic has created a screaming shortage of tankers.
A large proportion of the drivers have been from other countries, and they have traveled to their original home countries during the pandemic. Troubled rules, including vaccine approval, have kept drivers outside Storbrirannia’s borders.
Urgent measures: 5000 foreign drivers
On Sunday, the British Minister of Transport Grant Shapps introduced an immediate measure: 5,000 foreign tanker drivers will receive an immediate work permit.
Sales are increasing
The Minister of Transport is stubbornly trying to curb panic.
– There is no shortage of fuel, and people must be sensible and only fill up when they need it, says Shapps according to BBC.
He justifies the call with the fact that there is “more than enough fuel” at the six fuel refineries and the 47 main warehouses for petrol and diesel.
At the same time, he blames the drivers’ main organization Road Haulage Association for creating something reminiscent of hoarding and panic reactions.
The organization has estimated that 90,000 lorry drivers are missing in the UK at the start of the autumn.
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