UK Logistics Firms See Fuel Shortages
It may be cold and snowy in the Eastern US at the moment, but in the UK and Europe the unseasonable heavy snow and icy conditions have caused chaos for logistics companies. To add to the misery of the average transportation manager is the fact that fuel shortages are cropping up across the UK. Many gas stations are already out of gas or will run out of fuel in the next few days. Deliveries are not being made as refineries have been cut off and tankers are unable to leave the facilities.
The problem may not be alleviated even if the fuel trucks did leave the refineries. The UK motorway system is severely crippled with broken down and abandoned vehicles unable to move along the nations roads. Additional problems of road closures and a lack of snow clearing along the motorway system means not only fuel is failing to reach its destination, but also deliveries of food to stores in some areas of the UK.
It may be cold and snowy in the Eastern US at the moment, but in the UK and Europe the unseasonable heavy snow and icy conditions have caused chaos for logistics companies. To add to the misery of the average transportation manager is the fact that fuel shortages are cropping up across the UK. Many gas stations are already out of gas or will run out of fuel in the next few days. Deliveries are not being made as refineries have been cut off and tankers are unable to leave the facilities.
The problem may not be alleviated even if the fuel trucks did leave the refineries. The UK motorway system is severely crippled with broken down and abandoned vehicles unable to move along the nations roads. Additional problems of road closures and a lack of snow clearing along the motorway system means not only fuel is failing to reach its destination, but also deliveries of food to stores in some areas of the UK.
