British military to start transporting fuel on Monday to deal with shortages

In an emergency decision, the British government asked the army that, from Monday, start transporting fuel at service stations to curb the crisis which was produced by the lack of heavy truck drivers as a result of Brexit.

In a press release, the Minister of Defense, Ben wallace, detailed that “Throughout the weekend, more than 200 soldiers will have been mobilized within the framework of Operation Escalin.

“As the situation stabilizes, our armed forces are there to fill critical vacancies and help keep the country on the move, supporting the industry in fueling service stations.», Explained the manager.

In this sense, the Minister of the Cabinet Office, Steve barclay, assured that “the government has taken decisive action to deal with the short-term disruption of our supply chains and, in particular, the flow of fuel to service stations ”.

“Now we are seeing the impact of these interventions, as more fuel is delivered to service stations than it is sold and, if people keep going back to their normal shopping habits, we will see smaller queues and avoid gas station closures, ”he said.

The army had already started to prepare for this request. British Army troops began emergency training this week.

The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, assured Tuesday in a recorded statement that the panic situation due to the lack of fuel due to the shortage of drivers and the citizen panic of the shortages is “stabilizing”, while urging drivers to carry on with their normal routine.

The decision to have prepared 150 military drivers in case they have to collaborate Regarding the transport of fuel tanks to national service stations, it has already been formally approved, as government sources confirmed to local media.

For his part, the boss of a British fuel supplier estimated on Wednesday the BBC What “The worst” of the crisis “is behind us”.

“The original crisis, if you want to call it that, was caused by some 25 to 30 gas stations that closed near the south coast.”, he underlined James spencer, managing director of Portland Fuel, in statements to the aforementioned television station.

Spencer insisted the situation had arisen, with long lines of vehicles waiting to fill their tanks at gas stations with empty pumps across the country as there weren’t enough truck drivers- tanks for transporting fuel to these stations, “It was never, in the first place, a big crisis”.

According to him, “obviously, when the panic of buying (fuel) was generated, sales jumped 500% last weekend “.

“A lot of people already have their tanks full, so we could see a drop in demand and refueling at gas stations is running 24/7, so we’re talking about gas stations that have been recharged.”he explained.

With information from the EFE

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