The British government has put the military on alert to cooperate in fuel transport operations in light of the crisis that sees gasoline in the country. “A limited number of military tank truck drivers will be alerted and deployed as needed to further stabilize the fuel supply chain,” the Energy Department said in a statement.
The British government had ruled out “for the moment” the use of the army to drive tankers to petrol stations in the country, which suffers from a shortage of truckers and increased demand, triggered by growing fear in users of running out of water. .
Energy Undersecretary Kwasi Kwarteng spoke of “sensible and precautionary measures”, reassuring the United Kingdom on “solid fuel supplies”. “However – he added – we are aware of the problems of the supply chain at refueling stations and we are taking measures to help them as a matter of priority”.
However, Kwarteng stressed the “temporary” nature of the measure. The industrial world is convinced that the fuel crisis was triggered by panic among the population rather than by a real shortage and for this reason it expects that the emergency will be over in a few days.
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