With some gas stations closed, Britain vows to solve trucker shortage | Malay Mail

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LONDON, Sept 24 — Britain today 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...

LONDON, Sept 24 — Britain today 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.

For months supermarkets and farmers have warned that a shortage of truck drivers was straining supply chains to breaking point — making it harder to get goods to market. Suppliers have warned that there could be more shortages of petrol because of a lack of drivers to transport fuel from refineries to retail outlets.

“It’s a tough job. We the British do not help truckers in the way that Europeans and Americans do by giving them decent facilities,” he said.

 

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