Colonial Pipeline is back up, but petrol shortages could linger
Al JazeeraAs Colonial Pipeline resumes deliveries, the US faces a new roadblock: a shortage of truck drivers to transport petrol to stations. Now that Colonial Pipeline Co. has resumed deliveries that were halted for nearly a week by a cyberattack, the industry is facing a new logistics problem on top of the lack of available fuel: not enough truck drivers to transport gasoline and diesel from distribution hubs to retail outlets. “Too many stations need fuel, not enough capacity at the rack, not enough truck drivers,” said Patrick DeHaan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, on Twitter. It will take a few weeks.” Colonial Pipeline Co. paid nearly $5 million to Eastern European hackers to end a ransomware attack that shut its network of pipelines that transport gasoline, diesel and jet fuel along the U.S. East Coast. “It’s really going to be probably seven to 10 days before the average consumer really notices a noticeable improvement” in local supplies, said Andy Milton, senior vice president of supply at Mansfield Energy Corp., whose closely held company handles more than 3 billion gallons of fuel a year across the U.S and Canada.
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