British petrol stations run out of fuel as motorists panic buy amid truck-driver shortage
ABCThousands of British petrol stations ran dry on Sunday, as motorists scrambled to fill up amid a supply disruption due to a nationwide shortage of truck drivers. Key points: The haulage industry says the UK is short of truck drivers due to COVID, an aging workforce and Brexit Britain's government will issue 5,000 three-month visas for truck drivers starting in October Industry players say, however, that it is not enough to address the problem BP said nearly a third of its British petrol stations had run out of the two main grades of fuel. Lines of vehicles formed at petrol stations for a third day running as motorists waited, some for hours, to fill up with fuel after oil firms reported a lack of drivers was causing transport problems. New visas for drivers 'throwing a thimble of water on a bonfire' The haulage industry says the UK is short tens of thousands of truckers, due to a perfect storm of factors including the coronavirus pandemic, an aging workforce and an exodus of foreign workers following Britain's Brexit departure from the European Union last year.
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