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iesel hoarding is rying up fuel pumps
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K.PILING of diesel fuel by operators who are buying dery ng stations is being blamed for the worsening fuel supply .on.
v the operators are ig some motorway serstations and many to run out of diesel ther and this is creating e impression of a fuel vs of the run on fuel at service stations came reek from service area .ors Granada and Trust Forte, who both ed big increases in sales ;e1 — even at the higher way prices.
nada told CM that at ngton Services on the )ne of its busiest areas — rave soared from around gallons a week to 39,000 s in the past week.
/ the company is restric;ency sales to 15 gallons hide but cash sales are still unlimited — and this picture is being repeated at others of the company's 10 service areas, including Trowell and Woolley Edge.
A Granada spokesman told CM that the company blamed hauliers who were conserving their own stocks of fuel at their depots and telling drivers buy fuel on the road for the situation.
Trust Houses Forte echoed the Granada story at its service areas at Newport Pagnell and other major areas.
And the Freight Transport Association has appealed to operators no to hoard stocks of fuel or to give in to the temptation of filling up at local filling stations.
But already it is the driver on a long haul who is suffering when he has to refill en route to complete his journey.
FTA spokesman said this week that stocks of fuel at garages should be set aside for operators with no facilities of their own and for drivers on long hauls who were a long way from base.
An emergency intervention scheme has been put into operation by the Department of Energy and operators can contact the DoE detailing the goods being carried, the normal supplier of fuel and the shortfall.
Once the information has been passed, the Department will intervene with the oil company to ensure supplies, but it emphasises that success cannot be guaranteed.
Theaddress to write to for this service is Room 1411, Department of Energy, Thames House South, Millbank, London SW1.