Why is there a driver shortage?
While there is plenty of fuel, there are not enough HGV drivers to transport it.
Balmer said: “Like many industries, the retail fuels sector is under supply pressure from a lack of trained HGV drivers.”
The PRA said some forecourts are experiencing delayed deliveries and issues “appear to be confined to London and the South-East and appear to be temporary”.
Rod McKenzie from the Road Haulage Association told BBC Breakfast the industry was 100,000 drivers short at the moment, which is causing supply issues up and down the country.
He said drivers leaving the country due to Brexit, trucker training tests cancelled because of the pandemic, and many drivers retiring was creating a “perfect storm”.
The Sun recently launched a campaign to help recruit thousands of HGV drivers.
