Gauthier Delomez 6:15 p.m., October 07, 2022
More and more motorists are finding themselves faced with difficulties in obtaining fuel.
Difficulties shared by the world of work, and in particular everything related to transport.
In "Europe midi", the general delegate of the Organization of European road transport operators evokes a "critical" situation.
France has run out of fuel in recent days.
Due to several factors, in particular the strike at the TotalEnergies refineries, motorists and many economic sectors are having difficulty filling their tanks.
A situation described by Jean-Marc Rivera, general delegate of the Organization of European road carriers (Otre), in
Europe midi
.
"At the moment, the situation is becoming critical," he thunders at the microphone of Romain Desarbres.
The risk of a country at a standstill
"To be able to circulate, our vehicles need fuel (...). It is not a whim of the transporters to absolutely want our vehicles to circulate, but everyone must understand that if tomorrow our ambulances are not supplied with fuel, this are all hospital emergency services that will be weakened”, continues Jean-Marc Rivera, listing other affected sectors.
“If our coaches run out of fuel, it is school transport that will be impacted. If it is heavy goods vehicles, it is the shelves of supermarkets that will not be supplied. will not be able to work for lack of raw materials."
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The General Delegate of Otre explains that companies have different means of accessing fuels.
Some hold bulk, tanks, and "for these for several days, even several weeks for some of them, the delivery times for these fuels have lengthened, the quantities delivered are very low", evokes t he, taking the example of an order for 10,000 liters which ends with a delivery of 3,000 liters.
"And above all, the purchase price per vat is extremely high", emphasizes Jean-Marc Rivera.
The professional network in lack of fuel
The second difficulty according to the General Delegate is the professional network.
"There is a professional network of pumps called As24 which depends on the TotalÉnergies network. This network is currently broken on a very large majority of pumps", he says on Europe 1. Jean-Marc Rivera finally notes that prohibited access or rationing at certain service stations pose real difficulties for the road transport sector.
"If no corrective measures are implemented quickly to allow our professional vehicles to have easier access to fuel, there will be difficulties", supports the general delegate of Otre, who made the request from the Ministry of Transport.
"We want the fuel, which will arrive from strategic stocks and neighboring countries, to be used to supply service stations and to which we are requesting access", he reports, also informing that he had been guaranteed that the professional network is fed by these new deliveries.