The situation continued to ease at service stations in France. At 13h, “28.5%” of them were still experiencing difficulties this Friday, according to the Minister of Ecological Transition against 29.1% Thursday at 5 p.m.
In detail, the Hauts-de-France, particularly affected, the proportion fell from 31.7% yesterday to 25.5%. Same trend in Île-de-France where 37% of service stations are facing partial or total shortages against 38.8% yesterday. Tensions remain high in Centre-Val-de-Loire (42.2% of stations in difficulty today, 41.2% yesterday).
“Since yesterday evening, 35 trucks of 36 m3i.e. more than 20,000 full tanks of cars in order of magnitude, which went on delivery from the Dunkirk depot” and “the volumes pumped from the pipeline from the Port-Jérôme depot in Normandy are gradually arriving in Île-de-France to supply the networks of service stationsadded the minister.
“The challenge is for the French to get out of this unacceptable situation to go to work and take the children to school”said the Minister.