Plan to allow fuel tankers to operate at full capacity during disruption

The Department for Transport is consulting on allowing tankers to operate at full capacity to keep forecourts stocked.

UK fuel tankers will be permitted to carry more petrol and diesel during disruption to supplies under Government proposals (Andrew Matthews/PA) (PA Archive)

UK fuel tankers will be permitted to carry more petrol and diesel during disruption to supplies under Government proposals.

The Department for Transport (DfT) is consulting on allowing tankers to operate at full capacity to keep forecourts stocked.

This would boost the “efficiency of the fuel supply chain by approximately 6%”, according to the department.