Britain’s fuel retail sector, still recovering from the COVID-19 crisis, is facing further disruption after a shortage of truck drivers hit supplies to gas stations and led to panic buying. Drivers queued for hours at gas stations that were still serving fuel, albeit often rationed, as the Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) said members had reported that 50% to 90% of pumps were dry in some areas. read more BP (BP.L) on Sunday said nearly a third of its British petrol stations had run out of the two main grades of fuel. read more Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) said on Monday that it had seen higher than usual demand across its network in Britain and that some sites were running low on some grades of fuel. Diesel for road use constitutes about 40% of Britain’s petroleum product consumption, followed by gasoline which accounts for about […]