Highlights Empty pumps drop to below a third of total 150 army drivers ready to drive fuel tankers Essar offering more deliveries from refinery The number of UK fuel stations hit by delivery shortages and panic buying fell to less than a third on Sept. 29 as the government said the military was preparing to start driving supply tankers to the pumps in the coming days. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now UK pumps without fuel fell by 10 percentage points to about 27%, the UK’s Petrol Retailers Association, or PRA, said, down from around two-thirds of sites at the weekend. The PRA, which represents 65% of UK forecourts, said regular restocking was taking place at its 5,500 independent member sites and that it was “expecting to see the easing to continue over the next 24 hours”. “We would urge the public to […]